DIRECTION--ELECTION!!


 * Project Title**: Direction---Election!!


 * Grade**: 4 and 5 with participation from all school grade levels


 * Name**: Carole Hart

Other ideas include creating a glog to introduce the candidates and / or to teach major concepts.....considering our target audience....... I plan to invite a "real" candidate in, perhaps during the second lesson......the students will have written questions for him which will allow the students to draw conclusions about why people run for office, the importance of issues, what they have to expend in energy and money, etc. etc. Create a large chart comparing national, state, local, and school governments........use primary source documents to gather information. The students, too, will probably come up with additional ideas which we may tackle!
 * Project Idea**: Students will learn history and government of NC and US as it relates to elections. The school will conduct a parallel election --- creating a school student council and having the students vote on election day in November.


 * Driving Question**:

How can we, as responsible student leaders, make this election season meaningful for all of the students at our school?


 * General Content**:

5.H.2 Understand the role of prominent figures in shaping the United States 5.C &G.1 Understand the development, structure and function of government in the US 5.c&G.2. Analyze life in a democratic republic through rights and responsibilities of citizens 4.C.&G.1 Understand the development, structure and function North Carolina’s government. 4.C&G.2 Analyze the North Carolina Constitution 6 analyze multiple accounts of the same event , 7Draw on information from multiple print sources , 9 integrate information from several texts on tthte same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably
 * Social studies**
 * Writing**-Goal 1- Write an opinion piece on a topic, supporting a point of view with reasons and information
 * Language Arts** – Reading Informational texts…goals 1..quote accurately from a text when drawing conclusions and making references

Meet the candidate guest who will answer the questions developed by the students Establish and conduct election of school student council or a mock election of the national/state candidates Create a school glog that teaches key concepts concerning the history and government of our state and nation.and one that introduces the candidates to the school students before we vote Simulations (from [|www.civics.org]) Candidates at school will write campaign speeches for glog Put up decorations, displays, etc. in the school that inspire patriotism during this election season Create a large chart comparing national, state, local, and school governments........use primary source documents to gather information........leave this up during the entire unit and let it evolve
 * Major Products**:

Wm & Mary Center for Gifted Education __The Road to the White House__ __A Part of Something Great,__ Good Apple US Constitution NC Constitution Bill of Rights [|www.civics.org] American Revolution: events Leading to War Teach 21 We the People Building a new North Carolina [|www.bevperdue.com] Various teacher made materials (contact writer of this wiki page for copies)
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