Are you a democrat? Are you a republican? Do you even follow politics? I think it's near impossible to not to pay attention to the upcoming presidential election since every other commercial on TV and on the radio is comprised of candidates bashing each other. Fun.
But what is fun is our student class representatives went around to all classrooms this week teaching the Pyne Arts students about the way the president is elected, and how the political system is set up in the United States.
Each representative had a flipbook, that was put together by Mr. Neagle who spearheaded this school-wide project, that they used to teach small groups of students about the election.
The kids discussed everything from what the president of the United States does in his position to the current candidates, to how the electoral college works. Many students had questions about the electoral college, which is best explained in the link below. Because our representatives were chosen by their peers, the popular vote makes the most sense, but the kids soon learned that the state electors really do the voting in the end. Unfortunately our students were not around yet to remember the very controversial 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, but for those of us who paid any attention to that election probably remember that the popular vote was quickly negated after the electoral vote was counted. It was a close one, though.
http://blog.cgpgrey.com/the-electoral-college/
For the next few days, the halls will be decorated with pictures and information about both Mitt Romney and Barak Obama, and the kids are excited to vote in our mock election that is taking place on Monday, November 5th.
We can't wait to see who will win!
But what is fun is our student class representatives went around to all classrooms this week teaching the Pyne Arts students about the way the president is elected, and how the political system is set up in the United States.
Each representative had a flipbook, that was put together by Mr. Neagle who spearheaded this school-wide project, that they used to teach small groups of students about the election.
The kids discussed everything from what the president of the United States does in his position to the current candidates, to how the electoral college works. Many students had questions about the electoral college, which is best explained in the link below. Because our representatives were chosen by their peers, the popular vote makes the most sense, but the kids soon learned that the state electors really do the voting in the end. Unfortunately our students were not around yet to remember the very controversial 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore, but for those of us who paid any attention to that election probably remember that the popular vote was quickly negated after the electoral vote was counted. It was a close one, though.
http://blog.cgpgrey.com/the-electoral-college/
For the next few days, the halls will be decorated with pictures and information about both Mitt Romney and Barak Obama, and the kids are excited to vote in our mock election that is taking place on Monday, November 5th.
We can't wait to see who will win!
that was so fun i love teaching the kids about the election
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