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Lesson 4: Researching Candidates
While students wait for their mail-in ballot or to vote in-person on Election Day, they can find out what offices and candidates are on their ballot. (45 minutes)
Cast Your Ballot
Lesson 5: Finding Partisan Information on Candidates
Students explore candidate campaign websites and other sources to investigate policy actions by candidates on issues they care about. (45 minutes)
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Lesson 6: Completing and Returning a Mail Ballot
2-3 weeks after applying for it, students will learn how to complete and return their mail-in ballot. (20 min)
Cast Your Ballot
Lesson 7: Voting in-person
Students learn how to find their polling place and to cast their ballot in person. They will also learn how to cast a provisional ballot as a last resort. (20 minutes)
Extension Activities
Candidate Interviews
Host a candidate interview in your classroom. (60 minutes)
Extension Activities
Ranked Choice Voting
Discuss and practice ranked choice voting with students. (45 minutes)
Extension Activities
Exploring Political Endorsements
Political endorsements are an influential source of information for voters. This lesson discusses how students can use them. (30 minutes)
Extension Activities
Serve as a poll worker
Poll workers are crucial to Election Day. Many counties accept 17-year-olds to work the polls, and get paid for doing so. (10 minutes)
