Have you already heard about the junior elections? It’s a possibility for students to vote at elections like the European elections. It happens at schools and has to be registered officially.
Our school has also decided to participate at this election this year. It is organized by our “Europe-teachers” and the Europe project course which is traditionally lead by tenth graders. Three participants of the Erasmus project are part of this course as well and organized events which took place during the breaks in order to inform our fellow students about the junior elections.
Starting in the week before the Easter holidays, there are weekly events in the foyer of our school. We started with a big, wooden and self-made picture frame, which said “Ich gehe wählen, du auch?” (I am voting, are you?). Students could stand in this and get their picture taken. All pictures were displayed on a picture gallery and could be picked up by the students themselves. This event was chosen in order to inform the students who were new to the topic “European elections”. And the results were great! This event took place three times in three weeks and they took a lot of pictures.
After a while we put up a media station in order to show our fellow students the beautiful film which was created in Zadar, Croatia.
At one break, we also asked the students to write down what Europe means to them. At the end of the break, the wall was packed with students’ opinions of which most were positive.
But there was still a crucial part missing for our fellow students to be able to make their decision about which party gets their vote: Pieces of information about the biggest parties. So one project’s participant provided us with election posters of the six biggest parties, which we displayed three weeks before the elections. Many students regarded these with interest and studied the parties’ opinions.
But there was even more: During the breaks we made available tablets for students, so they could inform themselves about parties and their political programs via the “Wahl-O-Mat”. The tablets were used almost the whole time and students already asked us whether they could already vote for the party of their choice.
Last but not least: We got the feeling that with our events we encouraged many students to think about the European elections and their vote. That’s why we hope for a high voter participation!
What about you? Will you vote too?
Have you already heard about the junior elections? It’s a possibility for students to vote at elections like the European elections. It happens at schools and has to be registered officially.
Our school has also decided to participate at this election this year. It is organized by our “Europe-teachers” and the Europe project course which is traditionally lead by tenth graders. Three participants of the Erasmus project are part of this course as well and organized events which took place during the breaks in order to inform our fellow students about the junior elections.
Starting in the week before the Easter holidays, there are weekly events in the foyer of our school. We started with a big, wooden and self-made picture frame, which said “Ich gehe wählen, du auch?” (I am voting, are you?). Students could stand in this and get their picture taken. All pictures were displayed on a picture gallery and could be picked up by the students themselves. This event was chosen in order to inform the students who were new to the topic “European elections”. And the results were great! This event took place three times in three weeks and they took a lot of pictures.
After a while we put up a media station in order to show our fellow students the beautiful film which was created in Zadar, Croatia.
At one break, we also asked the students to write down what Europe means to them. At the end of the break, the wall was packed with students’ opinions of which most were positive.
But there was still a crucial part missing for our fellow students to be able to make their decision about which party gets their vote: Pieces of information about the biggest parties. So one project’s participant provided us with election posters of the six biggest parties, which we displayed three weeks before the elections. Many students regarded these with interest and studied the parties’ opinions.
But there was even more: During the breaks we made available tablets for students, so they could inform themselves about parties and their political programs via the “Wahl-O-Mat”. The tablets were used almost the whole time and students already asked us whether they could already vote for the party of their choice.
Last but not least: We got the feeling that with our events we encouraged many students to think about the European elections and their vote. That’s why we hope for a high voter participation!
What about you? Will you vote too?
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