CLASSROOM RESOURCES  |  STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION  |  RESEARCH ON TEACHING FOR DEMOCRACY

CLASSROOM RESOURCES

• iCivics' Win the White House game lets students run their own presidential campaign- from picking your candidate’s platform to executing a national strategy.
• A new resource in 2016, NAMLE's Every Teacher’s Guide to Debate, Media, and Speech in the Classroom, including lesson prompts for evaluating media and debating the issues, as well as other media literacy resources.
• iCivics' Election Guide helps you navigate free games, lessons and activities for your classroom.
• The NCSS Teachers’ Library has multiple resources for teaching about elections and voting.
• The C3 Framework also provides significant opportunity to discuss active and engaged citizenship, like this example from CA. 
• Help students discuss controversial public policy issues surrounding voting rights, and campaign finance reform using these Close Up In Class materials. CloseUp also has a lesson plan about the journey to women’s suffrage. 
• Help your students understand issues surrounding youth voting rights and prepare students for their first vote with this lesson plan.
• Additionally, CloseUp has a two-part lesson plan Teach the Vote, and worked with The Center on Congress to create a video on voting.

STUDENT VOTER REGISTRATION

• Download a free copy of the League's comprehensive high school voter registration training manual here. 
• For decades, the nonpartisan League of Women Voters has registered tens of thousands of high school students to vote nationwide.  League volunteers in your area may be able to assist in setting up a voter registration program in your school. Find your local League.

• Find localized, up-to-date elections information by visiting the League's award-winning site www.VOTE411.org.

RESEARCH ON TEACHING ABOUT ELECTIONS AND VOTING

• CIRCLE has a long track record of research on both youth voting and civic education. Their website, www.civicyouth.org, is the go-to location for research on youth civic education & engagement, including Quick Facts on Civic Education. 
• For a summary of research on the K12 aged activities that correlate with youth political engagement and informed voting, see All Together Now: Innovation and Collaboration for Youth Engagement. 
• Our April webinar highlighted exciting new research about teaching with current and controversial issues in the classroom.