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Elections – Teacher Resources

Our lessons, printables, and activities on the U.S. electoral process provide great teaching ideas for fall, whether it's a presidential election year or not. Explore election requirements for the federal government with your students. You'll also find great ways for students to get involved in local politics, like holding classroom debates or writing letters to representatives. Units on civil rights and women's history will benefit from resources on the American suffrage movement.

2008 Presidential Election Resources
Barack Obama
John McCain
More 2008 Presidential Election Resources
Printables
Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
U.S. Map with State Capitals
Reading Guide for Hillary Rodham Clinton: Dreams Taking Flight
Reading Guide for My Dad, John McCain
Texas State Map
Could You Be President?
New York State Map
More Popular Elections Printables
Lesson Plans
Inaugural Poetry
Classroom Lincoln-Douglas Debate
The Presidential Election Process
U.S. President: Facts
Mock Election Ideas for the Classroom
Election Vocabulary Bingo
Election Vocabulary Bingo Card 1
More Elections Lesson Plans
References
Barack Obama
U.S. Election Vocabulary
How a President Gets Elected
Susan B. Anthony
History of Presidential Inaugurations
Overview of the Presidents: Basic Facts & Figures
Order of U.S. Presidential Succession
More Popular Elections References
Quizzes
Presidential Campaign Slogan Quiz
First 10 Presidents Quiz
Language Arts & Elections Connected
So You Want to Be President?
Sample Letter to Representatives
Election Vocabulary Brainstorm
Informal Debates
A Teacher's Guide for Vote!
Election Vocabulary Bingo Card 5
Election Vocabulary Bingo Card 3
More Language Arts Activities for Elections
Mathematics & Elections Connected
Great Debate Lessons
Population of the United States, From 1980 to 2000
Election Project
Where You Belong: Census Activity
Population of the United States by State, 2005
Election Poll
Conducting an Election Poll
Kids Count: Census Activity
History Resources
Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Procedure
Know the Presidents
Women and the Vote Worksheet
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
Alice Stone Blackwell
Women and the Vote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
More Popular History Resources for Elections
U.S. Presidents & Political Figures
Presidential Trading Cards
Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Assessment
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
President George Walker Bush Biography
U.S. Vice Presidents
Governors of the Fifty States
Presidents Elected Without a Majority of Votes
More U.S. Presidency Resources
Federal Government Resources
Election of Senators
Unusual Voting Results in the U.S.
Presidential Campaign Slogans Answer Sheet
John McCain
Presidential Campaign Slogan Quiz
Election Day
Election of the President and Vice President: The General Election
More Federal Government Resources
American Suffrage Movement
Declaration of Sentiments
Carrie Chapman Catt
Notable Quotes by Women
Paulina Wright Davis
Lucy Stone
Exploring Suffragists
The History of Women's History
More Suffrage Resources
Geography Resources
Florida State Map
U.S. Map with Physiography
New Jersey State Map with Physiography
Ohio State Map with Capital
Washington State Map
North Carolina State Map
Idaho State Map with Physiography
More Mapping Activities

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