On 4/27/08, Trey Salacki wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I am a senior at East Carolina University majoring in
> History Education. I will start teaching in an area high
> school in the fall and am curious about some techniques to
> get students excited about the November elections. Does
> anyone have any sugestions? I would appreciate any help!
> > Thank you,
> > Trey Salacki
We are not supposed to include actual politics into our
teaching (talking about individual parties, which we have
many). I am not sure which particular law it is, but it
doesn't matter for the purpose of this thread (I am not in
USA). But check your laws anyway.
Is your area characterized by low voter turnout? If not, I
don't see a very strong reason that high schoolers should
be "excited" about the elections. The word "exciting" does
not sound very precise. (It is similar to the word "fun",
whose meaning may range from complete chaos on one hand, to
students finally actually starting to participate in class
instead of sleeping on the other hand; therefore you may get
very different responses by these questions on teacher
forums - some teachers would argue that fun is not necessary
and that kids are here to study etc. Everybody thinks of
what it would mean in their own classes).
To me, HS students being excited about politics evokes
images of people arguing and maybe even fighting.
Unfortunately we had some problems with this citywide.
btw back to the topic. What is the lowest age for voting?
Over here (not USA) it is 18, so I can see HS seniors being
immediately interested in the voting process etc, but not
freshmen or sophomores, who are still too immature.
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