The election is just a short time away, and if you are like me, you have talked about it a time or two in your classroom. Actually, I talked about the election today with my students because it was the feature article in my Scholastic News Magazine. We had a long discussion about the title question that read, "Where do they stand?" None of my students knew what that question meant. We then talked about how people typically select who they are going to vote for based on where the candidates 'stand' on issues, such as education, health care, war, and jobs. This was about the third time Scholastic has printed an article about the election, so my kids have become quite familiar with the candidates.
Do you all do mock elections in your school? We are having one this year, but surprisingly, we are not voting for the candidates that are running for the presidency. I know.... I was a bit shocked too. My husband, the political science/social studies teacher, was really shocked. He said we might as well not even have an election if that is going to be the case. So, who are we are voting for?..... that would be Lincoln or Washington. Since no one has had time to teach their kids about these two candidates, I guess the kids will be doing 'one potato, two potato' to make their choice. After all, I have been teaching my kids about the 2012 presidential candidates not two candidates that aren't even from the same time period (I know, seems so strange). I am not really 100% sure why we didn't go with the real candidates, but I think it had something to do with this being a pretty heated election, and no one wanted to stir the pot with political views. I dunno. Regardless, I am sure the kids will have fun, and I know they will cheer if their candidate wins.
I thought I would share with you a couple of election activities I made for my classroom. One is a basic election word search that I plan to do for morning work. Another one is a set of election themed writing paper that is very colorful and would look great hanging outside the classroom in the hallway. You can find both of these in my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking on the links below. Thanks for checking them out.
Do you all do mock elections in your school? We are having one this year, but surprisingly, we are not voting for the candidates that are running for the presidency. I know.... I was a bit shocked too. My husband, the political science/social studies teacher, was really shocked. He said we might as well not even have an election if that is going to be the case. So, who are we are voting for?..... that would be Lincoln or Washington. Since no one has had time to teach their kids about these two candidates, I guess the kids will be doing 'one potato, two potato' to make their choice. After all, I have been teaching my kids about the 2012 presidential candidates not two candidates that aren't even from the same time period (I know, seems so strange). I am not really 100% sure why we didn't go with the real candidates, but I think it had something to do with this being a pretty heated election, and no one wanted to stir the pot with political views. I dunno. Regardless, I am sure the kids will have fun, and I know they will cheer if their candidate wins.
I thought I would share with you a couple of election activities I made for my classroom. One is a basic election word search that I plan to do for morning work. Another one is a set of election themed writing paper that is very colorful and would look great hanging outside the classroom in the hallway. You can find both of these in my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking on the links below. Thanks for checking them out.
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