New Y Vote Mock Elections Website Launched - Oct 14, 2009
New Y Vote Mock Elections Website Launched
www.mockelections.co.uk
A new Y Vote Mock Election website, with Web 2.0
features, is launched today. The site is now easier to navigate and is an
essential tool for teachers wishing to run a mock election in their school. A mock election teaches students about the mechanics of an election and
enables them to discuss topical issues. Students can stand as a candidate, help
develop policy and a campaign strategy, design campaign posters and party
logos, write speeches, canvass for support and crucially cast their vote on the
day.
The website contains many new features:
- New Web 2.0 content, including
videos, quizzes and polls where students can test
their political knowledge and tell us what they would expect of
an ideal
politician.
- A Run
a Campaign section which offers handy tips and advice for
students that are campaigning in a mock election.
- An online step-by-step
guide and additional resources for teachers on how to
run a mock election.
- A section on the mechanics of voting
aimed primarily at Pupil Referral Units, but useful for everyone.
- An election
results section with an interactive map marking the schools
taking part around the country and the results of each school.
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families,
said:
‘We
are encouraged that young people continue to engage in the political, social
and moral issues surrounding an election, through the Y Vote Mock Election.
The website shows how schools might organise mock elections so that pupils can experience some of
the excitement of an election and get a real taste for active democracy. It
demonstrates how, in the process, young people can develop skills like
team-working, communication and the ability to debate and discuss current
issues.
I hope that young people continue to participate
and I'm sure they will thoroughly enjoy the experience.'
Adam Wilkinson,
Project Manager at the Hansard Society, said of the site:
"The new web 2.0
site is much more interactive, features additional content for pupils, more
options and lesson plans for teachers and areas aimed at Pupil Referral Units.
It is a perfect opportunity for young people to get to grips with the processes
of voting whilst debating topical issues and developing an understanding of
representative democracy in the UK."
For more information please contact Kate
Egglestone, Hansard Society, 020 7438 1210, k.egglestone@hansard.lse.ac.uk
Editors'
Notes
- The Y Vote Mock Elections
website www.mockelections.co.uk
is run by the Hansard Society and supported by the Electoral Commission
and the Department for Children, Schools and Young People.
- The Hansard Society is an
independent, non-partisan educational charity, which exists to promote
effective parliamentary democracy.
- The Hansard Society's Citizenship
Education Programme works with young people through schools and
colleges to educate and inform them about parliamentary democracy and
develop innovative ways to involve them in participatory democratic
activities.
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New Y Vote Mock Elections
Website Launched
www.mockelections.co.uk
A new Y Vote Mock Election website, with Web 2.0
features, is launched today. The site is now easier to navigate and is an
essential tool for teachers wishing to run a mock election in their school. A mock election teaches students about the mechanics of an election and
enables them to discuss topical issues. Students can stand as a candidate, help
develop policy and a campaign strategy, design campaign posters and party
logos, write speeches, canvass for support and crucially cast their vote on the
day.
The website contains many new features:
- New Web 2.0 content, including
videos, quizzes and polls where students can test
their political knowledge and tell us what they would expect of
an ideal
politician.
- A Run
a Campaign section which offers handy tips and advice for
students that are campaigning in a mock election.
- An online step-by-step
guide and additional resources for teachers on how to
run a mock election.
- A section on the mechanics of voting
aimed primarily at Pupil Referral Units, but useful for everyone.
- An election
results section with an interactive map marking the schools
taking part around the country and the results of each school.
Rt Hon Ed Balls MP, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families,
said:
‘We
are encouraged that young people continue to engage in the political, social
and moral issues surrounding an election, through the Y Vote Mock Election.
The website shows how schools might organise mock elections so that pupils can experience some of
the excitement of an election and get a real taste for active democracy. It
demonstrates how, in the process, young people can develop skills like
team-working, communication and the ability to debate and discuss current
issues.
I hope that young people continue to participate
and I'm sure they will thoroughly enjoy the experience.'
Adam Wilkinson,
Project Manager at the Hansard Society, said of the site:
"The new web 2.0
site is much more interactive, features additional content for pupils, more
options and lesson plans for teachers and areas aimed at Pupil Referral Units.
It is a perfect opportunity for young people to get to grips with the processes
of voting whilst debating topical issues and developing an understanding of
representative democracy in the UK."
For more information please contact Kate
Egglestone, Hansard Society, 020 7438 1210, k.egglestone@hansard.lse.ac.uk
Editors'
Notes
- The Y Vote Mock Elections
website www.mockelections.co.uk
is run by the Hansard Society and supported by the Electoral Commission
and the Department for Children, Schools and Young People.
- The Hansard Society is an
independent, non-partisan educational charity, which exists to promote
effective parliamentary democracy.
- The Hansard Society's Citizenship
Education Programme works with young people through schools and
colleges to educate and inform them about parliamentary democracy and
develop innovative ways to involve them in participatory democratic
activities.