Gerrymandering: Learning by Practice
Gerrymandering lesson in which students draw district lines on a red and blue population map of Colorado, splitting the state into five districts that favor one party.
- Grades
- Grades 8–10, Middle School, High School
- File type
- Microsoft Word
- Editable
- Yes
- Subject
- Social Studies, Government
- Topic
- government, gerrymandering
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Editable
- Yes
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Gerrymandering: Learning by Practice is a worksheet for students to be able to actually “gerrymander” a hypothetical state and by doing so learn the ways and processes the political system is not perfect.
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In the classroom
Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Explain how drawing district lines can favor one political party
- Divide a population map into five roughly equal districts
- Compare a student-drawn map with a sample gerrymandered solution
Teaching tips
- The lesson suggests working in pairs; partners could each draw a map favoring a different party and compare the results.
Skills covered
- Map analysis — reading party distribution on a red and blue population map
- Redistricting — drawing five districts that give one party the advantage
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Core concepts
Core concepts
- Gerrymandering
- Redistricting
- Congressional districts
- Political parties
- House of Representatives
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