Informed Voter Education in the Classroom
In today’s world, informed voting and voter rights are as important as ever. NEA believes this education begins in the classroom, helping to cultivate well informed and educated students – students who are then confidant and ready when it is there turn to take their place in the voting community. In support of the effort, the following resources have been collected to help guide the lesson as educators begin to instruct students on the struggles that led to the rights all are currently afforded.
- Civics Education: Learning About the Rights & Obligations of Citizenship
- “Democracy Day” Aims to Promote Civics Education in Schools
- Annenberg Classroom: Civics Education
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
- HotChalk Lesson Plans: This is a detailed Lesson Plan for Elections, click on lesson one, two and three links in the page.
- Civic Matter Curriculum
- U.S. Electoral College Resources
- Voting Rights Teachers Lesson
- University of Missouri Election Lesson Plans
- PBS Kids
- Library of Congress: Voting Discrimination Teaching
- Kaboose
- Electoral Politics
- Classroom Voting Links and Resources
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