A Special Election

The High School History classes undertook a historic election in November and December. Each class was asked to devise a nominee, with universal voter agreement in the class, to run for a fictitious president. The criteria was that the students could only pick someone who they had studied this year. The voting electorate was the high school teachers who would vote based on the student created stump speeches, posters, slogans and gestures. 

The purpose of this assignment was to gain a deeper understanding of a historical figure, collaborate with peers, and explore the ideas of an election in our Constitutional system.

The election came down to King David (9th), Queen Elizabeth I (10th), John Paul Jones (11th), and President Teddy Roosevelt (12th). 

After all the votes had been tallied, Theodore Roosevelt was elected president. The winning class received an educational game day in Mr. Clark’s class! Thank you everyone for participating!