Elections Unit Study

Every four years it happens, and 2020 is an election year here in the United States.   It's a great time to dust off those civics lessons and teach them, when the kids can watch them being acted out (hopefully, appropriately) on center stage.  We've broken this into lower and upper grades sections...

First up are some great resources to use in an elementary setting this year - books, dvds, printable activities, and online activities.  I love how the movie Swing Vote shows exactly how important every single vote truly is!  

Non-fiction Books

• Eyewitness Kids : Presidents
• A Kid's Guide to Picking the President
• Vote!
• Smart About the Presidents

Fiction Books

• So You Want to be President? &  lapbook  
• The Kid Who Ran for President
• If I Were President

DVD

• So You Want to be President?
• Swing Vote
• Schoolhouse Rock : Election Collection
• Learn Our History : Election Day

Printable Activities

• Presidents & First Ladies activities  
• Presidents Lapbook   
• Election Day Lapbook  
• President Timeline Figures   

Online Activities

• The Democracy Project
• Click & Learn Presidents
• 2020 Electoral Map

For the upper grades setting, we're going further in depth on the same topics.  We're also looking at historic elections and voting data.
Non-fiction Books

• Where do Presidents Come From?
• The People Pick a President
• See How They Run

DVD

• Swing Vote

Printable Activities

• Washington's Inaugural Address
• Becoming an Informed Voter
• A to Z Elections

Online Activities

• Ben's Guide to the US Government
• 2020 Electoral Map
• Historical Election Results
• C-Span Classroom

The Electoral College