The Voting Process<\/p>\n
What should voters know about voting in municipal and\u00a0school board elections? How is it different than provincial\u00a0or federal elections? Why is it important to be an active and engaged citizen?<\/p>\n
Voting in municipal elections is the way citizens express\u00a0their choices for who they think is best to represent their\u00a0needs locally and to lead their community.<\/p>\n
In this unit, students review essential information about\u00a0voting in municipal elections in Ontario. Afterwards, they\u00a0will practice voting and counting ballots through a mock\u00a0vote. In the culminating activity, students will demonstrate\u00a0their knowledge of voting by creating an instructive\u00a0pamphlet or poster, which can be shared with a parent,\u00a0guardian or an adult they know, encouraging them to vote.<\/p>\n
We are learning to:<\/p>\n
I CAN\u2026<\/p>\n
Social Studies Gr. 5<\/em> B3, B3.1, B3.5 1. Explain to students that the purpose of the Student Vote\u00a0program is to give students a chance to practice voting so that\u00a0they will be more prepared to vote in the future. The Student Vote results are released publicly and through the news media.\u00a0This allows young people to have a voice in the election and\u00a0have their perspectives shared. Watch the \u2018Student Vote\u00a0Ontario 2018<\/a>\u2019 video (3:16 min) with your class to give\u00a0students a preview.<\/p>\n 2. Through a whole class discussion, answer the following\u00a0questions:<\/p>\n 1. Using the accompanying slide deck, discover some of the\u00a0key aspects of the voting in Ontario municipal elections.<\/p>\n 2. Have students practice voting by holding a mock vote\u00a0with your class. You can use the samples provided in\u00a0Activity 8.1<\/a> or create your own ballots. You could also use\u00a0an online application or software program. It is important\u00a0to demonstrate that there are multiple races and at times,\u00a0different rules about the number of candidates you can\u00a0choose.<\/p>\n 3. Show students how to fill out a sample ballot correctly.\u00a0Students can use a checkmark, X, or any other mark as\u00a0long as it clearly indicates their choice(s). Remind students\u00a0that they must follow the rules for each race \u2013 if only\u00a0two choices are permitted, you cannot vote for three\u00a0candidates.<\/p>\n 4. Distribute the ballots and invite each student to go\u00a0behind the voting screen one at a time to mark their\u00a0choice. Afterwards, ask them to re-fold their ballot to\u00a0ensure privacy and place it in the ballot box.<\/p>\n 5. Review the ballot terms \u2018accepted\u2019 and \u2018rejected\u2019.<\/p>\n 6. Divide students into small groups and ask them to\u00a0review and count the ballots from the mock vote. One\u00a0person should show the ballot to the rest of the group and\u00a0as a group they should decide whether the ballot or ballot\u00a0section would be deemed \u2018accepted\u2019 or \u2018rejected\u2019. One\u00a0person should be selected to tally the votes.<\/p>\n 7. Add up the results from each group and announce the\u00a0overall results.<\/p>\n 8. Have a closing discussion and answer any remaining\u00a0questions about the voting process.<\/p>\n Voting Poster<\/em><\/p>\n Have students demonstrate their knowledge by creating\u00a0a poster or pamphlet about how to vote or to promote\u00a0voting in the municipal elections. It could be designed\u00a0for a parent, guardian, or an adult they know. This poster\u00a0can be done informally in a notebook, or as a larger\u00a0assessment opportunity.\u00a0Ideas for possible content:<\/p>\n Co-create criteria with your class. Sample criteria below.<\/p>\n Title The Voting Process Guiding Questions What should voters know about voting in municipal and\u00a0school board elections? How is it different than provincial\u00a0or federal elections? Why is it important to be an active and engaged citizen? OVERVIEW Voting in municipal elections is the way citizens express\u00a0their choices for who they think is best to represent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elementary-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1061"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1322,"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1061\/revisions\/1322"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/civix.ca\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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