Election 2016 Case Study: Entering the Race

In 2016, 22 people led the field of Republicans and Democrats running for president. They were joined by about 1,800 third-party, fringe and joke candidates. But is this field as open as it seems?

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Grades

10, 11, 12, 8, 9

Subjects

Voting, Elections, Politics

Resource Types

Lesson Plans, Research (Digests of Primary Sources)

Teaching Strategies

Small Group Deliberation, Debate, Case Study, Current Event, Whole Class, Whole Class Discussion, Whole Class Deliberation, Small Group, Small Group Discussion

Civic Days

Election Day

Tags

election, political parties, candidates