(Time varies)

OBJECTIVE
Students monitor the election returns to stay politically active.

MATERIALS
U.S. Map handout

GET READY

• Copy one U.S. Map handout for each student.

INSTRUCTIONS

• Ask your students to take the maps home and watch the election returns on television or find them in the newspaper.
• Instruct them to choose a color for each presidential candidate (preferably blue for a Democratic candidate and red for a Republican candidate) and to color the states accordingly as they learn the results from television, the radio, or newspaper.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

• What happened when you went to the polls?
• Did you have any problems? Any surprises?
• Did the election turn out as you thought it would?
• How do you feel about it today?
• Were the election returns exciting to watch?
• If you were planning an election returns show for kids how would you make it more exciting?

MORE!
For gubernatorial or other state elections, copy a state map showing counties. Follow instructions above.

VOTE QUOTE
"Politics is just another word for your future."
– Unknown