Ohio Needs Voters

It’s that time of the year again: Americans head to the polls and make one of the most important decisions us, as citizens, make. To help aid Ohio voters’ decisions the students of Ms. Durkee’s 11th grade Government class are creating infomercials and logistic videos to help give Ohio voters all of the information they need to vote in the 2016 and future elections.

Each group creates an infomercial and logistics video. For the logistics video each group has chosen an issue to give general info about and the candidate’s platform on the issue. The infomercial topics are healthcare, gun control, college education, general education, families and children, social security, and environment. In the video are statistics, the candidate’s opinion on the topic, and how their plan will affect Ohio if they become president. 11th grade student, Chloe Johnson says, “I believe the infomercial will help viewers understand more about the candidates polices. Especially since we’re not being biased, by adding information about each candidate. We also include logistics to let the viewers know where and when to vote.” Ms. Campbell, Biology and Anatomy and Physiology teacher, says, “I think it’s great to expose young people to politics, so that they can be informed citizens when they get the opportunity to vote.”

The logistics video gives Ohio voters basic information about how to vote, when to vote, where to vote, what third parties are, what a swing state is and why Ohio is one of them, and what the Electoral College is. All groups have come up with very creative ways to film their videos: stop motion, animation, Presentations, whiteboard filming, etc. One group is doing a Lego stop motion animation video. Another, is using a Prezi presentation to film using Screencastomatic.

Be sure to catch their videos on Ms. Durkee’s YouTube channel October 19th.