Educating Youth about the rights and responsibilities of living in a democratic society
Youth Vote Curriculum and Educator’s Resources
Youth Vote achieved this goal in close partnership with the Anchorage School District. Since 2002, Youth Vote has been using curriculum provided by the National Student/Parent Mock Election. In 2012, NSME created a new on-line curriculum for educators to use in their classrooms. The curriculum contains age-appropriate lesson plans developed specifically for NSME that are tied to Core requirements as well as interactive on-line activities for students and teachers. In 2014 this curriculum was again updated by NSPME and vetted by the ASD before it was made available to teachers. Additional information about voting in Alaska, a list of voting related web resources, and information about Youth Vote activities were also sent electronically to all ASD social studies and government teachers in the middle and high school levels as well as to all elementary school teachers. The on-line NSME curriculum and additional resources were sent to private schools in Anchorage and Eagle River. Youth Vote and the Social Studies Coordinator for the ASD were available to answer questions from teachers as they worked to implement this curriculum leading up to the election.
Youth Vote Curriculum and Educator’s Resources
Youth Vote achieved this goal in close partnership with the Anchorage School District. Since 2002, Youth Vote has been using curriculum provided by the National Student/Parent Mock Election. In 2012, NSME created a new on-line curriculum for educators to use in their classrooms. The curriculum contains age-appropriate lesson plans developed specifically for NSME that are tied to Core requirements as well as interactive on-line activities for students and teachers. In 2014 this curriculum was again updated by NSPME and vetted by the ASD before it was made available to teachers. Additional information about voting in Alaska, a list of voting related web resources, and information about Youth Vote activities were also sent electronically to all ASD social studies and government teachers in the middle and high school levels as well as to all elementary school teachers. The on-line NSME curriculum and additional resources were sent to private schools in Anchorage and Eagle River. Youth Vote and the Social Studies Coordinator for the ASD were available to answer questions from teachers as they worked to implement this curriculum leading up to the election.
