TV on a Rolling Cart

Our Voices

From Well Versed · 2023

Our Voices
3 minK1st2nd3rd4th5th6thSocial Studies
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Summary

An introduction to voting as the way people in a democracy share their voice and make choices together. The song keeps it concrete — voting is how a group decides fairly when people want different things.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

Voting is how a big group can make one decision together — fairly.

  1. What is voting, and why do people do it?
  2. What happens when more people choose one option than another?
  3. When could your class use a vote to decide something?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: vote, choice, majority.

Try it: Hold a quick class vote between two options, then write down which one won and by how much.

Our Voices — TV on a Rolling Cart