Author:  PBS Kids Go!  The Democracy Project

These hands-on activities are designed to help students journey through politics from its “grass roots” to a national convention through the creation of a new political party and the development of the convention’s national platform.

Objectives:

• Students will increase their knowledge base about politics and elections.
• Students will use political terms and increase understanding of their meanings.
• Students will improve writing and communication skills.
• Students will express their opinions on issues and compare and contrast them to the opinions of others.
• Students will compare and contrast factual information.
• Students will work cooperatively to achieve tasks.

Link: Donkeys and Elephants and Voters, Oh My!

Source

A collection of lessons from PBS for teaching about government and elections for students in third through sixth grade.