• Clay or playdough
• Thin string
• Egg cartons
• Large nut shells
• Cloth or felt
• Art materials

1. Review each right in the Election slate with a brief discussion (refer to "Up for Discussion").

2. Give each student a piece of clay or playdough. Each student forms the clay into a shape, a charm, which relates to one of the rights in the Election slate. A hole can be poked into the charm before it dries if it is to be worn on a bracelet or string necklace.

3. The students decorate and paint their charms when they are dry, and make pendants or bracelets.

4. The students show their charms to each other.

5. Discuss with the class what they can do to protect their rights, just as they are protecting and caring for their charms. Discuss how the charms - their rights - can protect them.

Adapt this activity for younger students:

1. While the charms are drying, students can prepare beds for them, such as a single section of an egg carton or the shell of a large nut. The students paint and decorate the beds using any available art materials.

2. The students make covers for their charms with small pieces of cloth or felt, and decorate them.