Students read and discuss article, "We Agreed to Agree, and Forgot to Notice," participate in anonymous mock presidential primary ballot, and share reactions to Iowa caucus results. Students then collect statements made by candidates on...

Running an election campaign takes money. Class groups must effectively budget money in order to design and purchase sufficient advertising aimed at procuring classmates' votes. After completing an online tutorial, they also write and...

Learners participate in classroom activities to develop an understanding of the secret ballot and the process of voting in Australia. Working in large and small groups they use the secret ballot and the various stages in an in-class...

Students differentiate between positive and negative personal attributes and select a fictional character for nomination who personifies the qualities of a good leader. They use the Internet to learn about the election process and write...

Here is an excellent resource in which class members host a mock election for a candidate and policy that will be implemented into your very own classroom. Progressing from primaries, through the campaign trail, and finally to the mock...

Learners write a letter to Gogo, explaining the importance of voting, and why the Apartheid rule was not good. Five students are to rule over the other learners and exercise their new power over their classmates.

Second graders investigate democracy by reading The Three Little Pigs.  In this government lesson, 2nd graders discover ways laws are changed or enacted by holding their own election in class.  Students compare the Big Bad Wolf...

Learners play a Bingo game to review the facts and concepts of the Canadian System of Government.

Students evaluate the role of voting in democratic societies and the potential of voting on the Internet.

Students, in groups, are assigned a policy option. One of the other groups assumes the role of the President and his advisors or of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.