GATE Activities

Keyla Casts Her Vote is an elementary level breakout activity. Primary grades can complete together as a class and intermediate students can easily complete in groups in breakout rooms on zoom. Middle School and High School groups can use this link to engage students in a fun warm up activity.

Students can access the PBS Electoral Decoder and click the "Explore Elections" button to find an interactive cartogram to explore all 58 past presidential elections from 1789-2016. The interactive web based "Presidential Predictor" can also be used to see how state-to-state voting impacts the overall results of the election.

This brief Democracy video highlights an overview of the democratic process from it's early beginnings in ancient Greece.