These notes have been prepared by the Scottish Parliament Education Service to assist pupils and as a resource for teachers.
Pupils and teachers are welcome to download and reproduce any or all of the notes for individual classroom use.

Teaching Notes
These notes help to pull the different resources together

• Lesson Plan
• For and Against Worksheet
• Voting Cards (Colour Version)
• Blank Voting Card Template
• Script for Presiding Officer Instructions
• Members Of Group
• The Presiding Officer
• Clerks

• How to Petition
• Petition Research
• Our Submission of a Petition

• What are Committees?
• CommitteePlanning Sheet
• Committee Inquiry

School Committees

• Bullying
• Fundraising
• Playground
• School Lunch
• School Uniform
• Tuck Shop

Teaching Notes

"How to..."

• How to Make Your Own Ballot Box
• How to Be A Clerk
• How to Design a Poster
• How to Select a Good Candidate
• How to Set Up your Polling Station
• How to Write a Manifesto
• How to Write a Press Release
• How to Write and Give a Speech
• How to Make Your Own Rosettes
• Blank Voting Papers
• Polling Station Sign
• Polling Station Rules

Differentiated Materials

• Manifesto
• Poster
• Press Release
• Speech

Candidate Checklists

Follow Up Activities

• Election Quiz
• Election Question Sheet
• Our Class Election Summary Sheet

Word Bank of Election Words

• The Presiding Officer
• The First Minister and the Scottish Executive
• Devolved and Reserved Matters
• How MSPs are elected to the Scottish Parliament
• Summary - Our Work and the Work of the Scottish Parliament
• How Can Young People Put Forward Their Views?
• Choose the right word worksheet and answers (34KB pdf posted 29.10.2008)
• What does it mean? worksheet and answers (39KB pdf posted 29.10.2008)
• Who does what? worksheet and answers (31KB pdf posted 29.10.2008)