This will be good practice and will prepare them for future elections. If your school does not have an election, but has a student government, the students can go through the same process for selecting class representatives. Also, have students who would like to be representatives give a speech in which they tell why they want to be representatives and how they are qualified. They could even have a campaign week. Preparation Previous discussions about the different political parties and their functions.
Instructions Divide students into groups of five to six students.
Students are to name their party and decide on four issues. Each groups will create a poster, choose a person to be their candidate and do a class presentation. Webpage created by the San Jose Vega Project.