CIV.22

Spooky Elections

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LENGTH

25 Minutes

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Description

Spooky Elections is an engaging civics simulation that lets students experience the U.S. electoral process from the inside! 🎃🗳️ Students take on the role of a campaign organizer and progress through Primary, General, and Presidential Elections. Along the way, they learn about candidate requirements, political platforms, campaign funding, ballots, voting rights, the Electoral College, and key constitutional amendments. Through hands-on gameplay, students build campaign stations, interact with citizens, gather campaign funds, promote candidates, make strategic decisions, and compete to win elections. In the Presidential Election, they must strategically allocate resources across states and secure 270 electoral votes to win. Designed to make civics learning interactive, accessible, and fun, Spooky Elections turns complex concepts about elections and democratic participation into an experience students can play, explore, and learn from.

Vocabulary Words

Election

Candidates

US Constitution

Qualifications

Campaign

Primary Election

General Election

Ballots

Political Platform

Government Strategy

Unified Message

Voting Barriers

Voting Rights

Voting Rights Act

Amendments

Presidential Election

Electoral College

Mobocracy

Instructions

Play through this interactive game to learn about Elections & Voting. Suitable for Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8.

Main Concepts

Elections are a central mechanism through which citizens choose representatives and influence government in a representative democracy.

Voting allows citizens to participate in self-government by selecting leaders and helping determine public policy direction.

Different elections serve different purposes, including primary elections, general elections, and elections for different offices and levels of government.

In the United States, presidential elections and congressional elections follow different processes and timelines.

The Electoral College plays a formal role in presidential elections, while the popular vote determines outcomes in congressional and most state and local elections.

Ballots may include candidates, referenda, initiatives, recalls, and other measures that allow voters to make choices about public issues as well as public officials.

Voting rights have expanded over time through constitutional amendments, legislation, and civic struggle.

Barriers to voting have limited participation at different times in U.S. history, leading to efforts to expand access and protect voting rights.

Informed voting requires evaluating candidates, issues, and sources of political information.

Discussion Questions

Before the Game

What is an election? How does a candidate become qualified to run for office?

After the Game

What is the role of the Electoral College? Can you name the two types of elections?

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