Because tomorrow is Grandparents' Day, I decided that we would hold our class election today. I started by teaching the kids about the electoral college. I used pie:
I likened a vote to a piece of pie. Then I explained how each person gets a piece of pie, and the states with the most pie get to cast the most votes. Then we split up into towns. Rockland had 7 kids while Marshfield had 3 and Hanover had 1 (etc.). I showed them how the kids in Rockland had a choice of who to vote for, and whoever got the most votes in Rockland would get ALL the Rockland votes. Same with each of the towns. Using pie helped the kids to understand the electoral college. How cool!
After that, the kids got to vote.
They had to stand in line, just like a real election.
They got their ballots...
Then they voted!
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Everyone was happy to have voted!
And our results!
Scott Brown beat Elizabeth Warren by one vote!
And Barack Obama had a decisive victory over Mitt Romney!
It was a great experience to vote and learn about the electoral college. The pie wasn't bad, either!
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