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On June 3, 2020, First Vote NC hosted a webinar to provide information about the program and election simulation platform. First Vote NC is an initiative of EducationNC and aims to improve youth voter turnout by demystifying the voting process and making voting a habit before students graduate from high school.

Below is a video of the webinar along with links to resources mentioned in the recording.

 

While the platform is designed with the educator in mind, our ultimate audience is high school students — North Carolina’s future voters. Our multi-layered approach includes an authentic simulation election, issue-based questions, demographic data collection for post-election analysis, and a lesson portfolio. With the 2020 election less than five months away, we want to provide educators with this free election simulation package.

Click below to let us know you are interested in participating

I’M INTERESTED

We will send you a link in August to officially sign up for the election simulation platform.

Lesson Plans

​Designing a School-wide Election​

​How to Vote and Why it Matters ​

​National, State and Local Elections: What’s the Difference? ​

Local Elections

​Political Parties and Ideologies ​

​Role of Media in Elections

​The Role of Money in Elections ​

​The Results Are In! ​

2020 Census

Intro Video

Contacts

Caroline Parker at cparker@ednc.org

Nancy Rose at nrose@ednc.org