Elections!
Youth
Leadership Initiative - Cast Your Vote!
BrainPop
- Presidential Election
BrainPop
- Branches of Government
Time
for Kids Election Connection
Look
up Your Candidates
Ben's
Guide - The Election Process
Enchanted
Learning Elections
Congress
for Kids
Kidsnewsroom
AOLatschool
Elections
Elections
Scholastic
Election 2004
The
Democracy Project
Election
Scavenger Hunt for Fourth and Fifth Grades
You will need to use several web sites to
answer these questions.
Read carefully to find all of the answers.
1. What is a candidate?
2. What is voter registration?
3. What is a polling place?
4. What are the two main political parties in the U.S.?
5. What is the symbol for each of these parties? Hint: Look at the pictures.
6. When is election day?
7. What are the three branches of government?
8. How long is the term of office for President (how long does he serve)?
9. How long is the term of office for Representatives? How many Representatives are there in all?
10. How long is the term of office for Senators? How many Senators does each state have?
11. Where does the President live?
12. Who are two of the candidates for President?
13. What are the qualifications to become President? (Hint: there are three of them).
14. What is mudslinging?
15. What is the Electoral
College?
Election
Scavenger Hunt for First, Second, and Third Grades
1. How many states are there? http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/nation/states.html
2. What are the three branches of our government? http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/government/gov1.html
3. How many stripes are on our flag? How many stars are on our flag? http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/symbols/flag.html
4. Where does the President live? http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/symbols/whitehouse.html
5. What is the name of our National Anthem? http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/symbols/anthem.html
6. Who are the two main Presidential candidates? http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/election04/candidates/index.html
7. Play some interactive games. http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/games/interactive.html
This page created by Lori
Miller, Technology Instructor
for Wacona Elementary School,
September, 2004.
Updated October 18, 2004.
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