Social Studies HS Guide

STRAND 3: Distribution of Power

STANDARD 3.4

PACING

RESOURCES

●​ See Government &

Civics Year at a Glance

●​ Work together as a PLC to determine individual standard pacing.

STANDARDS Students will use data to evaluate election results and explain election processes and strategies. CONCEPTS (Nouns) SKILLS (Verbs) LANGUAGE SUPPORTS ●​ Data ●​ Election results ●​ Use data ●​ Evaluate

●​ Argue ●​ Best Practices for MLs in Secondary Content Area Classes

●​ Election processes ●​ Election strategies

LEARNING PROGRESSIONS

●​ Identify and explain election processes. Examples to consider include: ○​ Presidential elections ■​ Electoral College System

○​ Congressional elections ○​ State and local elections

○​ Primary elections ○​ General elections ○​ Special elections ○​ Referendums and ballot measures ●​ Identify and explain election strategies.

●​ Research data from the last presidential election and most recent state and local elections. ●​ Use the data that was collected to evaluate and explain election processes and strategies.

VOCABULARY

●​ Election results ●​ Election processes ●​ Election strategies