Teaching Civics Is the Electoral College Good or Bad for Democracy?

Is the Electoral College Good or Bad for Democracy?

Posted By llad On December 22, 2019 @ 9:41 am In | Comments Disabled

From KQED

This series investigates controversial current issues to help young viewers draw their own informed conclusions.

What is the electoral college? Why does the United States of America have an electoral college? What are arguments for getting rid of the electoral college?

Video (9:19) and short reading: https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2019/11/07/is-the-electoral-college-good-or-bad-for-democracy/ ^[1]

Classroom Guide for Above the Noise: https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2017/07/24/classroom-guide-for-above-the-noise/ ^[2]

Article printed from Teaching Civics: https://teachingcivics.org

URL to article: https://teachingcivics.org/lesson/is-the-electoral-college-killing-democracy/

URLs in this post:

[1] https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2019/11/07/is-the-electoral-college-good-or-bad-for-democracy/: https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2019/11/07/is-the-electoral-college-good-or-bad-for-democracy/

[2] https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2017/07/24/classroom-guide-for-above-the-noise/: https://ww2.kqed.org/education/2017/07/24/classroom-guide-for-above-the-noise/

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