This is the final lesson #9 in the text unit series for Vote! Students will be able to illustrate and explain the importance of voting in a republic and why every citizen is responsible for voting. At the end of this lesson, students will be able to explain that voting is a civic duty which allows them to make decisions that involve civic initiatives. By creating an illustration, similar to a social media post, students will explain and depict the importance of voting in an election.

This unit will explain voting in the United States. Unit lessons include duties of responsible citizens for voting, the voting process, responsibilities of candidates, and voting outcomes. Teacher will utilize a read aloud over several lessons incorporating text structure, text features, figurative language, and the use of multimedia in presentations. Teachers will facilitate research to help students create a presentation.

This resource uses a book that is on the Florida Department of Education's reading list. This book is not provided with this resource.