Vote for Me!

GeoLiteracy
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will evaluate the importance of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship paying particular attention to the right to vote through analyzing current voting trends and then analyzing how they might vote in an upcoming election.
Author: 
John Halverson
Grade Range: 
8
Duration: 
1-2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
13: How the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of Earth's surface
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future