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SVREP Curriculum Rubric: April 2008 High School YouthVote W
Weekday Lesson Plans Class Activities
Exercise: Make a list of of what is important to
you/ the student. Choose an issue or topic (a
popular school program.) Go through an exercise
on who determines what programs get funding,
Discussion: Why are determine why programs should be kept open.
campaigns like YouthVote Divide the class into two groups: one group is the
important? Make the government/ decision makers, the other is students
connection between voting, advocating for a specific interest. Have a group
governance, and what is discussion, then bring groups together to have a
Monday important to students. class discussion.
Discussion: Follow the history Exercise: Biographies on Martin Luther King Jr.,
of voting and voting rights in History of the Southern Christian Leadership
Tuesday: America. Conference and SVREP,watch HBO's Walkout
Discussion: What is
disenfranchisement, and who Exercise: Who is Susan B. Antony? Do a mock
has been disenfranchised in election where poll taxes and grandfather clauses
the past, who is prevent some students from voting, how does this
Wednesday: disenfranchised now? effect the outcome of the vote? Discuss.
Exercise: Have/ encourage debates on: college
Discussion: What is at stake tuition, the economy and jobs, the war in Iraq,
Thursday: in the upcoming election? global warming.
Exercise: Hold a mock election, have students run
for President or a Congressional seat, allow
students to have a campaign manager, have other
students be lobbyists, develop a platform for both
Discussion: What matters to parties, hold mock debates, mock news interviews,
Friday: each student? and finally hold an election.
Students should: 1. Have
voter registration cards on
hand. 2. Read and understand
the legal requirements to
register new voters. 3. SVREP Will: 1. Provide training and help students
Commit/ pledge to register understand all legal requirements. 2. Provide
eligible family members. 4. materials, such as posters, buttons etc. that
Make sure people vote in all promote the youth vote registration. 3. Provide
elections! 5. Encourage civic speakers on voter registration, voter education and
Prep. Week: participation. why voting matters to them.
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8 High School YouthVote Week Campaign
Campus Notes and Preparation
Student body
groups
organize Students must be 18 years old, a
voter United States Citizen by birth or
registration naturalization before they can register.
activities There are some exceptions depending
during school on the state. School personnel and
activity days. teachers can help to register all eligible
Kick-off the voters. SVREP personnel can work
registration with personnel to provide copies of
campaign. voter registration affidavits
Encourage students to log in and vote
directly online if they are not registering
directly with a SVREP representative.
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