Teach
Find materials for teaching students about issues around the 2020 election and democratic governance, including simulations, discussion questions, and blog posts from faculty offering advice and reflections on teaching the election.
Election 2020 – General
| Source | About |
| APSA Educate 2020 Election Resource Collection | Educate is APSA’s new teaching material library where faculty can share resources from syllabi to simulations across subfields and academic institutions. This collection features teaching resources from political science faculty for teaching the 2020 election, including games, active-learning activities, reading lists, and more. |
| APSA RAISE The Vote | APSA’s RAISE The Vote Campaign is a nonpartisan effort to provide political science faculty with the tools needed to effectively encourage student registration, voting, and democratic engagement. |
| iCivics Election Headquarters | iCivics offers high-quality civic education resources aimed at high school students. Their election headquarters are home to a number of resources that are also valuable for early career undergraduates, including lesson plans that prepare students to vote, understand ballots, and educate themselves about candidates. |
Voting
| Source | Title | Authors |
| RAISE The Vote | Teaching the Power of Local Political Participation | Melissa Michelson |
| RAISE The Vote | Promoting Civic Literacy and Engagement during the COVID-19 Pandemic | Elizabeth Bennion & Judithanne Scourfield McLauchlan |
| Project Pericles | Voting Modules for the Classroom | Project Pericles |
| Elect Project | Mail Balloting in the Classroom | Michael McDonald |
| RAISE the Vote | Student-led Voter Registration Efforts | Chelsea Kaufman |
| Students Learn Students Vote Coalition | Preparing to Support Student Voters in the Event of a Campus Closure Toolkit | Students Learn Students Vote Coalition |
Civic Enagement and Civic Literacy
| Source | Title | Authors |
| Election Reflections | Navigating Partisan Differences in the Classroom | Eric Schwartz |
| APSA | Teaching Civic Engagement | Matto, et al. |
| RAISE the Vote | Student Analysis of Congressional Election Districts | Josh Franco |
| RAISE the Vote | Civic Engagement as Critical Pedagogy | Sekou Franklin |
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