Voting & Electoral College Mini Lesson SOL CE 5ef

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Social Studies

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8th Grade

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Carrie O'Hanlon

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5 Slides • 10 Questions

Match

Match the voting amendments and laws

15th

19th

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Right to vote for men

Right to vote for women

Outlaws literacy tests

Match

Match the voting amendments and laws

23rd

26th

24th

Washington DC votes

Voting age lowered to 18

Poll take abolished

CLUES TO REMEMBER!!!

Who is/is not eligible to vote in VA? Explain why or why not.

Lebron James

Born in Akron, Ohio
39 years old
Lives in LA, California

Pharrell Williams

Born in VA Beach, VA
51 years old
Living in VA Beach

Multiple Choice

Evan goes to the DMV and picks up a paper application to register to vote. How could he turn it in officially register?

Call up the registrar's office

Mail it in

Send a picture via text

Draw

Draw a SYMBOL to represent the 3 factors that predict voter turn out.

Based on the graph, who is voting more?

Multiple Choice

Pick a title for the list: Too busy, not interested, did not register, does not think their vote matters.

Ideas to get people to vote

Reasons why citizens fail to vote

Ways students can participate in voting

Multiple Choice

The number of electors of each state is based on a state's_____________________, which is based on a state's population.

Tax rate

Congressional representation

Political party

Registered voters

Open Ended

Type the following two times: Congressional representation is state population

Type response here

Multiple Choice

The system that awards all electoral votes to the winning presidential candidate is known as-

Winner-take-all

Congressional representational

Popular vote

Multiple Choice

What is the total number of electors in the Electoral College?

270

538

435

Multiple Choice

What states make a difference in tight elections?

Less populated and swing states

Densely populated and swing states

Third party states

Swing states

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