Instructional Video1:14
PBS

Election Day | All About the Holidays

K - 4th Standards
Election Day, the first Tuesday after November 1, is the focus of a short PBS video that details why that date was chosen, where ballots can be cast, and why it's important to vote.
Instructional Video1:38
C-SPAN

On This Day: Barack Obama Becomes the First African American to Win a Presidential Election

7th - Higher Ed Standards
The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was a watershed moment in African American and American history. Using clips from the acceptance and concession speeches, as well as the words of outgoing president, George H. W. Bush, budding...
Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Getting the Nomination

9th - 10th
A video illustrates how one candidate from each political party is chosen leading up to Election Day. Nominations, caucuses, delegates, and super-delegates are all identified in the clip.
Instructional Video
Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Election Day

Pre-K - 1st
Big Bird learns how people vote on Election Day.
Instructional Video
CGP Grey

Cgp Grey: Grey Explains: How the Electoral College Works

9th - 10th
Explains how the Electoral College system is structured and how it works in an election, including for the American territories and for citizens living abroad. [4:43]