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SIMULATION CREATED BY: MONICA ATHEY MEREDITH COTTON LAUREN DETERMAN KACIE DIXON BECCA FARRELL

Essential Question
How can simulation be used to teach powerful social studies? Example for our simulation: How does a political campaign work?

Primaries: Nominate Your President!

Get into four groups

Nominate one person in your group to run for

President! The rest of you have all become campaign managers

Congratulations Possible Presidents!

Now Ms. Presidents her trusty campaign managers,

please choose a slogan for your campaign and what you will stand for as a president.
Raise your hand when you have completed this task

and we will give you an envelope for campaign money as well as a list of what resources cost!

Campaigning is hard work.

Come up to our campaign office to exchange your

monetary funds for supplies Any questions? Come on back to our campaign office!

Campaign Tools
Commercial: $250 *Come to our campaign Skit to the entire class office to exchange your money for the materials Flyers: $25 you desire 1 Small paper to be given out Poster: $50 1 large paper to hang Endorsement: $400 *Whole group campaigning (Speech, Endorsed on the Dr. Bodle Show Endorsement, and Bribes: $50 Commercial) will be Candy to be given out to individuals done at the close of the Billboard: $100 lesson Written on chalkboard for everyone to see Speech: $300/whole class $100/per table Given to whole class or to an individual table

Campaign Tools
Commercial: $250 *Come to our campaign Skit to the entire class office to exchange your money for the materials Flyers: $25 you desire 1 Small paper to be given out Poster: $50 1 large paper to hang Endorsement: $400 *Whole group campaigning (Speech, Endorsed on the Dr. Bodle Show Endorsement, and Bribes: $50 Commercial) will be Candy to be given out to individuals done at the close of the Billboard: $100 lesson Written on chalkboard for everyone to see Speech: $300/whole class $100/per table Given to whole class or to an individual table

Campaign Tools
Commercial: $250

Skit to the entire class 1 Small paper to be given out

Flyers: $25

*Come to our campaign office to exchange your money for the materials you desire

Poster: $50

1 large paper to hang

Candy to be given out to individuals

Bribes: $50

Billboard: $100

*Whole group campaigning (Speech, and Commercial) will be done at the close of the lesson

Written on chalkboard for everyone to see

Given to whole class or to an individual table

Speech: $300/whole class $100/per table

Campaign Tools
Flyers: $25 1 Small paper to be given out Poster: $50 1 large paper to hang Bribes: $50 Candy to be given out to individuals Billboard: $100 Written on chalkboard for everyone to see Speech: $100/per table Given to an individual table
*Come to our campaign office to exchange your money for the materials you desire

Discussion:
How did you feel about the election process when other

groups had more money than you? How do you think this simulation relates to real life campaigning and politics? Do you think the campaign process is fair? What are some negatives to the campaigning process? What are some ways the campaign process can be made fair? /Do you think there should be restrictions?

Simulation Discussion:
What are some benefits of using simulation in the

classroom? What are some of the negatives of using simulation in the classroom? What is another way simulation can be used in a social studies classroom? (other than campaigns)