Educators As you know, national elections offer great opportunities to introduce students to our electoral process and the issues currently facing our nation. Here are some resources you can use to explore voting-related issues in your classroom. The ABA Division for Public Education offers a wealth of materials on law-related education. Its collection of resources on voting rights and responsibilities includes: 1. Insights on Law & Society: Voice of the People. Insights on Law & Society is the Division's award-winning publication for teachers of civics, government, history, and law. Subscribers receive both a print magazine and access to an online edition featuring extended articles, lesson plans, online resources, and student activities. In support of the Freedom's Answer initiative, the Division is making the following materials from its Voice of the People edition available free of charge. [Subscription information] Articles "Where Politics, Race, and Law Collide: The Legal Challenges of Redistricting in the Post-2000 Cycle," by J. Gerald Hebert and John Bryan Williams (.pdf). This article explores the challenges facing state legislatures as they debate begin redistricting in the wake of the 2000 census. "Election 2000: Voting Issues and Recommendations," by Donald L. Davison. The article explores the questions raised about our voting systems by the 2000 elections. Learning Gateways—lesson plans designed to complement Insights articles and conform to a variety of national education standards. Lesson 1: Creating a Redistricting Plan for the Town of Athena Lesson 2: Teaching About Voting Reform Voices—let your students see what three leaders of national voting organizations have to say about the importance of voting and what's being done to encourage voter turnout among young people. Media Specialist's Corner—a selection of online resources to further enhance your classroom discussions of voting rights and issues. Students in Action: Debating Voting Issues and Reform—materials students can use to explore current issues regarding the voting process. 2. Online Conversation—Law, Diversity, and the Vote—a special look at how America's diverse peoples come together through the vote. Designed for teachers and students, these pages explore Youth Citizenship, Voter Registration, and Representation through short articles, web-based activities, and interactive voting features, with links to additional voting-related resources. 3. Additional online journals for educators. The Division for Public Education has published several other journals of voting-related issues, available in their entirety in .pdf format on the Division's website. Update on Law-Related Education, vol. 20.3 (1996)—Election 1996. This issue, a collaboration between the Division for Public Education and the ABA Standing Committee on Election Law, offers a range of articles, teaching strategies, and resources on voting and voting rights. Focus on Law Studies, vol. XVII.1 (2001)—Voting Rights Issues in the New Millennium. A collection of articles on issues arising from the 2000 elections and election reform debates. 4. Online Lesson Plans and Quizzes. The Division for Public Education offers two vote-related online lesson plans for middle- and high-school students, as well as two interactive mini-quizzes. The Expansion of Voting Rights: Lesson for grades 7-12 How the Law Regulates Who May Vote: Lesson for grades 7-9 Mini-quiz on voting—Three true/false questions, with explanations of answers and links to background information on voting. Mini-quiz on voting-rights amendments—four matching questions linking constitutional amendments with the group enfranchised for federal elections, with explanation of answers and links to background information on voting. The ABA Standing Committee on Election Law has produced a Voter Rights and Responsibilities Card (.pdf) that you can download and distribute as a student handout to discuss voter rights and responsibilities. Election 2004—This website, hosted by the Grassroots Legislative Action Center of the ABA's Governmental Affairs Office, provides current and comprehensive information on this year's federal elections. Review candidates' positions on the issues, track the "hot" races nationwide, register to vote, and more.