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ELECTIONSELECTIONS in <Enter in <Enter School>School>

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Lesson Starter

Make a list of things in which people can vote

VOTING made SIMPLE

If you vote for someone this means you agree with them on a lot of issues

WIWL:

VOTING made SIMPLE

WIWL:At the end, the winner will be the person who has

the most votes.

Health and Wellbeing GoalI will have opportunities and be encouraged to play an active and responsible role in our school.

I will be assisted if I need it and make decisions about the things that affect me.

Literacy GoalI will develop skills that are helpful to know in my everyday life.

I will have opportunities to collect ideas from the other learners.

Numeracy Goal

I will have opportunities to make up my mind based on what I have worked out about a problem or issue.

I will use numeracy skills to help me see a problem and look for ways of how to solve it

You already know how voting works on the X

Factor

It means a person has the ‘wow’ factor that the other ‘wannabees’ don’t have.

Your vote helps pick the winnerx

One person write down

3 top qualities of your possible representative.

Talk to your group and share your ideas.

Did your group say these?

Discuss why each person who wants to be your representative would be the best person for the job

Do this activity with your

‘shoulder partner’

Think – Pair – Share

Publicity LeafletsPosters, Campaign Photography

Powerpoints for the Plasma Screens

Campaign SpeechPreparation for ‘Hustings’Rosettes

Say Write Make Do

Activities to be done in Groups

To vote in a real election you need

first to be on a register, called the

Electoral Roll

http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/ YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/ Electoralregistration/

Languages other than English http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/languages

.aspx

3 Reasons for being on the Electoral Roll

You are able to go on the Roll when you turn 18

1. Able to vote in local council elections2. Able to vote in Scottish and UK Government elections3. Able to gain credit references for Mobile Phones, Loans etc

Pictureof aPollingBooth

Pop your vote in the ballot box

The WinnerTakes It All

WILT:

I learned that my vote matters because I voted for someone to represent me.

WILT:

I learned that my vote matters because if I had not voted I would have no-one to represent my views.