Voting and elections are an essential part of democracy. Keep up with election news, study the history and process of elections, learn about voting rights, and engage in classroom debates with these videos, activities, and lesson plans. Encourage your students to think critically about local and national issues and create media voicing their perspectives and advocating for change.

Use these curated, nonpartisan teaching resources to help students learn about state, local, and federal election processes, understand the power of their voice and the vote, and become engaged participants in our nation’s constitutional democracy.

The Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) is a dynamic forum where information professionals learn, discuss, advocate, and create scholarship on and about government information at all levels of government (local, state, national, international). 

The Civics Renewal Network is a consortium of nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations committed to strengthening civic life in the United States by increasing the quality of civics education in our nation's classrooms and by improving accessibility to high-quality, no-cost learning materials. This curated collection of resources on voting and elections contains resources for elementary, middle, and high schools.

In the face of political polarization, students must have opportunities to practice how to engage with people and ideas across difference. That being said, schools need to be places that champion civility, equal rights, safety and civic action for social change 

Facing History's US election resources were designed and curated to help students explore the role of elections, voting, and civic participation in creating and sustaining a just and healthy democracy. Use these resources on voting, media literacy, polarization, and bias to talk about US elections with your high school and middle school students. 

From the Anti-Defamation League. Elections and voting provide many interesting opportunities to teach students about civics, how government works, the electoral process, current events, historical context and campaign politics. Young people want to be part of the conversation--and should be. They are eager for information, reflection and dialogue.