Ballot

Description

Take on the role of a voter in a specific time and place, decide how you'll vote and explain your reasoning.

Instructional Purpose

Understand a specific time and place by focusing on a set of candidates or issues and the desires of those casting a vote.

Examples

• South Carolina Election 2002

Templates

• Student 1-Page
• Teacher 1-Page

Applicability

Could be applied to any election in the past or near future, real or hypothetical.

Limitations

Since an essential component of this design is information about each candidate, this might not work for elections with obscure candidates or in small towns where the internet has not yet become a part of the process of getting candidate positions out there.

Variations

This design might also be applied to some time and place where there was no actual election but one might be imagined hypothetically. (e.g., Russia in 1917.) This might also be used in a science or business class to to study initiatives and propositions on a ballot involving the environment, growth, or commerce.

This Design Pattern was authored by Bernie Dodge