As I sit here watching the vice-presidential debate, I know that it
will culminate in my voting on election day in November. As a kid, I
remember not caring about the presidential debates and speeches, but
still loving accompanying my Mom to the voting booth on election day.
Scholastic has been sponsoring a mock election for decades for those too young to vote officially. We’re now approaching the last week of voting, so have kids and teens vote early and often! Scholastic has predicted all but Truman and Kennedy as the winner of their respective elections. The results will be posted in mid-October.
Their website also includes lesson plans, background information, and blogs from some kid reporters.
Another publisher, Bloomsbury, has published a fun book about presidential campaigning called See How they Run : Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes and the Race to the White House by Susan E. Goodman. In easy to read prose, and with funny cartoon illustrations, Goodman talks about such topics as campaign promises, election irregularities, and all kinds of trivia, including a presidential fact box.
Both of these sources make the election fun for those who will be affected but don’t yet have a voice.
Scholastic has been sponsoring a mock election for decades for those too young to vote officially. We’re now approaching the last week of voting, so have kids and teens vote early and often! Scholastic has predicted all but Truman and Kennedy as the winner of their respective elections. The results will be posted in mid-October.
Their website also includes lesson plans, background information, and blogs from some kid reporters.
Another publisher, Bloomsbury, has published a fun book about presidential campaigning called See How they Run : Campaign Dreams, Election Schemes and the Race to the White House by Susan E. Goodman. In easy to read prose, and with funny cartoon illustrations, Goodman talks about such topics as campaign promises, election irregularities, and all kinds of trivia, including a presidential fact box.
Both of these sources make the election fun for those who will be affected but don’t yet have a voice.