Teacher Comments

Here's what teachers said about Kids Voting 2008

This is particularly relevant to the students. Many will be voting in the next election.
The students could engage in the reality with an almost real experience, and not just theory.
The realistic replica of forms and the fact that it was electorate based and current [supported ability to teach Social Studies]. It had meaning.
Kids thought it was cool to have their own voting form.
The fact that the process was the same as the actual election supported the information students receive. We have also been to parliament so it was a fantastic experience.
Your team did such an awesome job organising the kids voting. I found it very exciting and it created a real buzz among our students about the elections. The way they voted in our school very closely followed the way [the electorate] as a whole voted which confirmed to me that they were taking it really seriously and talking about voting at home and with each other. It was such a good way to give them good practise in citizenship and the virtue of responsibility which is constantly being pushed as part of our school virtues programme.
Having an election at the same time as teaching Government, made this topic very real!
Students were talking to [their] parents about [the] election. The fact that they will all be voting in 6 years really made an impression on them. They are looking critically at what the parities say they will do and making comparisons.

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