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Slide 1 | Title | Text Election Simulation Toolkit |
Slide 2 | Title Minds On | Text Do you want breakfast for dinner? One minute to discuss [Teacher’s notes: Encourage students to move around the room and speak with other students. The activity should feel a little chaotic. Do not give them any clarification on the question.] |
Slide 3 | Title Minds On | Text Vote Move to the yes or no area to vote. |
Slide 4 | Title Minds On | Text Discussion
[Teacher’s notes: Announce the winning side, then ask these questions.] |
Slide 5 | Title Inquiry Question | Text How can we take part in federal elections? [Teacher’s notes: Explain that in a real election, many processes are in place to help everyone participate fairly. Through this activity, students will explore a variety of ways we can take part in federal elections.] |
Slide 6 | Title Activity Introduction | Text
[Teacher’s notes: During this election, you (the teacher) will act as the returning officer. This is the person responsible for conducting the election in the electoral district where they live. Returning officers are eligible to vote, like any other citizen.] |
Slide 7 | Title Activity Introduction | Text How could we improve our school or community? [Teacher’s notes: Some ideas to prompt student thinking are in the teachers’ guide. Write their ideas on the board, then choose two or three key issues together. Explain that students will work in small groups to understand one issue and propose solutions. This will be their party’s platform.] |
Slide 8 | Title Activity Introduction | Text Roles in our class election Election officers: Set up and run the polling station, count the ballots and report the results. Political party members: Groups will work together to form a political party and campaign for election. [Teacher’s notes: Select two students to be the election officers. There are five roles in each political party. If groups are larger, some roles can be shared between two or more students. The activity is designed for no more than six political parties.] |
Slide 9 | Title Activity Introduction | Text Getting ready The election officers
[Teacher’s notes: To begin, have the election officers use the manual to affirm the solemn declaration and do the Does It Count? Activity.] |
Slide 10 | Title Activity Introduction | Text Getting ready The political party members
[Teacher’s notes: To begin, have the political members divide the role cards among their group and select a candidate for election.] |
Slide 11 | Title Activity Preparing the campaign | Text You will have 15 minutes to prepare the campaign. Election officers: Use the Polling Station Manual to help you set up the polling station. Political party members: Use your role card to help you prepare your campaign. [Teacher’s notes: Set a timer so that all students can see it. The time can be expanded if needed, but the activity will then extend longer. Circulate to assist as needed. Write a numbered list of the candidates and their political parties on the board to help with the voting process later. All students are voters: they will need to show their ID before they can vote. Students can show their student ID or you can hand out the optional voter ID cards and have students make their own ID.] |
Slide 12 | Title Activity Campaigning | Text Candidates deliver their speeches
[Teacher’s notes: Before you begin the campaign, review the classroom norms together. Highlight that students need to keep their questions focused on the issues and proposed solutions. If you wish to complete the whole activity in one class period, use a timer to limit the questions and answers to 1 minute per candidate.] |
Slide 13 | Title Activity Voting | Text The ballot is secret
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Slide 14 | Title Activity Voting | Text Voting Step by Step
Congratulations! Your vote counts! [Teacher’s notes: Election officers can vote first to demonstrate the process using the poster. Once all students have voted, election officers count the ballots and report the results to the returning officer (teacher). After students vote, they collect their exit card and complete it individually while their classmates vote.] |
Slide 15 | Title Activity Voting | Text Results
[Teacher’s notes: Congratulate all students on their efforts.] |
Slide 16 | Title Consolidation | Text Imagine running an election for the whole population of Canada. How might it be different from or similar to our classroom election? A Look Back at the 2019 Federal Election [Teacher’s notes: After the video have students Turn and Talk with a partner to discuss how the voter’s experience in a federal election is similar to and different from your experience in our classroom election.] |
Slide 17 | Title Consolidation | Text Discussion
[Teacher’s notes: To maintain a safe and supportive classroom environment, encourage students to focus on the issues and procedures, not on the candidates or other students. For example, you can ask them to think about how the vote was kept secret.] |
Slide 18 | Title Consolidation | Text Reflection
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