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Election Countdown Lesson Plan
- Watch our video Time to Vote!
- Afterward, ask kids if they are looking forward to being able to vote when they grow up. What will be most exciting about voting for president?
- Read the magazine together.
- Complete our Show What You Know skill sheet to reinforce the key take aways from the issue.
- With our Make a Poster game, kids can design and print their own campaign posters. For more offscreen fun, use our handson activity at right.
- Build basic concepts of print as well as beginning writing skills with our our Unscramble the Sentence skill sheet.
Materials: paper or card stock, markers or crayons
- Explain that candidates make ads to try to convince people to vote for them.
- Ask “What kind of person do you think would make a good president?” “Do you think you would make a good president? Why?” Ideas might include I work hard, I am fair, and I help people.
- Next, make posters! Encourage kids to include a self portrait, their name, and a reason people should vote for them. Kids can also add patriotic decorations, such as stars and flags.
- Be sure to check out the digital version of this activity with our online game.