Most American children have, at one point or another, imagined what it would be like to run for president. Offer this creative writing prompt to young writers and discover how the world would change if kids were charge.

Concepts

Narrative Writing, narratives, united states presidents, presidency, elections, presidential campaigns, campaigning

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Additional Tags

presidents' day, creative writing prompt, election, presidential campaign, narrative, president, english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Create cross-curricular connections in elementary classrooms by supplementing this writing prompt into social studies units on US history or government
• Celebrate Presidents' Day with this writing activity, taking volunteers to share their work with the class

Common Core

W.1.3 W.2.3 W.3.3.a W.4.3.a