Please Vote For Me

Please Vote For Me brings civics and elections to life for students and is also a valuable tool for teaching students about China.

In a third-grade class at an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, the teacher tries to teach about democracy by staging an election for class monitor. Three children vie for the office, indulging in all the low blows and character assassination of a typical Western-style election. Parents, living under the one-child policy, are drawn into the electoral fray. Director Weijun Chen has crafted a witty, engaging macro-lens view of human nature, China’s one-child policy and the democratic electoral process.

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Product Description

Film runtime: 58 minutes

Film rating: Not rated. Film appropriate for Grades 3+.

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Please Vote For Me is available through Kanopy in some regions. It is also available for sale on DVD.

Curriculum Guide

Lesson 1: The Land of China (Social Studies, Geography and World History)
Lesson 2: A Lesson in Democracy (Social Studies, Civics)
Lesson 3: Chinese Characters (Language Arts)
Lesson 4: Chinese Number Rods: Integer Calculations (Mathematics)
Lesson 5: Investigating Rice (Science)
Lesson 6: Folk Art: Chinese Papercuts (Visual Arts)
Lesson 7: A Glimpse of Chinese Culture
Lesson 8: About Documentary Films

These lessons are all designed for grades 6-8. Lesson 6: Folk Art: Chinese Papercuts (Visual Arts) is designed for grades 5-8. Educators may find that the lessons can be adapted for higher or lower grades.

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Please Vote For Me was featured in an article on iCivics: Bringing Civics to Life for Students Through Film.

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Journeys in Film supports the Sustainable Development Goals.

This curriculum guide connects to the following United Nations SDGs. Learn more about teaching with SDGs:  https://en.unesco.org/themes/education/sdgs/material.

Royal blue background with white 16 in the upper left hand corner. Text beside it, white, reads: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions. Central image, all white, is a dove with an olive branch in its beak, legs resting on a gavel.

 

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