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Today’s Vote: Voting Rights Restoration

In this lesson students will take on the role of senators to create, debate, and vote on new legislation regarding voting rights for formerly-incarcerated individuals in the United States.

Grades 9-12, 6, 7, 8
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DCYhJonE2qNV6SVn6DWn8cj1UtS1YTQJ/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

Today’s Vote: Voting and Elections

In this lesson students will take on the role of senators to create, debate, and vote on legislation to improve election policy in the United States.

Grades 6-12
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BKfTuczPV0sPfHEpEfzqviiOPfzFhURA/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

Today’s Vote: Regulation of Commercial Drones

In this lesson students will take on the role of senators to create, discuss, debate, and vote on new regulations regarding commercial drones in the United States.

Grades 11, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GwOd9f1SxHQXnrcXbwteeC2N7Jb45Zs9/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

Today’s Vote: Prescription Drug Pricing

In this lesson students will take on the role of senators to create, discuss, debate, and vote on a new bill related to prescription drug pricing in the United States.

Grades 11, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXUPH-jsYg5ow3sv7zv9Yn1386hc8GfN/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

Today’s Vote: The Minimum Wage

In this lesson, students take on the role of senators to craft, discuss, debate, and vote ona. new bill to raise the federal minimum wage in the United States.

Grades 11, 12, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UGzqmJN-87Zx9pFVL82jxEby1Ly15oi6/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

Today’s Vote: Mandatory Minimum Sentences

In this lesson students take on the role of United States Senators to create, discuss, debate, and vote on legislation related to mandatory minimum sentences.

Grades 6-12
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qa29oIOj1OWhepI9GwqOgnIdYiAVYrQ_/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

Today’s Vote: Intellectual Property

The program encourages students to think about representation in a democracy and examine important legislative issues within the structure of a Senate debate. In this lesson, students will work collaboratively to create a new bill on the topic of The Patent Act.

Grades 6-12
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EprHxZq-xzY2JwDOKFhyPnpdOOi-tqyk/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

TVIC: Food Labeling

The Today’s Vote in the Classroom program is a legislative simulation based on the Today’s Vote program delivered onsite at the Kennedy Institute. In this lesson, students will work collaboratively to create a new bill on the topic of Food Labeling.

Grades 6-12
Federal Government
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1chd61JOZp5rQ7eccDxwf391Rm1vT7Peg/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

TVIC: DACA and the DREAM Act

The Today’s Vote in the Classroom program is a legislative simulation based on the Today’s Vote program delivered onsite at the Kennedy Institute. In this lesson, students work collaboratively to create a new bill on the topic of DACA and improve the immigration process in the United States.

Grades 9-12, 6, 7, 8
Citizenship
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qyN2n1P4JZPV0zX37RuSQb2HWmd9E6d1/view?usp=sharing"target="blank

TVIC: The Electoral College

This lesson encourages students to think about representation in a democracy and examine important legislative issues within the structure of a Senate debate. Students will work collaboratively to create, debate, and vote on a new bill regarding presidential elections.

Grades 6-12
Executive Branch/Presidency
Lesson Plans
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nFrQCLTznhGYBIZjy0VmIVeALDmNptzu/view?usp=sharing"target="blank
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