Your Power To Choose!

We were lucky enough to have Mrs. Klymkiw from Elections Manitoba stop by our class today (along with six of my former students, now in Grade 4, from Mrs. Steinhoff's class!) for a workshop called 'Your Power To Choose'. Last week in Social Studies, we started learning about how government works in Canada, so I thought this would be a perfect activity to further the students' understanding of our democracy. Mrs. K. did a great job explaining to the students how we pick our government in Manitoba, and after some fun Q&A activities, she helped our class run our own election. Candidates volunteered to run on the platform of how if given $1000 (I wish!), what would they buy for the classroom to make it a more comfortable place. Other jobs the students had were official agents, scrutineers, reporters, ballot makers, poster makers, enumerators, a returning officer, and a deputy returning officer. Everyone did a great job, and we were able to have a successful (and very close!) election! Thank you to Mrs. K. from Elections Manitoba for a fabulous afternoon of learning... and fun!