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Elementary Teachers

SEPTEMBER 25 - OCTOBER 2, 2012

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IPTV has created a list of election-related resources for K-12 classrooms. Whether you are a social studies or math teacher, these resources will help your students make connections to the larger world of politics, voting, demographics, and more.

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Step Insider the Voting Booth

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

Introduce students to the history of suffrage in America. Step into the "Voting Time Machine," then fast forward to when your students will vote and discuss today's issues.

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Freddy's Carnival Count-Off

Grade Range: K-2, 3-5

Go head-to-head with Freddy. Whoever answers the most questions in a fixed amount of time wins. Students learn more about estimation and counting by ones, fives, and tens.

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Pitch Perfect

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

Learn what pitch is, then listen in as auto-tune corrects the bad pitch of some NOVA staffers.

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How Does the Election Affect Me?

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

Use a virtual town tour to demonstrate how federal, state, and local government decisions directly impact your students' community. Provide a basic understanding of the branches of government and the balance of power.

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Circle Plot Diagram

Grade Range: 3-5, 6-8

Introducing the concept of text structure to elementary students is made easy and fun through the use of the Circle Plot Diagram. The tool can be used as a pre-writing graphic organizer for students writing original stories with a circular plot structure.

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PBS LearningMedia Election Resources

Grade Range: 6-8, 9-12

The PBS LearningMedia Election 2012 Collection is an aggregation of curated and contextualized election-related resources for K-12 classrooms with a primary focus on middle and high school.

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