Class Election Day Kit | Election Day | Voting | Mock Election

Have your own Election Day with your students in your classroom without any controversy! This election day activity kit covers several areas of learning (elections, making choices, persuasive writing, graphing, tallying). This PDF resource is ready for you to print and go!

What's Included?

-Election Today Sign

-Vote Here Sign

-Voting Booth Sign

-Ballot Box Sign

-"I Voted Today" stickers to print on Avery 5160 Labels

-Cookie Ballot (Oreo vs. Chocolate Chip), Chip Ballot (Wavy Lays vs. Thin Lays), or Election Ballot (salty vs. sweet), Election Ballot (you type in your own choices)*

-Vote For _____! Campaign Sign for students to create

-You Should Vote For...... Writing Response Paper (with primary handwriting lines and without)

-Graphing/Tallying Response Paper to declare winner (cookie election, chip election, salty v. sweet election, and one for you to edit with your own options)*

* You must have Microsoft PowerPoint installed in order to edit your own ballots and graphs. Otherwise, everything else is a set PDF that is already done for you!

How do I run this activity?

Visit my Blog HERE to see how I run this activity from start to finish!

I begin our Social Studies lesson by having my room set up with the different voting and election signs in the doorway and around the room. I cover a large box in blue paper and cut a hole in the top and tape my ballot box or voting booth sign to the front. This helps to drum up excitement and curiosity before I even begin the lesson.

I usually read the book I Voted by Mark Shulman to help students better understand how an election works. We discuss some of the vocabulary and what it means. Then I let my students know that we will be having our own election in class today!

I tell my students what we will be voting for, and I present the candidates. I have my students design campaign posters and write about why others should vote for their candidate. Once it’s time to vote, I have students come to the voting booth to cast their ballot. Afterwards, I tally up the ballots on the board while my students tally along with me on their graphing sheets. After we reveal the winner, we enjoy that candidate (chip, cookie, or whatever it is that won!) and we talk about how even if our candidate didn’t win, it’s still ok!

Thank you so much for downloading! If you have any questions about this resource, please contact me at madison@sweetfirstiefun.com

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