In this lesson, students read, annotate, and discuss a text that provides background on the creation, functioning, and debates over the Electoral College. Then they participate in a role play in which they act as member of a presidential commission making recommendations on whether (or how) to change the way presidents are elected in the United States.
In a follow-up lesson, students explore the historical question of slavery's role in the development of the Electoral College. That lesson can be found here.
