Music starts
An animated video shows a picture of a young person in a classroom dropping a ballot in an Elections Canada ballot box.
Text on screen:
Elections and Democracy logo
Engage. Empower. Learn.
Civic Education program to teach about elections and democracy.
Engaging inquiry learning resources.
electionsanddemocracy.ca
A computer cursor in the shape of a hand appears on screen and clicks on the Elections and Democracy web address. The Learning Resources page scrolls across the screen. The Election Simulation Toolkit Teacher’s Guide appears. The pages scroll quickly by and stop on the “Materials – To be photocopied” page.
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Text on screen: Inquiry-based
A picture appears with a faculty member talking to a group of students in front of a classroom board.
Segue with a picture and video footage of young people in a classroom working in groups on projects about elections in Canada.
Transition, section change.
Text on screen: Student centred
A picture appears with a young person standing in front of walls that have a Canadian electoral map and graphics from the “Does Voting Matter?” activity on them.
Segue with a picture and video footage of young people in a classroom working on activities about elections in Canada.
Transition, section change.
Text on screen: Interactive
A picture appears showing two young people standing in front of a classroom board with a graphic on it.
Segue with a picture and video footage of young people in a classroom working in groups on projects about elections in Canada.
An activity board appears with a timeline separating a zone of “Inclusion” from a zone of “Exclusion.” Activity cards from the “Voting Rights through Time” activity are overlaid onto the board.
Transition, section change.
Text on screen: Cross-curricular
A picture appears with a young person giving a presentation in front of walls with a Canadian electoral map and graphics from the “Does Voting Matter?” activity on them.
Segue with pictures and video footage of educators looking at teaching materials.
A page from the Elections and Democracy YouTube channel scrolls by, showing clips from videos.
Transition, section change.
Text on screen: Free
A picture appears showing a young person in a classroom dropping a ballot in an Elections Canada ballot box, in front of a board with a Canadian electoral map on it.
Segue with pictures and video footage of young people working in groups on educational projects about elections or voting behind a voting screen.
The Curriculum Connections page from the Elections and Democracy website scrolls by.
An animated slideshow appears on screen with eight teacher’s guides for learning resources created by Elections Canada.
Titles of guides:
Digital Skills for Democracy
Mapping Electoral Districts
Voting Rights through Time
Geography of Elections
Elections by the Numbers
Election Simulation Toolkit
Civic Action: Then and Now
Does Voting Matter?
A big pink animated X transitions into the final screen.
Text on screen:
Elections Canada logo
Elections and Democracy logo
Engage. Empower. Learn.
electionsanddemocracy.ca