As many of us return to our studies for the 2024-2025 year we are looking for ways to incorporate information and studies about the presidential election. Here are 5 resources that I’ve come across to help you! All are secular and non-partisan.

• Build Your Library Election 2024 Unit Study (elementary)
  Emily at Build Your Library has compiled a 3 week unit study for use by upper elementary (with suggestions for younger kids). This unit study is grounded on three books that provide the background on politics, the political parties, how government works, elections and campaigns in the United States. It also includes activities for students to research the current candidates, track votes as they come in, and more.

• iCivics Elections (all ages)
  iCivics is a one-stop shop for government and political resources. This site includes planned unit studies on Elections and Voting and State and Local Government for middle and high schoolers as well as games, videos, infographics, webquests, and slide decks for all ages. This allows you to customize your own unit study. iCivics provides a good base on politics and elections and is informative and entertaining even for adults looking to brush up in this area but lacks current event materials. 

• C-Span Classroom Campaign 2024 (middle school, high school)
  C-Span provides video resources covering aspects of the 2024 election from the debates and the electoral college to campaign strategies and campaign finances to media coverage and polling. Videos are supplemented with lessons, discussion questions, handouts, and activities. Of particular note is a comprehensive section on the 2024 Presidential Election Process that takes students through 10 steps (from primaries to inauguration) by posing essential questions, presenting extensive current and historic video clips and asking students to summarize their learning.

• PBS LearningMedia Election Central (all ages)
  PBS LearningMedia’s Election Central presents educators with material for preschool through high school from introducing basic civics concepts to following the current events in this year’s presidential race. The materials are mostly videos with activities and discussion questions mixed in and do include current events as well as principles of civics and elections. For middle and high school students there is a section on Media in Elections that includes “tools for identifying and avoiding misinformation online and the influence of algorithms and personalization in shaping our access to information.”