Uncle Sam, elephant, donkey, and eagle. Students graph the presidents' ages at inauguration. In this lesson students conduct a mock election for a class mascot. Students discuss qualities they would look for in a president. Extension project involves creating political parties, campaign posters, etc.
Students determine the most important issue of the current campaign.
They will see day to day activities that directly affects their lives, and ways people can influence the actions of these people in power. Where they can see day to day progress or activities on behalf of this level of government that affects their lives. Students analyze vote counts from each state to determine which candidate got the most popular votes in each state. They create maps with a color key to show the popular vote results. Older students use the maps and a chart to determine how many electoral votes each candidate received.