Great tool for teaching the Electoral College

I believe this teaching tool gives students a visual to the electoral college process. By using this visual and interactive tool students can gain a deeper understanding of terms such as battleground states and connect the knowledge they are acquiring to current news events or the political climate in the country. I believe that the tool's interactive functions can help students not only be engaged in a Civics classroom but can also be used in other content areas where data analysis, statistics, and creating predictions are activities used to help facilitate student learning.

This website was a bit confusing for 6th graders and I had to break down the information a little bit more than I thought I would have to with the website. However, the website was extremely beneficial for explaining why winning states and what states are so important. My favorite part of the website is the maps of past elections. Students were able to look at maps and help apply information from the current map to predict the outcome of the 2016 election. The students were not thoroughly impressed with the website but I do believe that it help aid them in learning the electoral college process.

The website is nice for information purposes. It brings forth good overall information for all presidential elections. I do think, however, that having more information on each election, specifically more on the background of the candidates would be beneficial. I do like how the major issues/topics that were relevant in the U.S. at the time of the election are clearly outlined. One other observation, although minor. The website does have several ads that can be a nuisance at times, and some of the ads could confuse students into thinking that it can provide them with additional information about the elections.