This material is produced to provide a program to instruct secondary level students in the political, governmental, and legal processes and to encourage active student participation in these processes. The materials draw heavily upon community cooperation as a base for practical learning. Part of a year-long curriculum, this unit focusing on voter…

Secondary students learn about the process of becoming President of the United States in this social studies unit. The unit traces the steps that a fictional candidate takes from the Presidential primaries through National Party Conventions and election campaigns, to the Presidential office in the White House. A candidate proceeds through the…

This handbook contains learning activities on political participation for use in secondary level American government or civics courses. It is designed to orient students and teachers to politics and the political process, to be successful at political endeavors, and to become involved in political activity within the school and local community.…