Class President Election: Research, Find a Candidate, Speech Writing, and Voting, Study notes of Computer Science

Day 1 – Research Day (Monday):

Using the internet, go to Enchanted Learning to find out about being president and

voting. You will use the website to answer questions on the activity sheet.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/vote/presidential_elections.shtml (look in favorites

for Enchanted Learning)

Other sites to visit today:

While you are at these sites look for information that you could use in a speech, if you

were running for Class President.

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/k-2/index.html (look in favorites for Ben’s Guide)

Day 2 – Find a Candidate (Tuesday):

Your group will need to select a person to be their candidate for the election on Friday.

After deciding who will run, the group will need to use Inspiration to map out the

campaign speech for your candidate. You will make a web showing your outline. The

speech will be videoed later in the week. It will need to be 1 minute long. We will view

these on Friday and then vote for Class President. Each group member will need to take

one area of the speech from the outline and write a rough draft of that section of the

speech at home tonight. Be sure and bring it tomorrow, you will be typing it into Word.

Remember, not to make your section of the speech to long because the whole speech is

just one minute total. The speech can be written as a conversation between the

members of the group, each member will need a copy to read. Remember, it will need

to be one minute long. Also, be sure and write a slogan for your candidate. This is a