1. Your Task: You are to identify 5 US States that were won by Barack Obama in the 2012 US Presidential Election and 5 States won by Mitt Romney. You will be awarded points if you identify the winning candidate for each State. The points awarded for each correct State are equivalent to their Electoral College Votes as of the 2012 Election. You have 5 minutes to decide! Your Task: You are to identify 5 US States that were won by Barack Obama in the 2012 US Presidential Election and 5 States won by Mitt Romney. You will be awarded points if you identify the winning candidate for each State. The points awarded for each correct State are equivalent to their Electoral College Votes as of the 2012 Election. You have 5 minutes to decide! Click here to enter answers Click here to enter answers

2. CodeSTATEWinnerEVCodeSTATEWinnerEV 1AlabamaRomney927MontanaRomney3 2AlaskaRomney328NebraskaRomney5 3ArizonaRomney1129NevadaObama6 4ArkansasRomney630New HampshireObama4 5CaliforniaObama5531New JerseyObama14 6ColoradoObama932New MexicoObama5 7ConnecticutObama733New YorkObama29 8DelawareObama334North CarolinaRomney15 9Dist. of Col.Obama335North DakotaRomney3 10FloridaObama2936OhioObama18 11GeorgiaRomney1637OklahomaRomney7 12HawaiiObama438OregonObama7 13IdahoRomney439PennsylvaniaObama20 14IllinoisObama2040Rhode IslandObama4 15IndianaRomney1141South CarolinaRomney9 16IowaObama642South DakotaRomney3 17KansasRomney643TennesseeRomney11 18KentuckyRomney844TexasRomney38 19LouisianaRomney845UtahRomney6 20MaineObama446VermontObama3 21MarylandObama1047VirginiaObama13 22MassachusettsObama1148WashingtonObama12 23MichiganObama1649West VirginiaRomney5 24MinnesotaObama1050WisconsinObama10 25MississippiRomney651WyomingRomney3 26MissouriRomney10 QuestionAnsw 1What is the total number of Electoral College Votes available (as of the 2012 US Presidential Election)? 538 21992 saw the highest voter turnout in any US Presidential election. What percent of the voting population turned out? 61 3How many people have been President of the United States 43 4How many times was Franklin D Roosevelt elected as President of the United States? 4 Total: 646 After updating the tie-break questions above, run this slide in slideshow mode and click on this button to update this resource State electoral vote statistics Tie-break questions

3. Click team tables to enter results Click here for overall score ObamaRomney 1819 128 633 2545 1417 ObamaRomney 00 00 00 00 00 ObamaRomney 00 00 00 00 00 ObamaRomney 00 00 00 00 00

4. Blue Team OBAMA ROMNEY

5. NumberStateCorrect?EV ScoreNumberStateCorrect?EV Score 18KentuckyNo019LouisianaYes8 12HawaiiYes48DelawareNo0 6ColoradoYes933New YorkNo0 25MississippiNo045UtahYes6 14IllinoisYes2017KansasYes6 Total33Total20 Final53 Orange Team OBAMA ROMNEY

6. NumberStateCorrect?EV ScoreNumberStateCorrect?EV Score 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 Total0 0 Final0 Green Team OBAMA ROMNEY

7. NumberStateCorrect?EV ScoreNumberStateCorrect?EV Score 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 Total0 0 Final0 Yellow Team OBAMA ROMNEY

8. NumberStateCorrect?EV ScoreNumberStateCorrect?EV Score 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 0STATENo00STATENo0 Total0 0 Final0 Black Team OBAMA ROMNEY

9. Orange Obama EV33 Romney EV20 Total53 Green Obama EV0 Romney EV0 Total0 Yellow Obama EV0 Romney EV0 Total0 Black Obama EV0 Romney EV0 Total0 Click team tables to see full results per team Click here to reveal the result for the Blue Team! Click here to reveal the result for the Orange Team! Click here to reveal the result for the Green Team! Click here to reveal the result for the Yellow Team! Click here to reveal the result for the Black Team! Check tie-break answers

