Lesson Plan - Closing Discussion

1. What can students do about this issue? Write down class suggestions on the board.

2. Offer any of the following suggestions not yet mentioned:
   
   
   • Tell friends and family outside the District of Columbia about DC voting rights.
   
   
   
   • Visit Act NOW!, at DC Vote's award-winning Web site, www.dcvote.org, to send e-mails to members of Congress.
   
   
   
   • Register to vote.
   
   
   
   • Call or write a letter to your member of Congress.
   
   
   
   • Choose to write a paper or prepare a project on the topic of DC voting rights.
   
   
   
   • Write an editorial or letter-to-the-editor for your community or local paper.
   
   
   
   • Create a flier about the issue to inform the school community and others.
   
   
   
   • Volunteer for DC Vote.
   
   
   

3. Why are these actions important? How do they help?

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