Teaching MaterialsThis section provides you with all the resources required to organise a rewarding, active Y Vote Mock Election.
If you have not already done so, please register your details here to receive additional Y Vote Mock Election resources. Y Vote PackThe Y Vote Mock Election pack contains all the material you need to run a successful mock election. The pack is downloadable and can be printed and photocopied.
The Y Vote pack contains the following:
- A step-by-step guide to running a Y Vote Mock Election
- Ballot papers, registration forms, poll cards, rosette & manifesto templates, plus other essentials
- Cue cards explaining Y Vote Mock Elections to students
- Activity ideas to encourage and promote student involvement
Pre Election ActivitiesTo help inspire greater student engagement with the Y Vote Mock Elections process, we have designed a set of pre election activities which can be used as lesson plans.
Introducing key concepts & issues around elections, with 3 activites at Key Stage 3 and a further 3 at Key Stage 4, which can be used side by side or autonomously.
Student Section The dedicated Student Section of the site can be used alongside the pack in preparation for the mock elections. There are facts, quizzes, interactive polls and games that bring the information to life and support student involvement in the process.
Click here to go to the Students Section
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Your own Press ReleaseA mock election is a great opportunity to show off the work your students are doing so why not let the local press know about it?
Step One: Click here to download the press release template
Step Two: Insert your school's details in the allotted spaces
Step Three: Send the press release to all local newspapers and television networks.
Further Information
Big Ben and All That!
This free CD-ROM developed by the Hansard Society and the Association for Citizenship Teaching (ACT), gives teachers the inside scoop on what goes on in Westminster through interviews with MPs, Lords & teachers, as well as archived footage from Parliament.
To order your free copy please of the Big Ben and All That! resource contact: citizenship@hansard.lse.ac.uk
External Links
Many other sites provide excellent opportunities for extension work. Here is a list of some that we would recommend:
The UK Parliament’s site:
www.parliament.uk
The eXplore Parliament site:
www.explore.parliament.uk
Council for Education in World Citizenship site
www.cewc.org
The Scottish Parliament
www.scottish.parliament.uk
The Electoral Commission provide election information on their site:
www.dopolitics.org.uk
Information on all elections:
www.aboutmyvote.co.uk HustingsAn in-school hustings with real local candidates, is a great way to give students a taste of the real thing whilst energising your mock election. Here is our simple guide to organising your in-school hustings:
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Invite all candidates provided
they do not contravene your schools equal opportunities policy.
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Ensure all candidates have equal time to speak.
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Ensure all candidates get a fair say.
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Remind all candidates of the 1973 agreement prepared by the
Politics Association and signed by all main political parties on the
issue of politics in schools. This agreement requires candidates to
avoid being partisan and focus on what they offer as candidates and
the importance of voting.
If you would like to see a copy of the 1973 agreement, please contact us |
