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3. Election Education

4. VOTING made SIMPLE CfE 2011

5. Lesson Starter Make a list of things in which people can vote

6. VOTING made SIMPLE If you vote for someone this means you agree with them on a lot of issues WIWL:

7. VOTING made SIMPLE WIWL: At the end, the winner will be the person who has the most votes.

8. Health and Wellbeing Goal I will have opportunities and be encouraged to play an active and responsible role in our school. I will be assisted if I need it and make decisions about the things that affect me.

9. Literacy Goal I will develop skills that are helpful to know in my everyday life. I will have opportunities to collect ideas from the other learners.

10. Numeracy Goal I will have opportunities to make up my mind based on what I have worked out about a problem or issue. I will use numeracy skills to help me see a problem and look for ways of how to solve it

11. You already know how voting works on the X Factor

12. It means a person has the ‘wow’ factor that the other ‘wannabees’ don’t have.

13. Your vote helps pick the winner x

14. One person write down 3 top qualities of your possible representative. Talk to your group and share your ideas.

15. Did your group say these?

17. Discuss why each person who wants to be your representative would be the best person for the job Do this activity with your ‘shoulder partner’ Think – Pair – Share

18. Publicity Leaflets Posters, Campaign Photography Powerpoints for the Plasma Screens Campaign Speech Preparation for ‘Hustings’ Rosettes Say Write Make Do Activities to be done in Groups

19. To vote in a real election you need first to be on a register, called the Electoral Roll http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/ YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/ Electoralregistration/ Languages other than English http://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/languages.aspx

20. 3 Reasons for being on the Electoral Roll You are able to go on the Roll when you turn 18 1. Able to vote in local council elections 2. Able to vote in Scottish and UK Government elections 3. Able to gain credit references for Mobile Phones, Loans etc

22. Picture of a Polling Booth

24. Pop your vote in the ballot box

25. The Winner Takes It All

26. WILT: I learned that my vote matters because I voted for someone to represent me.

27. WILT: I learned that my vote matters because if I had not voted I would have no-one to represent my views.