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Election Edge

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Second Avenue Learning

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Election Edge is an award-winning, standards-based platform for teachers to explore U.S. History and the Presidential election process with students in a non-partisan way. Educators have access to teacher guides, lesson plans, and worksheets to educate students about U.S. History and the evolving political landscape. Offered for grades 5-12.

Game Overview

One of the most significant changes is the addition of primary sources, which allow for a deeper understanding of historical context and issues surrounding past and present elections. Another significant enhancement is that we’ve added the polling data and election results from 2020 as well as current polling data for 2024.

Goals include students’ ability to:
-Demonstrate knowledge of the Electoral College & Primary Process
-Be able to analyze and interpret poll data
-Identify the trends of election data
-Participate in civil discourse in a productive, fact-based manner
-Demonstrate critical thinking skills to interpret historical context of past and current elections

Students in grades 5-12.

Student assessment is done by the educator with support from the Teacher Resources and innovative features of Election Edge.

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