2016 Election Project
It's an election year and everyone has a soapbox to stand on!
"Putting Through the Election" was an interdisciplinary project with Humanities and Math/Science teachers. The goal of the project was to have students engaged in the election and voting process and to ensure that they had a solid understanding of the issues at stake, the power in their voice, and the importance of being critically conscious.
ROCK THE VOTE!
The 8th grade class organized and hosted a campus-wide voting event. They engineered they're own voting system and were responsible for educating voters (fellow K-12 students) on the 2016 propositions and where each candidate stood on the issues.
STUDENT INFOGRAPHICS
After weeks of research, students created infographics on current issues they felt were "ballot worthy".
PUTTING THROUGH THE ELECTION
In collaboration their math/science teacher and engineering teacher, students constructed miniature golf holes based on their chosen "ballot worthy" issue. Several miniature golf exhibitions were set up (including one at a neighborhood community college) where our students encouraged players to get more involved in current social issues.