Being a Voter 🔞

Today is Mean Girls Day 💁🏼‍♀️

🎯 Learning Targets

• Explain the purpose of general elections
• Describe how and when elections are held, and who may vote in them
• Explore the importance of becoming an informed voter

⏰ What We Did

• Examined the reason the voting age was lowered to 18 and how that age group has exercised their suffrage
• Interpreted an editorial cartoon on the role of the media in elections, as a segue into campaign influences

⚙️ Resources

• 18-Year-Olds and the Vote; Voting and Elections (A-4)

💻 Homework

• Watch and take notes on Lesson 3, Part 2: How Candidates and Groups Try to Influence Your Vote, before class on Monday