• Write a Letter to the next President

• Find Your Party or Candidate Match.

  • Party Match - Political Party Tester

  • Candidate Match Websites - iSideWith, Societly, USA Today Candidate Match Game, CNN Candidate Matcher, Project Vote Smart's VoteEasy

• Research Where Candidates Stand on Issues.

  • Who is running for President

  • Where the Candidates Stand on 2016's Biggest Issues

  • ProCon - reliable, sourced information about where each presidential candidate stands on important issues

• Write an Editorial About an Issue That Matters to You

  • Student Editorial Contest

• Analyze Campaign Commercials

  • Republican Primary Ads

  • Democratic Primary Ads

  • Living Room Candidates - hosts presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to 2012

  • Could Lincoln Be Elected Today - explores the power of negative advertising

• Hold a Mock Election

  • Primary Voting at age 17 - advocates that states and political parties act to allow citizens who will be 18 years old on or before the general election to vote in their party’s corresponding primary or caucus.

  • Youth Leadership Initiatives - student-only, online mock election, using electronic ballots tailored to each student’s home legislative district.

  • National Student/Parent Mock Elections

  • Kids Voting USA

• Exchange Ideas With a Pen Pal

  • Pen Pal Schools

• Annotate the Election

  • Hypothes.is - collaborative annotation tool is a digital way for students to comment on and converse about important news stories, ads, Op-Eds and other documents related to the 2016 election

    • Annotatathons - hostid annotathons focused on documents related to 2016 election.

    • Annotation Stream

    • Fact Checks of the 2016 Elections - running list maintained by The New York Times

    • FactCheck.org - a nonpartisan website that maintains a running list

• Gamify the Election

  • March Madness Style Bracket Challenge election polling and predictions for the Electoral College 

• Make an Editorial Cartoon

  • Editorial Cartoon Contest

• Learn About the Electoral Process

  • primary and caucus

  • Electoral College systems.

  • 2016 primary calendar and results more information about the electoral process

  • what to know about the presidential race today a daily updates

  • iCivics offers a teachers guide and related student activities.

• Watch, Analyze and Talk Back to the Debates

  • reacting in real time on social media tap into your students' energy and suspense surrounding the election debates? For starters, you can ask them to watch the debates and keep track of what they notice, find interesting or surprising

  • This Lesson Plan - more suggestions for how you can use the debates as an effective teaching and learning tool

• PBS Learning Media - Election Central  tools, resources and creative solutions to educate your students on the various facets of the political process. With content to educate your students on the process and history of elections including campaigning, local impact of national issues, how the Electoral college works, fast facts and an interactive, activity-based map, these tools help turn news coverage into learning opportunities. 

  • Lesson Plan Links

  • Virtual Field Trip Link

  • The Election Process

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Updated November 9, 2017