Materials and Resources
Internet Resources

• Citizenship and the Constitution
  www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_Government/GOV0002.html*
  Students can identify government officials and resources on a local, state, and national level
• Know your Local Government
  www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_Government/GOV0024.html*
  This activity introduces students to the local government structure and the people in the various community positions
• PBS TeacherSource: Approval Voting
  www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/voting/activity4.shtm*
  Students can examine a voting method in which voters can vote for as many candidates as they wish. Each approved candidate receives one vote, and the candidate with the most votes wins.
• PBS TeacherSource: Borda Count Voting
  www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/voting/activity1.shtm*
  In this voting method each candidate gets 1 point for each last-place vote received, 2 points for every next-to-last-place vote, etc., all the way up to N points for each first-place vote (where N is the number of candidates). The candidate with the largest point total wins the election.
• PBS TeacherSource: Plurality Voting
  www.pbs.org/teachersource/mathline/concepts/voting/activity2.shtm*
  Students can explore the voting method they are most used to-one in which voters choose one candidate and the candidate with the most first place votes wins.

• Internet connection to enable use of the Visual Ranking Tool
• LCD projector to share multimedia presentations

Technology - Software

• Database/spreadsheet software for graphing activity
• Multimedia software for creating presentations