Grade Range: 9-12
Resource Type(s): Lessons & Activities, Primary Source
Date Posted: 8/18/2008
A brief summary of the changes in voting technology is the focus of the introduction to Vote: The Machinery of Democracy, an online exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. This resource discusses a range of voting technologies from paper and machine ballots, to the electronic voting systems that are coming into widespread use today.
Historical Thinking Standards (Grades 5-12)
United States History Standards (Grades 5-12)