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Reading the Election Results

Subject:	Arithmetic, Statistics
Grade:	3-5, 6-8, 9-12

Brief Description
Students read a chart that shows the results of the 1996 presidential election.

Objectives

Students use the final election results chart to respond to teacher-created questions.

Keywords

chart, election, study skills

Materials Needed

copies of teacher-created questions, pencils, computers with Internet access or printouts of the results from the Web resource listed in the Lesson Plan section below

Lesson Plan

Use the chart at Presidential Votes by State to create a list of grade-appropriate questions about the 2000 presidential election. (For example: Who got the most votes in the state of Massachusetts? By how many votes did George W. Bush win in the state of Arkansas?). Ask students to use the chart to learn the answers to the questions.

Assessment

Students correctly answer at least seven of ten questions.

Lesson Plan Source

Education World

Submitted By

Gary Hopkins

National Standards

Social Sciences:
NSS-C.K-4.2
NSS-C.K-4.5
NSS-C.5-8.1
NSS-C.5-8.5
NSS-C.9-12.1
NSS-C.9-12.5

Mathematics:
NM.K-4.1
NM.K-4.2
NM.K-4.4
NM-K-4.8
NM.5-8.1
NM.5-8.2
NM.5-8.3
NM.5-8.4
NM.5-8.7
NM.5-8.10
NM.9-12.1
NM.9-12.2
NM.9-12.4
NM.9-12.10