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First Vote NC: Helping teach civic engagement in the classroom

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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

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Caroline Parker

Caroline Parker, an award-winning journalist, worked with EducationNC from 2017-26. Our director of rural storytelling and strategy, she is known and respected across the state for her stories about rural North Carolina, especially her leadership during the pandemic, the closing of the Canton papermill, and after Hurricane Helene. Her coverage after Helene led to a partnership with the Associated Press and EdNC being honored by the N.C. Press Association for public service.

She has traveled to and through six of the seven continents, but grew up in rural Franklin, Virginia. Caroline attended the University of Georgia and graduated from the Grady School of Journalism.

She is inspired by seeing new places and calls many of them home.

Nancy Rose

Nancy Rose was the chief operating officer and director of First Vote at EducationNC and the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research.

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