Essay On How To Teach The Presidential Election

When given this assignment I had no clue what topic I might choose. I waited and waited until the recent elections blew up in my face. This past election was a learning experience for me because I just turned 18. This was the first year I could ever vote and a weird election like this occurred. I noticed how many people were actually very disturbed with how Gore won the popular vote but will most likely lose the election only because he couldn't win enough electoral votes in one state.

In American classrooms many democratic ideals are present. Each classroom may use them in different ways, but they are all around the school system. In each classroom visited during TE-100 democracy was alive. Each school proudly displayed a true democratic atmosphere from the large, diverse hallways of Grand Island Senior High, the colorful, friendly rooms of Holdrege Middle School, or the fun, interactive feel of Kenwood Elementary. In each school, students of all types were all given amazing democratic environments to learn and grow in, and are all in the process of becoming democratic citizens.

elementary schools are introduced to lessons about U.S. presidents in kindergarten. Although children’s understanding of the methods, purpose, and effects of government increases over time, even young children have a rudimentary understanding of the role of the president as a leader of government. The research questions concerned children’s knowledge of the links among gender, race, and the presidency. And the conclusions were, that it is unlikely that children are explicitly taught that only European American men have been presidents of the United States. Nonetheless, children might acquire such knowledge through observation and constructive processes (Bigler et al., 2008).

There are three subject areas from this class that I thought were very informative. These are the Texas constitution, learning about campaigns and elections, and political participation and voting.

Schools are another important faction in delivering affective socialization, but also deliver instrumental socialization to America's youth. Elementary classroom instruction is generally where children receive their first concrete lessons on the American political system. Teachers perform the important civic duty of instructing young Americans in political history, general laws and rights, and patriotism. Take for example the Pledge of Allegiance, recited across the nation in elementary classrooms.

Student Learning Outcome #6 "Engage in reasoned civic discourse while recognizing the distinctions among opinions, fact, and inferences" supported with my Summaries Essay.

In conclusion, the instruction of social studies has continue to take a back burner role in classrooms,because it is not one of the subjects in the high stakes testing covered under the NCLB. However, this can change if teachers employ effective teaching strategies, that will help everyone to realize the importance of social studies content at every grade level. This will ultimately help our students to have the knowledge, and understanding to appreciate our diverse culture.

The 2016 presidential election seemed to be a particularly hectic election. On November 8,2016, I was checking my Facebook newsfeed. As I scrolled through my newsfeed, I see a lot of posts related to the election. People would post opinions on each of the presidential candidates as well as which their predictions of which candidate will win. The newspaper websites provided frequent updates throughout the day to inform people about the progress of the election. That night, I watched tentatively as the ballots were being counted, and I saw people’s comments of shock and disbelief when Trump managed to get ahead of Hillary in terms of electoral college votes.

Most Teenagers my age have a very small grasp on our country's politics and what's actually going on in the country and all around the world. Some of them don't even care because they say it doesn't matter or it won't affect them. But they are wrong because what happens in our country's government will affect every single person's future in some way. So it is much better to keep informed about what's going on so you could decide what you agree and disagree on with some background information on the topics. They could get some of this information from watching the news but mos tteenagers do not. Since some students don't take a political or current events class they lack the knowledge on the differences between our countries to main political

When this year's election chaos started, one of them came to me and asked "what is this Dad"? I told him it was how we choose a president for the next four years. He had no further questions at the time, but soon had more and more. I realized that I had never considered teaching them about this at such a young age, but I pondered how crucial it must be. It must also be reincorperated in our

At the end of 2016, the United States will be holding the primary presidential elections. There are six main democrats and fifteen main republicans who are running in the presidential election of 2016. Among the great old party¬ (GOP) presidential applicant Jeb Bush, son of former president George H. W. Bush and brother of former President George W. Bush, should not have deemed administrating for office on the note of his promises to this country. Other than his famous last name, Jeb Bush’s yearn to work on a certain scope of issues pertaining to education, instead of the just an overview of American education, can potentially give him an unfavorable position in this campaign. Alongside, other republicans doubt whether Bush is strategically capable of addressing the war in Iraq due to his shallow analysis, and vague prescriptions of maintaining his promise to end the nuclear deal made with Iran.

On Monday night, Denver city council passed an immigration ordinance that forbids city officials from asking about anyone’s immigration status or requiring anyone to discuss it. This law makes it difficult for the federal government to track and arrest immigrants. As a result, people have become fearful that these immigrants will cause harm to the public. Many people are afraid of the unknown and seeing the kind of damage immigrants have done, automatically makes them assume that every immigrant is the same. For example, the field director of ICE made a statement that “this irresponsible ordinance...deliberately obstructs our country’s lawful immigration system..and undermines public safety” (Murray). Ultimately,

This discussion board had me thinking about what I really want to share, and what I have seeing causing young children environmental stress. According to Mindes, “it is how parents deal with the news in their own homes also influence children’s views and fears” (Mindes, 2008, p92). So, the current event that is all over the new is the presidential elections. But is not really about the time of voting and watching the news, for learning who would be the next present. It is about the current presidential candidates that are causing stress all over my community. Well, allow me to clarify something, and I really hope to be clear enough to not confuse or insult anyone reading my post. Most of the people I provide services are Hispanic, I am Hispanic and about 80% of the population of my host school is

“On the one hand, turnout among 16- and 17-year-olds was about 10 percentage points below overall turnout. On the other hand, 16- and 17-year-olds were more likely to vote than those aged 18 to 34. The same trend is evident elsewhere too. In Austria – the only European state with votes at 16 for national elections – this age bracket votes less than the entire population but more than the subsequent bracket.” (Alan Renwick and Barney McCay 2015). Politics as a standalone subject would encourage more participation as the combination of lessons about policy, media and up-to-date current affairs would personally relate to the individuals such as parents being fined for truancy, free school meals etc.

Political campaigns are very significant in American politics and elections. It is the period before the electorate makes political decisions in the form of elections. The attention of the citizens towards politics intensifies as the date of the elections draws near. The salience of voters improves as the election date draws near and could manifest in the form of increased media attention. Political discussions, campaign interest, strength of the intention to vote, and knowledge about the candidates are other manifestations of increased salience of voters. Another indication of improved intensity is the effort put by the candidates and their political parties in the campaigns. Parties increase their efforts in the