This lesson, from EconEdLink, explores the costs and benefits associated with voting in national elections. Specifically, the concepts of rational apathy, rational ignorance, and expressive voting are explained. This lesson incorporates an interactive student activity and links to a variety of Web resources.
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Subjects: Social Studies - Economics | Social Studies - Human Behavior
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Keywords: U.S. Election | American Election | United States Election | Voter | Voter Turnout | Economic Reasoning | Cost | Benefit | Rational Apathy | National Ignorance | Expressive Voting | Voter Behavior | Political Awareness | US Election | Vote | voting
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Instructional Strategy: N/A
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Format: Web: .html, .cfm, .asp, .php, .rss, .xml, .js
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