Brief Description
Students determine the most important issue of the current campaign.
Objectives
Students follow a multistep voting process to determine the most important issue(s) of the current campaign. They document the final vote on five important issues by graphing the results.
Keywords
vote, election, issue, graph
Materials Needed
graph paper, colored pencils
Lesson Plan
Help students brainstorm a list of important issues the next president will face. That list of issues might include some of the following:
Death Penalty
Defense
Economy
Education
Environment/Energy
Guns
Healthcare
Homeland Security (Terrorism)
International Policy
Iraq
Jobs
Social Security
Taxes
