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Learners will investigate the process and importance of voting. They will learn about the electoral college, checks and balances, different parties, civic duty and participation, and important laws in our country. Learners will also analyze the documents that protect voting rights.

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Understand the importance of voting and how citizens participate in their communities. Understand the electoral college, election process, political parties, checks and balances, and historic elections. Understand the importance of the United States Consititution and the North Carolina Constitution. Understand the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens.

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1. When we vote, what are we voting for?

2. Is there a right and a wrong way to vote?

3. How are our rights to vote protected by the United States?

4. Why do we have different political parties?

5. What is the purpose of the electoral college and electoral process?

6. Why do we have to vote for different postitions and offices?

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Academic Concepts and Subjects Addressed

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Academic Concepts and Subjects Addressed

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History: the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
Civics and Government: the study of the rights and duties of citizens and of how government works.

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Barack Obama "Hope" Campaign Poster, Shepard Fairey, 2008
https://npg.si.edu/blog/now-on-view-portrait-barack-obama-shepard-fairey
To The Polls, Nile Livingston, 2018
https://streetsdept.com/2018/11/02/to-the-polls-exhibition-archive/
Unite, Barbara Jones–Hogu, 1971
https://americanart.si.edu/education/oh-freedom/barbara-jones-hogu

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Elaborate

Map

Reformat

Embody

Project

Extend

Transform

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Grace For President Read-Aloud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I66IvCBm1Vw
Connected art

Paper

Pencils

Paint

Markers

Notebooks

Paper

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1. What were some of the most memorable elections?

2. What is the U.S Constitution?

3. Why does North Carolina have a Constitution?

4. Why do we have political parties?

5. Why do we elect officials?

6. What is unique about Nile Livingston's To The Polls artwork?

7. What is unique about Barbara Jones-Hogu's Unite artwork?

8. Why do we have different branches of government?

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Teacher will use PowerPoint or Keynote to give notes on the overview and basics of voting and the United States government. Students will take visual notes in their notebook. The notes will serve a guide for the following lessons.

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Students will learn about the most famous, historic elections in the United States. Some of the elections will be: Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump (2016), George Bush vs. Al Gore (2000), Barack Obama vs. John McCain (2008), and John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon (1960). Students will draw a president from one of the elections. They will use the blind contour technique by looking at a photo of the president, placing their pencil on the paper, and drawing the president without looking down.

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Teacher will place students in pairs. Students will complete a think-pair-share assessment.
Think: Ask students to name some of the reasons the U.S. elections have become memorable. Students will think individually for 2 minutes.
Pair: Students will talk with their partner for 3 minutes. Each partner will speak for 1 minute about their answer. The last minute will be discussion between the partners about their responses.
Share: Pairs will be placed with another pair. Small group discussions will last for 5 minutes. Each group must expand on their thinking and write down 3 reasons why elections have become memorable. Each group will share with the class.

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Students will look and learn about the U.S. and NC Constitutions. They will be placed in a group of 4-6. On a piece of poster paper, the group will create a "classroom" Constitution, with at least 5 important rights or values.

Examples of the rights or values could be:

Treat others the way you want to be treated.

Stand up and speak up for others.

Never exclude anyone who wants to join.

Everyone gets to have a voice in discussions.

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.

The groups must add designs (doodles, borders, cursive/"fancy" writing, pictures) to their posters. Once each group has finished, posters will be hung up on the walls for the other students to observe.

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Students will learn about the different political parties in the United States. Each student will imagine and create their own political party on paper with makers/crayons. The students can be as silly or serious as they want with their creations. They must include a symbol (Democrats = donkey, Republicans = elephant) that represents their party. The parties must have at least 3 core values. Each party must also have a unique name to it.

Example:
If I created my own party it would be called: The Abbocrats of America, named after their founder, of course.

Only rule of exclusion is if you like or pick up spiders with your bare hand, you cannot be allowed to join.

Our symbol is a llama with an "A" on it's body.

3 Core Values:

1. Treat everyone with kindness.

2. Don't let anyone tell you what you can and can't wear.

3. Always be inclusive, never discriminatory.

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Students will be placed in pairs. Each pair will conduct interviews with their partners about the information learned in lessons 3 and 4.

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Students will investigate and study the contemporary art sources. Each student will create their own campaign poster. They can use paint or markers. The poster must be in the style of pop art and include a campaign slogan. Below is an example of pop art for the students to reference.

Reference: https://rb.gy/itp3ms

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Students will listen to the Grace For President Read-Aloud on YouTube. After the video, the students will create a portrait of themselves as president. They can use paint, markers, colored pencils, or crayons. The portait can be of them in the White House, doing charity work, or giving a speech, whatever the student decides.

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Students will complete a 3-2-1 assessment on a notecard. They will have 10 minutes to complete the 3-2-1.

Questions:
3 things I learned today...
2 things I found interesting...
1 question I still have...

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1. What is the US Constitution?

2. How are our voting rights protected?

3. What is the electoral college and what does it do?

4. Name 3 historic US elections.

5. What are the two major political parties?

6. What are some positions we elect officials for?

7. How many branches of government are there?

8. What does the judicial branch do?

9. What does the executive branch do?

10. What does the legislative branch do?

11. What are “checks and balances”?

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Students will place their artwork and activities out on their desk. Each of the students will leave a blank notecard with their name on it out on their desk. The students will have 30 minutes to walk around the room and view everyone's creations. At each desk, students must write one nice comment/remark about the person's artwork. Any group projects can be displayed on the wall with a sheet of paper taped next to it. Students may write one nice comment/remark about the group's work.