* Students will develop social skills such as citizenship, honesty, respect for others, kindness, cooperation, generosity, courtesy and respect for home, school and community.
* Students will help others by enthusiastically participating in a public service activity.
* Students will improve their reading, spelling, vocabulary, grammar skills and technology skills.
* Students will recognize the need for rules and government.
* Students will recognize the need for good citizenship and civic responsibility.
* Students will improve their reading, spelling, vocabulary and grammar skills.
* Students will use the Internet to research.
* Students will gain knowledge about their city’s government.
* Students will be able to list reasons for voting in elections.
* Students will be able to provide some information about the local election.
* Students will practice their math measurement skills.
* Students will recognize the importance of voting within a democracy.
* Students will conduct a survey of voters in the community.
* Students will analyze results of the survey.
* Students will suggest ways to increase voter participation.
* Students will list steps in registering to vote.
* Students will identify various ways to register to vote (local registration, on the Web, through the department of motor vehicles, by mail).
* Students will understand voting trends.
Students analyze vote counts from each state to determine which candidate got the most popular votes in each state. They create maps with a color key to show the popular vote results. Older students use the maps and a chart to determine how many electoral votes each candidate received.
Students use online or library resources to find or calculate each president’s age at inauguration. They graph the ages of the presidents to create a visual device for seeing who was the youngest and oldest president, what the average age was at inauguration, and so on.
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