Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Whittington have found an awesome site to teach students about the upcoming election. Go to http://www.studiesweekly.com/vote/ and check out the amazing information it provides.
When you get to the homepage, you will see 4 major links that you can click. If you click on Learn about the Candidates, it shows both candidates side by side. It gives a biography and also gives tabs you can click that tell about their positions on certain topics like the economy, energy, and education! The best thing is the information is in 2 columns so you see both at the same time and can easily compare the two.
Back on the homepage, another informative tab is Election Curriculum. From this link you will select your grade level range. Once you have selected your grade level range it will take you to a magazine that you can show your kids on your projector or your SMART Board.To make it larger just click on the button that looks like TV.
This site will also allow our school to vote. On October 30th, we will have a mock election. The students will be able to vote on the computers in your classrooms. On the morning of October 30, we just need you to log-in on a student computer in your room, go to http://www.studiesweekly.com/vote/, click on vote and type in this code: MMHB5RJ7 (not case sensitive). The students will go to the computer and place their vote. We will give you I Voted stickers that you can give them once they have voted. We will be able to see the data as it is collected, and at the end of the day we will have a final count. If you have any questions please let me or Amanda know!
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