I always struggle to find appropriate election materials to use with Primary students, so decided to compile some ideas here. There are a couple of simple books on “Who Can Be President?” and “What Does the President Do?” from lots of harder-to-read sources. Additional sources are given within. Then

Donald Trump Close Reading Flip Flap Includes: -Close Reading Text, Academic Vocabulary Graphic Organizer, Main Idea & Detail Graphic Organizer, Text-Dependent Comprehension Questions, Close Reading Annotations Book Marks Common Core Aligned: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1 Ask and answer questions ab

2016 Presidential Election: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Lessons and Pop Up Books Get your students ready for the 2016 Presidential Election by learning about Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Students will read informational passages about both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Each reading

Learn about Hillary Clinton's life and work in this unit. Students can learn about her life before entering politics, as well as her work as First Lady, Senator, Secretary of State, and Presidential candidate. This lesson has been updated to include her defeat in the 2016 election. After learning

Off-year elections are just as important to study as the big one every four years. We need to think about the basic knowledge students need to learn to be the basis of their understanding for the next five to ten years. This resource will give you lots of supplemental pieces to make that learning st