10. CodeStateCodeState 1Alabama27Montana 2Alaska28Nebraska 3Arizona29Nevada 4Arkansas30New Hampshire 5California31New Jersey 6Colorado32New Mexico 7Connecticut33New York 8Delaware34North Carolina 9Dist. of Col.35North Dakota 10Florida36Ohio 11Georgia37Oklahoma 12Hawaii38Oregon 13Idaho39Pennsylvania 14Illinois40Rhode Island 15Indiana41South Carolina 16Iowa42South Dakota 17Kansas43Tennessee 18Kentucky44Texas 19Louisiana45Utah 20Maine46Vermont 21Maryland47Virginia 22Massachusetts48Washington 23Michigan49West Virginia 24Minnesota50Wisconsin 25Mississippi51Wyoming 26Missouri Student task seat Your task is to try and work out which states voted for Barack Obama and which voted for Mitt Romney in the 2012 US Presidential Election. You must choose 5 states for each of the candidates. If you identify the states correctly, you will score the equivalent points of the votes awarded to the Electoral College of that states. So remember, the larger the state (population wise) the more likely their Electoral vote will be higher! Student task seat Your task is to try and work out which states voted for Barack Obama and which voted for Mitt Romney in the 2012 US Presidential Election. You must choose 5 states for each of the candidates. If you identify the states correctly, you will score the equivalent points of the votes awarded to the Electoral College of that states. So remember, the larger the state (population wise) the more likely their Electoral vote will be higher! Team Name: In the table to the right, put in the state code (i.e. a number between 1 and 51) for each of the 5 states you wish to give for Obama and Romney:

11. Tie-Break Questions Should there be a tie at the end of the game, your total score for the answers to the following questions will be used to determine who is the eventual winner. Tie-Break Questions Should there be a tie at the end of the game, your total score for the answers to the following questions will be used to determine who is the eventual winner. Team Name:

12. Answers to the tie break questions 1 What is the total number of Electoral College Votes available (as of the 2012 US Presidential Election)? 538 2 1992 saw the highest voter turnout in any US Presidential election. What percent of the voting population turned out? 61 3 How many people have been President of the United States43 4 How many times was Franklin D Roosevelt elected as President of the United States? 4 Total:646 Return to tables Calculate the difference between your answer and the actual answer Click here to reveal the answers

13. Teacher Instructions: The aim of this game: Running the game: Separate your class into (up to ) 5 groups and hand each group a student task sheet (print off slide 10). Run the slideshow from slide 1. Allow students the appropriate amount of time (e.g. 5 minutes) to discuss their possible answers and complete their task sheet. NB: Ensure that they write the State code number onto their task sheet and not the State name. They may wish to keep their own copy. Take in all of the task sheets and then hand out the Tie Break question sheet (slide 11). Allow the students to discuss and come up with their tie break responses. Whilst they are completing the tie break the teacher can input the student Sate suggestions. Click on ‘Click here to enter the answers’. You may wish to remove the screen from student view whilst entering the responses. Click on each coloured table and enter the State number codes (being careful to enter accurately!). After all 5 teams are completed click on ‘Click here for overall score’. Allow students to see the screen. Click on ‘Check tie-break answers’ and reveal the tie-break answers. Ask students to work out how close to the actual answers their tie-break responses are. Click on ‘Return to tables’. Reveal the students’ outcome by clicking on each colour individually. Teacher Instructions: The aim of this game: Running the game: Separate your class into (up to ) 5 groups and hand each group a student task sheet (print off slide 10). Run the slideshow from slide 1. Allow students the appropriate amount of time (e.g. 5 minutes) to discuss their possible answers and complete their task sheet. NB: Ensure that they write the State code number onto their task sheet and not the State name. They may wish to keep their own copy. Take in all of the task sheets and then hand out the Tie Break question sheet (slide 11). Allow the students to discuss and come up with their tie break responses. Whilst they are completing the tie break the teacher can input the student Sate suggestions. Click on ‘Click here to enter the answers’. You may wish to remove the screen from student view whilst entering the responses. Click on each coloured table and enter the State number codes (being careful to enter accurately!). After all 5 teams are completed click on ‘Click here for overall score’. Allow students to see the screen. Click on ‘Check tie-break answers’ and reveal the tie-break answers. Ask students to work out how close to the actual answers their tie-break responses are. Click on ‘Return to tables’. Reveal the students’ outcome by clicking on each colour individually.