Imagine being able to explore all the presidential elections from 1789-2016! Being able to examine the key events, how the states voted, and the importance of the Electoral College in each of the elections! A PBS cartogram makes all this research not only possible but easy. 

Concepts

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

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Before a presidential election, have individuals use the Presidential Predictor and then have them compare the prediction to the results
• Model for class members how to access and use the navigation buttons

Classroom Considerations

• If the navigation buttons do not work, enlarge the browser window
• The resource is part of the PBS Election Collection

Pros

• The cartogram contains information for presidential elections form 1789 through 2016
• The cartogram may be used to predict the Electoral vote for the 2020 election

Cons

• None

Common Core

SL.9-10.3 SL.11-12.3