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The Guerilla Guide To Politics


 
Grades: 6-12
Length: 12/1-3 Minute
Rights: Perpetuity w/ Distribution & Duplication

The Guerilla Guide to Politics is a young person’s guide to the democratic process. It consists of twelve 1-3 minute segments, in which the two narrators take a comic, irreverent approach to the voting system, describing to future voters exactly what they should know about registration, absentee ballots, primary elections, and the electoral college, and hence equipping the next generation with the tools they need to become able citizens of the United States.

1.) Guerilla Guide To Politics
Introduces the Guide.

2.) Your Vote
Explains the importance of your vote and highlights moments in history when elections were changed by just a few votes.

3.) How To Register
Shows the registration process, explains the significance of political parties, and tells the requirements for voting.

4.) Find Out Who’s Running
Demonstrates how to find out who is running in your area, and how to research candidates.

5.) When To Vote
Tells you who is up for office in a given year, and when primaries and Election Day are held.

6.) Ways To Vote
Fills in students about the systems of absentee ballots, early voting, and standard voting.

7.) Where To Vote
Tells students where voting booths can be located on Election Day, and when a provisional ballot can be used.

8.) What Will You Be Voting On?
The narrators explain when initiatives, referendums, and petitions are used, and how to request a sample ballot.

9.) Who To Vote For
Explains what to expect from a candidate, and what to watch out for.

10.) What To Expect
Shows the traditional ballot voting system and the new electronic voting machines.

11.) Who Wins?
Compares the electoral college and the popular vote, and explains where both are used.

12.) Finding Out More
Demonstrates the usefulness of the internet, newspapers and the daily news as resources for learning more about voting.

Block Feeds
Thursday 9/27/07 3:25-4:00 a.m. #1-12
Thursday 5/15/08 3:25-4:00 a.m. #1-12

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