Students explore an online resource and read authentic letters from a Civil War soldier.
In this lesson students will be asked to generate vocabulary related to elections and find these words in news coverage. Students learn who their state and U.S. representatives are, discuss major political issues, and write letters to representatives. A biography of Warren Gamaliel Harding. An article explaining vocabulary used in U.S. courtrooms. Here is a list of over 60 commonly used words that relate to elections.