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City Life (Citizenship): Voting

City Life (Citizenship): Voting. Lesson Goals. The students will be able to explain the process of voting and citizens’ roles in the voting process The students will be able to debate current controversial issues

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City Life (Citizenship): Voting

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  1. City Life (Citizenship): Voting

  2. Lesson Goals • The students will be able to explain the process of voting and citizens’ roles in the voting process • The students will be able to debate current controversial issues • The students will discuss their opinions and cast their vote about a current issue • The students will understand the electoral process as it relates to determining the outcome of a resolution

  3. Lesson Vocabulary ballot (secret; open) • A method for voting that allows the voter to share his/her opinion without sharing his/her identity is called secret ballot; open ballot is when voters share their opinion and vote openly usually in a group

  4. Lesson Vocabulary candidate • A person who seeks or is nominated for an office

  5. Lesson Vocabulary civic responsibility • The privileges and duties of citizenship (i.e. voting, following the law)

  6. Lesson Vocabulary election • An event where something is chosen by a group of people by voting

  7. Lesson Vocabulary eligible • Qualified or entitled to be chosen

  8. Lesson Vocabulary precinct • One of several districts into which a city or town is divided for voting; each contains one polling place

  9. Lesson Vocabulary registered voter • A citizen officially recognized by a city or government as a voter

  10. Lesson Vocabulary voting • To formally record an opinion in an election

  11. School House Rock: The Electoral College: Citizen Voting

  12. Discovery Education:Election Video Hail to the Chief: Presidential Election: The Electoral College Process

  13. Lesson Questions: Voting • What is voting used for? • Why do people vote? • How do you know when someone wins an election? • Besides voting for a candidate, what else do we vote on during elections?

  14. Voting Debate Project:Student Handbook pg. 37 • Curfew: Should cities require youth under age 18 be off the streets between 2:00 am to 5:00 am? • Driving Age: Should the driving age be reduced to 15 years of age? Or extended to 18 years of age? • Dress Code: Should schools mandate uniforms in order to allow for greater social equality? • Cell Phones: Should schools require students to keep cell phones off during the school day? • Privacy: Should schools have the right to search student lockers without a warrant?

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