Election Day in Thailand!

Since I was so excited about the election in the United States and so hopeful our country would finally head in the right direction I decided to incorporate this into my classes for this week. I found a great website on the internet that explained the electoral college system and the process the USA goes through to elect a president. The website was for kids that is...so in easy terms and I was hopeful the Thai students would understand. I put this in a powerpoint but realized that it might still not get the message across about the bipartisian nation and electoral college and how some states count as more and blah blah blah. Then a light bulb went off....there is no better way to learn then have a mini election in our class! So this is what I did (after showing the powerpoint). Each class (they are big, which was helpful), first held 2 conventions democratic and republican where they nominated a candidate and then speeches were given. The speeches were great! One of my candidates said if they were elected there would be free food and education...how wonderful haha. Anyways then the class was divided into states (all of different populations). They got to pick a name and a draw their state on the board and then I divided up electoral votes. After 15 mins of campaigning we had ourselves a mini election! I think that they get it so-so which is a term I use in class...but its better than nothing and I know they enjoyed it. A great treat for me when my class was done and I went on the internet and find out Barack Obama had won...what a great day!!!!! Most Thai's are Obama supporters...so everyone here is happy to.