What are the requirements to register to vote in the United States? Young citizens evaluate this process by working with handouts, informational texts, discussion, and research, as well as complete a sample voter registration form.

Concepts

voter registration, voting, voting rights, elections, citizenship, civic duty

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Classroom Considerations

• NOTE: In order to access the lesson and materials, you will need to download the zip file and locate the folder of materials in your downloads.(file name abbreviations are as follows: SH = Student Handout, TR = Teacher Resource, and L1 = Lesson Plan)
• This is the first of a five-part series of lessons designed to help students become informed voters

Pros

• Great teacher resources , which outline voting requirements for all US citizens and where in the Constitution they are noted
• Includes multiple options for homework and lesson activities

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.3 RI.9-10.4 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.3 RI.11-12.4