Teaching Themes
Elections: Everything You Need
Students can use these resources to study elections and participate in one of their own.
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Teaching Guides Women's Suffrage Teacher's GuideGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Lesson plans and other resources for teaching the "Women's Suffrage: The History of Women's Right to Vote" student activity |
Book Resources Women's Suffrage Books and ResourcesGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Books and other resources to help you teach about women's suffrage. |
Chronology of Woman Suffrage Movement EventsGrades: 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12 See a historical timeline of U.S. women's suffrage events from 1776, when New Jersey granted women the right to vote, to 1920, when the 19th... |
Lesson Plans, Online Learning Activities Campaign Time!Grades: 6–8 Vocabulary instruction emphasizes building vocabulary word knowledge, comprehension, and word-learning strategies related to the upcoming... |
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Lesson Plans Explicit Vocabulary InstructionGrades: 6–8 Vocabulary instruction emphasizes building vocabulary word knowledge, comprehension, and word-learning strategies related to the upcoming... |
Book Resources Books for Teaching About ElectionsGrades: 3–5 Use these books to help build an awareness of the democratic process and the role our citizens play in it. |
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Lesson Plans, Quizzes Applying New VocabularyGrades: 6–8 Vocabulary instruction emphasizes building vocabulary word knowledge, comprehension and word-learning strategies related to the upcoming... |
True or False? Student Activity SheetGrades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5 Use this activity sheet as a supplement to the book Duck for President to teach about elections. |
My Election ScrapbookGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Students will record major events and collect election-themed artifacts throughout the current election. |
Election Day Lesson PlanGrades: 3–5, 6–8 Students will be able to follow Election Day results as they come in on the night of Election Day. They will learn about the electoral college. |
Content Words: Words About Voting (Practice Pages)Grades: 3–5 Help students build their vocabulary skills in the content area of social studies using context words about government and voting. |
Election GlossaryGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Use this glossary to help your students understand the terms that define elections. |
Election Glossary and TimelineGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Your students will easily understand the election process with this glossary, timeline, and match activity. |
Election Time! A Fill-In ChartGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Keep your class informed on current elections with this fill-in chart. |
Election Time LineGrades: 1–2, 3–5 What leads up to the election for president? Find out here! Cut out these election year events. Put them in order. Then glue them onto a strip of... |
How We Voted MapGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Use this election-themed map of the United States to follow the election results. Color in each state the color of the party it voted for. |
Our State's Primary Election ChartGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Use this primary election chart to discuss the early stages of the election process and follow your state's primary. |
The National Election ChartGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Follow the election's popular and electoral results with this election chart. |
True-or-False Election GameGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Let students test their election smarts with this fun game. |
Write & Read Election Mini-BookGrades: 1–2, 3–5 Teach or review the basics of the election process with this interactive mini-book. |

