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Are you looking for a fun way to teach little people about voting and the election process? Today I have a fun activity to help you have a fun time teaching about the process of voting and elections. Today I have a Duck for President Lesson Planand activities for you as well as some other ideas to help you teach about voting and the election process! Duck for President is a cute story about a Duck who becomes tired with his daily chores on the arm and decides he wants to 'overthrow' the farmer. He organizes and holds and election and wins! He soon tires of his duties and runs for governor and president as well.. Duck for President is a cute book to help teach about the election process and to help students learn new vocabulary words. Duck for President makes a great classroom lesson plan for preschool, kindergarten and first grade. Immediately when I read it, ideas rushed to my head to share with all of you! First, here is a book that goes well with this activity...

I would use this for a social studies geography lesson. Students will have a better understanding of where they live. Me on the Map flipbook! Map skills activities. Perfect for 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade! Voting Reader for Election Day Kindergarten & First Grade Social Studies. Teaching Social Studies to the first grade students, lesson 10, by Peace And Happiness Foundation. Year 1 Social Studies, Lesson 10, Introduction to Democracy - Voting Activity Peace And. Bring election season to your classroom with book resources, lesson plans. Teach students about the importance of democracy.

Ideas to help Teach about the Election and the Election Process for Preschool/Kindergarten/First Grade

I thought of a few ideas for you to help you teach about the election and the election process. Here are a few things you can do to help teach about the election to preschool/kindergarten and first grade age students.

1. Read Duck for President - First, Read the book Duck for President! It is a great book to help teach the vocabulary used in an election. It also is cute and you can build on it by having your own election in your classroom.
2. Have a Mock Election in your classroom
   1. Decide on two candidates that will run for president. You could decide on class pet -(like a fish, or a frog or a turtle?). You could compare two popular book candidates like Pete the Cat vs. Splat the Cat, or Brown Bear vs. the Duck in Duck for President. You could have the teacher run for candidate against a book character... these are just a few ideas!
3. Have the students make Campaign Posters - You can hang these posters around the school on bulletin boards or the room. They can even make a campaign poster for themself, if they wish!
4. Compare and contrast the candidates. Note how they are similar and how they are different.
5. Make Vote buttons or I Voted Buttons so that students can help show awareness and help others vote...or, to help them take place in the fun that they voted in their class election.
6. Have the students register to vote - Make voter registration cards or Give them Voter Registration Cards.
7. Have a Mock Ballot and create an area in the room (complete with a curtain or closed area if you can to make sure that the vote is private. Make sure you discuss with the students that votes are private. You don't normally vote for someone because someone else is voting for them...you vote because you want to vote for them.
8. You can make a ballot box out of a tissue box or a shoe box.
9. Count the votes and Graph the outcome.
10. Read other great books that help children learn about the election. Book suggestions include...

My Teacher for President is super cute . It is a great one to use if the students will vote on Teacher for President (maybe vs. a story book character). It give cute charachteristics of what a president should be good at and why a teacher would make a good president. Grace for President is about a girl who decides to run for president because she knows there has not been a female president. One Vote, Two Votes is a good book for older children -it really goes very in depth into the voting process. And... I love Splat the Cat, so -he always gets my vote!

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Duck for President Election Activity Pack

Do you want some fun activities to help teach about the election? Duck For President is a fun book to read. This Literacy Activity pack for Kindergarten (and Preschool/First Grade) go great with the Duck for President book and will make learning about the election fun. THERE ARE EDITABLE pages within this activity pack!

Included in the complete lesson plans….
Read and color the Farm object.
Color by letter Duck for President
Color by sight word Duck for President
Color the election word
Color the Sight Word –Election Edition
Vote for President drawing activity
Cut/Paste Duck for President words
Cut/Paste d Words
Color d/p words
4 writing prompts,
1 Build a sentence
Sample Ballots to use for class vote
Roll/Trace the lower case letter
Match the upper/lower case letter
Duck for President Sequencing Activity
Duck for President mini-book
Voter Registration Cards
Compare the Candidates Page
Vote/I Voted Button Templates

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Lesson 1: Tracking Results
Duration: about 15 minutes of classtime on the first day to explain the take-home activity. 50 minutes (one class) the next day to discuss results of the Presidential Election.
Objective: Students will be able to follow Election Day results as they come in on the night of Election Day. They will learn about the electoral college.
Materials: Election Day Countdown (PDF)
Set Up and Prepare: Print out and make copies of the Election Day Countdown (PDF) for this lesson.
Directions:
1. Explain that presidential candidates who win the majority of a vote in one state, win all of that state's electoral college votes (with the exception of two small states).
2. Explain how they can follow the results on TV as polls close, starting on the East Coast and moving West. Also, while they may not be able to stay up until all the polls have closed, they can complete their map the next day.
3. The next day have students complete the maps and total up the number of electoral college votes that each candidate received. Who won? How close was the election and why is that significant? You can also discuss the historic implications of the election. There will either be an African-American President or female Vice President for the first time in history.
Extra credit: Write a letter to the new President. Students can use these template letters (PDFs) to formulate their thoughts to send ideas for how to help this country , and what qualities they believe make a good leader to the new President.

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