MakeBeliefsComix.com Publishes Free Printables to Help Students Discuss Presidential Election

Submitted by bill zimmerman on Tue, 09/27/2016 - 10:31
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MakeBeliefsComix has published a series of new printables to encourage students to express their views of the 2016 Presidential Election. The free printables can be downloaded and printed at:

 http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Printables/PrintablesThumbs.php?category=Elections_and_Political

One asks, for example: Imagine that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump sat down together in your school cafeteria over a cup of tea.  What would they say to one another? 

Students also can use the free comic generator to create their own comic strips about the political campaign. 

Hope you will share these Make Beliefs Election 2016 printables with your students and colleagues. 

Sincerely,

Bill Zimmerman

Creator, MakeBeliefsComix.com

 

Comments

Bill,

Thank you. We added this resources to our Voter Education, Registration, and Action (VERA) Classroom Resources page. We hope programs take advantage of the many non-partisan voter education materials we've vetted for our collection. We also encourage programs to host mock elections to energize students to vote and give new voters a way to rehearse the real thing. 

Andy Nash

Thanks, Bill, for sharing this resource. I will be drawing upon the site when I teach the election over the next couple of weeks. I love that students use the comics to generate their own language and share their own ideas.

One of my goals for the beginning level class I'm teaching is to help learners understand how the electoral college system works. If anyone has ideas or resources related to the electoral college, please share them here. I have some thoughts, but would welcome others' suggestions on this.

Cheers, Susan Finn Miller

Moderator, AELL CoP

There are extraordinary resources at Jackdaw.com on the electoral college and the history of the political parties.  See https://www.jackdaw.com/c-56-government-civics.aspx  They're perfect for Corrections education b/c they're paper-based.  Each topic comes in the form of a packet with primary sources including photos, documents, maps, and worksheets you can copy.  Jackdaw has packets on various aspects of World and American History and a few literature and science topics, too.  Lots of photo packets, too.

Amy Frankowski

Education

Penitentiary of New Mexico