Classroom Election and a Visit from the Mayor

 Over the last few weeks in 2nd grade we've been learning about the original 13 colonies who were ruled by King George 111 of Great Britain.  We learned about how the people in the colonies felt about this, what their frustrations were, and a few of the events leading up to the Revolutionary War.  Once the colonies were independent of Great Britain, they had to establish a way of choosing their own leaders.  This transitioned into learning about how we vote for our elected officials.  We applied this concept by having our own classroom election for our weekly classroom jobs.  The students all chose their favorite job that they wanted to "run" for.  We held a classroom election for the students to practice their voting skills.  Our "elected officials" carried out their jobs for the week.

To wrap up this unit, we asked Mayor Resseman to visit our classroom to talk with us about his job as mayor.  The students were able to learn about the election process, what his duties are as mayor, how taxes work to pay for things that Lanesboro needs, and why he enjoys being mayor.  It was such a fun discussion! Thank you Mayor Resseman for visiting 2nd grade!