Students are encouraged to campaign for any candidate. It could be in the form of passing out literature or stuffing envelopes to conduct surveys. Students tape TV ads and show them to class. They look for name calling, rumor mongering, loaded statements, guilt by association, catchwords, baiting, passing the blame, and evading real issues. They are asked what they learned about the candidate from the ad.
Students run a mock election for the school and publicize the results.
We have an election night party at the teacher's house or school and call the election center for local results. Elections can be a fun exciting process, so let's all get involved and have some fun. The students write why they thought each candidate won. When we go to the state capitol, we meet and eat with our representatives. We discuss with them the issues and lobby our position on the issues.