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Election... It's a Dirty Word and Classroom Topic

Ebony McKiver

I was having a brief conversation with my friend,  , and she brought up an extremely important point. Many of us may be World History educators, but students still walk into our classrooms with questions about the election. We have a live event coming up about civil discourse, but I must ask you all....

How are you handling student questions about the election and all the stuff swirling around it? Bonus points if you link resources, videos, or materials. I know tons of teachers are struggling to find balance, especially going into this last month before the election, and I would like to help ease their minds with sound instructional practices.

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    In Indiana, we are required by law to complete five instructional periods of election coverage in the two weeks prior to the election.  We stick to the five topics outlined in the actual law [Indiana Code 20-30-5-4 – Sec. 4.]: (1) the system of government in Indiana and in the United States; (2) methods of voting; (3) party structures; (4) election laws; and (5) the responsibilities of citizen participation in government and in elections.

    We developed standard lessons so that all high school teachers are teaching the same basic material.  We got most of our stuff from iCivics.  They've got loads of stuff.

    We try to avoid political ideology stuff and stick to the historical aspects so for the party structures lesson we cover the history of political parties in the US and for election laws we talk about who is able to vote and when.

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    In Indiana, we are required by law to complete five instructional periods of election coverage in the two weeks prior to the election.  We stick to the five topics outlined in the actual law [Indiana Code 20-30-5-4 – Sec. 4.]: (1) the system of government in Indiana and in the United States; (2) methods of voting; (3) party structures; (4) election laws; and (5) the responsibilities of citizen participation in government and in elections.

    We developed standard lessons so that all high school teachers are teaching the same basic material.  We got most of our stuff from iCivics.  They've got loads of stuff.

    We try to avoid political ideology stuff and stick to the historical aspects so for the party structures lesson we cover the history of political parties in the US and for election laws we talk about who is able to vote and when.

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