The electoral college can be confusing for citizens of any age. Clear up misconceptions with a handy printable map that details how many electoral votes are allotted to each state, as well as a history of modern elections, complete with both popular and electoral votes for each candidate. Learners work with a set of analysis questions to compare elections, states, votes, and parties from the resource.

Concepts

the electoral college, the electoral vote, the electoral process, elections, presidential elections, presidential campaigns

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Create an interdisciplinary project in which learners research various elections in social studies, and compare the electoral and popular votes in math class
• Print and laminate to display during election season
• Encourage pairs or small groups to choose one election to research and present in front of the class, including any ramifications of the election 

Classroom Considerations

• If you want a professional version of the map, refer to the publisher's website for a free copy with sign-up
• Because the electoral map is divided into red and blue for Republicans and Democrats, it needs to be printed in color
• Worksheet is in a Google doc format, making it editable once downloaded

Pros

• Provides popular and electoral votes for every election in the 20th and 21st centuries through 2016
• Key includes tips for reading the chart and infographic
• Includes question worksheet 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.8.1 RI.9-10.1 RI.11-12.1