So this is technically the post for last week, because apparently I got too excited with all the birthday madness! So during this whole block semester, I have been adding more stress to myself by going to other schools around the counties instead of just Happy Valley Elementary. So every Friday, I drag my butt out of bed and visit a local school instead of getting caught up on all the extra work we have from Monday and Wednesday classes and my Thursday night story telling class that I am taking because I was not able to take it at any other time.
Anywho, while at this school, it was Washington Elementary in Kingsport city school district, they have an open classroom. In this classroom, there is a mixture of 2nd and 3rd grade students. They work together in everything they do. This classroom believes in the importance of social studies. This past week, in preparation for voting, they held their own mock election. They each researched all of the representatives that were running. This took place for about a month prior to the election. On the day I was there, they each went into their "private voting booth" and voted for who they felt they believed in the most. Then afterwards the teacher tallied all the votes and announced the class winner.
The kids loved doing this. They could not believe how much work it was to vote. However, they felt so accomplished after it was all done. Now when I first heard they were doing this, I thought this would be way to young of a class to do a project like this with. But all the students really took charge and participated fully in it. I loved this idea and thought it would be a great idea to do with all the classes for every election, not just the presidential ones. Voting is so important, and by giving them these habits at such a young age it really is giving them a lifetime technique and practice.
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