Empower teenagers to take political matters into their own hands! After completing an engaging warm-up activity, class members discuss both sides of the youth voting issue, learn about the connection between military history and the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and write a letter to enact policy change.

Concepts

constitutional amendments, the united states constitution, voting, voter turnout, voter registration, the vietnam war

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Extend step three in the procedure by assigning the topic as a take-home research project

Classroom Considerations

• Includes all the handouts you need
• Some prep is required; you must provide a list of policymakers in your area

Pros

• Engages pupils with kinesthetic warm-up activity
• Enables future participation in democracy
• Incorporates a variety of activities 
• A background lesson that goes more into depth on the draft makes the exercises even more effective

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.6