Using Tex Elects in your School

How can you use Tex Elects?

As the Election 2008 approaches, many teachers look for new ways to talk about the importance of voting and elections. Tex Elects provides an opportunity to incorporate Get Out The Vote activities into your coverage of the 2008 Presidential Election. Tex Elects provides an active and creative learning activity with options for writing, drawing, filming, and editing.

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Suggestions for using Tex Elects in your classroom:

• Hold a school-wide competition
• Incorporate Tex Elects as a part of your election year lesson
• Provide extra credit to participating students
• Display your Tex Elects projects on closed circuit campus TV's, school walls, and in the school paper
• Include Tex Elects as a part of a school-wide get out the vote