Vote For Breakfast!
Explore how we make fair decisions together by holding a family vote for breakfast. This activity introduces the basic principles of voting, fairness, and how a group can make choices that represent everyone's voice.
The lesson goal is learners will understand that voting is a fair way for groups to make choices, especially when people have different ideas about what to do. They will learn how a majority opinion guides decisions and how everyone's voice contributes, even those in the minority. They will also practice participating in a simple voting process.
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Learning Guide
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- 1
Breakfast Dilemma!5 Min
- Place breakfast options on the table.
- Ask what each person wants for breakfast.
- Move on when Children express their breakfast preferences and acknowledge that choosing can be difficult when there are different wants.
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Explore & Plan: The Voting Board8 Min
- Create a voting board for each breakfast option.
- Distribute small items to use as votes.
- Discuss how to vote and count choices.
- Move on when The voting board is set up with breakfast options, voting tokens are understood, and the children have a basic plan for how to vote and count.
- 3
What Makes a Fair Choice?6 Min
- Discuss what 'fairness' and 'voting' mean.
- Introduce 'majority' and 'minority' choices.
- Move on when Student can explain in their own words what 'fairness' means in the context of decision-making and what 'voting' is. They understand the idea of a 'majority' as the most popular choice.
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Cast Your Vote!9 Min
- Have each person cast their vote for breakfast.
- Count the votes for each breakfast option.
- Announce the breakfast winner based on the votes.
- Move on when All votes are cast, counted, and the winning breakfast item is clearly identified. Everyone understands why that item won.
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Reflecting on Our Choice2 Min
- Serve the chosen breakfast.
- Discuss how everyone felt about the vote and outcome.
- Move on when Student shares at least one thought about the voting process or the fairness of the outcome.
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