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Answers -- Fun, Facts, and Trivia The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively. In midterm elections, voter turnout has hovered around 35 percent for the past several years. This means that slightly more than one-third of eligible voters actually turn out at the polls and vote in midterm elections. Teachers, to help your students understand voting as a form of political participation introduce the following online activities posted on Congress for Kids: Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will: Crossword puzzle -- http://www.congressforkids.net/games/houseofrep/2_legislativebranch.htm Who Can Vote? Who Can Play? 1. The party of the president almost always loses congressional seats in _____ elections, although President Bill Clinton and the Democrats bucked this trend in 1998.
2. Match the amendment with the group to which it gave the vote.
3. Which three groups of U.S. citizens are not eligible to vote today?
Possible Essay Question: In 1960, 63% of eligible voters voted, but in 1996, only 49% voted, reflecting a steady decline in voter turnout over the last 36 years. Why do you think this is the case? Answers to October's issue of Fun, Facts, and Trivia link here: http://www.webcommunicator.org/funfactstrivia1002ans.htm. Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively. If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel . |
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