Electing the President: The Electoral Process in Action.

Autor/in	See, Betty M.
Titel	Electing the President: The Electoral Process in Action.
Quelle	(2002), (50 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	1-883055-53-9
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Citizenship Education; Citizenship Responsibility; Elections; Intermediate Grades; Learning Strategies; Middle Schools; Presidents of the United States; Simulation; Social Studies; Voting + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Citizenship; Education; Politische Bildung; Politische Erziehung; Staatsbürgerliche Erziehung; Election; Wahl; Mittelstufe; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Middle school; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Simulation program; Simulationsprogramm; Gemeinschaftskunde; Abstimmung
Abstract	Electing the U.S. President and Vice President is a basic right and responsibility of every citizen of voting age. Even though it occurs every 4 years, the complexities of electing the president is not a concept that every person understands. This resource book aims to fill the gap in understanding by providing students with a learning-by-doing experience. In the book's week-long simulation, students become the candidates, the conventioneers, the voters, and the Electoral College members. Going step-by-step through the process, from candidates declaring their intention to run for office to the final Electoral College vote, students understand how the voters of the United States choose their leaders and how the popular vote that is cast at the ballot boxes relates to the final selection of the President and Vice President. Designed for use in grades 4-8, the book provides teachers with tools they need for staging a successful simulation background information for their students, day-by-day procedures, samples, issues for platforms and debates, and necessary forms for voting and record keeping. The format allows teachers to use the activity with as few as 15 students or with as many as 450 students. It involves important concepts for social studies education and also provides opportunities for researching, persuasive writing, public speaking, team work, and mathematics applications. (BT)
Anmerkungen	Dandy Lion Publications, 3563 Sueldo, Suite L, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 (No. 144: $8.95). Tel: 800-776-8032 (Toll Free); Fax: 805-544-2823; Web site: http://www.dandylionbooks.com/.
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC