Unit 2: Elections, Civic Participation, and the Media
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Important Election Dates:
- Last Day to Register to vote in General Election - October 8, 2021
- General Election - November 2, 2021
In this unit, we will explore questions including:
- How can we become informed consumers and sharers of information?
- How can we identify misinformation and bias in social media and the news?
- What is voter turnout?
- Who votes and doesn't vote? Which elections do they vote in? Why?
- What percentage of Americans voted in the 2016 presidential election?
- What percentage of New Yorkers voted in the last mayoral election?
- Which NYC neighborhoods have the highest and lowest voter turnout?
- Why don’t people vote?
- How have voting rights expanded through history? Does everyone in the United States have full voting rights today? Why or why not?
- If groups fought so hard to gain the right to vote, why do so many not exercise that right?
- Why is voter turnout so low in New York?
- Why is voter turnout so low in the United States?
- How can we encourage more people to vote?
- How can we encourage young people to become active participants in government even before they are eligible to vote?
Vocabulary:
turnout, apathy, incumbent, primary, caucus, democrat, republican, liberal, conservative
turnout, apathy, incumbent, primary, caucus, democrat, republican, liberal, conservative
Resources:
New York City Board of Elections
http://vote.nyc.ny.us/html/home/home.shtml
Rock the Vote
http://www.rockthevote.org/
Politics Match Quiz
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/XPolitics/start.asp
Political Compass
http://www.politicalcompass.org/index
Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/
New York City Board of Elections
http://vote.nyc.ny.us/html/home/home.shtml
Rock the Vote
http://www.rockthevote.org/
Politics Match Quiz
http://www.ontheissues.org/quizeng/XPolitics/start.asp
Political Compass
http://www.politicalcompass.org/index
Newseum
http://www.newseum.org/