Thursday, November 15, 2012

Election Day

Oops!  I was just looking through emails and found another great picture that showed the important even that our kids took place in.  Tuesday, November 6th was Election Day for our country.  While we know that only citizens over the age of 18 are legal to vote, we wanted the children to understand the process.  We took part in a mock election that was organized by the 3rd graders.  We watched videos to learn a little more about each candidate.  We talked about how voting is your own business and you don't have to vote for what your friends vote for - you make your own choice.  We "registered" for voting.  Then, on November 6th, we went to the voting booth to cast our ballots.

At the end of the day, the 3rd graders tallied up all of the ballots.  And the results.......
President Obama - 62          Governor Romney - 115


The next day, we talked about the actual results and how they differed from our mock election.  As you can imagine, there was some excitement and disappointment.  This was a great learning experience using a current news event!

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