Educator & Community Resources

Build a culture of civic engagement to inspire youth to become civic leaders themselves!

2024 PA Youth Vote Classroom and Organizing Toolkits

Slide decks and handouts for teaching about the 2024 Elections!

PA Youth Vote Mock Election & Candidate Interviews

Register your school or classes for the statewide Mock Election every fall and spring, and help get the voice of PA youth out before every election!

Set up Candidate Interviews in your classroom!

This toolkit has many useful tools and lesson plans to engage your students as citizens and encourage them to think critically about the racialized history of voting in the United States.

  1. Voting Rights History & Policy - Presentation

  2. Political Parties & Voter Registration - Presentation

  3. Media Bias & the Mail-In Voting Debate - Presentation

  4. Make a Plan to Vote - Mail-In Ballots & Polling Places - Presentation

  5. Researching the Candidates and Making Your Ballot "Cheat-Sheet"- Presentation

Supplements

Understanding Political Endorsements and Who’s Endorsing Whom? charts

PA Sunshine and Right-To-Know Laws

Elections & Voting Lesson Plans

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Resources

Earn the PA Governor's Civic Engagement Award for your school and students!

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Professional Development

PA Youth Vote partners with local nonpartisan organizations and Boards of Elections to provide teachers with the tools they need.

Here’s a sample PD agenda from the School District of Philadelphia that’s adaptable for districts across Pennsylvania!