Election Day Storytime Lesson and Scavenger Hunts

This Election Day Library Storytime includes everything you need to teach K-3 students about the USA election process in a non-partisan way. It includes election terms like polling place, voting, and campaign.

IMPORTANT: This resource is specific to elections in the United States only.

This lesson has 61 total pages and slides, and it includes:

• 41-slide Lesson Presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint + Google Slides
  • All body text is editable; you choose which slides you want to use.
  • 22 slides are for the read-aloud and/or guided lesson that walks you through the storytime lesson.
  • 19 slides are “scrolling presentation” slides that are great for extending lessons or scrolling in the library during checkout and downtimes.
• Two (2) editable, differentiated scavenger hunts (3 pages, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • Students “hunt” for images and information in the Part 2 scrolling slides part of the presentation. This gives students something to focus on during library checkout and downtime.
  • “Easier” version – Students color the objects as they find them.
  • “Harder” version – Students answer questions about the information in the slides, plus find smaller images.
  • Answer key is included.
• List of 19 recommended books to accompany this lesson (1 page, PowerPoint and PDF)
  • The list is editable and great to hand out to parents, teachers, and students looking for related books.
• Detailed, pre-filled Library Lesson Plan in editable PDF and PowerPoint formats (4 pages), aligned to:
  • AASL National School Library Standards for Learners,
  • National Common Core ELA Standards, and
  • Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
• Lesson tips and tricks for librarians on a “specials rotation” (2 pages, PDF)
• Google Classroom Basics (4 pages, PDF)
• Instructions on how to set up PowerPoint slide timings for scrolling slides (2 pages, PDF)

22 Storytime Slides:

Part 1 is a guided whole-class discussion and read-aloud. The slides walk you through the entire class discussion, from start to finish.

• Storytime song: “The Voting Song”
• Non-partisan information about how voting works in the U.S.A.
• American sign language for “vote” — includes video links and step-by-step directions for making the signs
• Sample whole-class vote: What’s for dinner?
• Slides for guided discussion of elections and voting: includes definitions of polling place, ballot, campaign, vote, term, political party.
• Slides about who can vote, where we vote, barriers to voting, and how some people will be unhappy after elections, no matter who wins.
• Slide for your read-aloud (paste the book cover on the slide).
• Checkout reminders slide — Add your own reminders!
• “What Should We Do Now?” slide — This is very clear instructions on what students should be doing after the lesson.

19 Scrolling Slides:

Part 2 is the scrolling slides. Set them on a timer to scroll on a screen during library checkout. Students can use the scrolling slides to complete one of the two Scavenger Hunts.

• Vocabulary Word of the Week: “campaign”
• Fun facts about elections in the United States vs. other countries, and voting rights throughout U.S. history
• 2 trivia question slides with answers
• 2 Did You Know question slides
• 2 Would You Rather question slides
• 1 joke about political parties and cake
• This week’s birthdays
• Library agenda and announcements

Please note that this presentation is designed to complement a read-aloud. The actual read-aloud story comes from you! Due to copyright laws, read-aloud videos of the books are NOT included.

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.

• Inquire – A.1. – C.1.
• Explore – D.3.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
© Copyright 2010 National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and Council of Chief State School Officers. All rights reserved.

• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.K.6.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.2.1.

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