Please find below a selection of website links to information for Schools, Teachers, Students, Young People and those with learning difficulties or a disability that want to learn about elections and how parliaments work. 

• Youth Parliament
• Information for Students and Young People
• Information for those with learning difficulties or a disability
• Teacher Resources

• European Youth Parliament (UK) 
• UK Youth Parliament 
• Scottish Youth Parliament

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• UK Parliaments Education Website
• Scottish Parliaments Knowledge Zone
• Election Information provided by BBC (Newsround)
• Vote Scotland (Interactive)

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• Vote 2007- Capability Scotland
• Easy Read Guide to Voting in Scotland (613Kkb, PDF)
• Our Vote, Our Voice
• Easy Read Guide to the Scottish Parliament
• Guide to the Scottish Parliament for British Sign Language Users
• Right to Vote Information Pack – Disability Rights Commission   (195kb, MS Word)
• Getting involved in Political Parties Guide - Disability Rights Commission (958kb, PDF)

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• Learning through Elections (Institute for Citizenship)
• European Parliament - Teaching Resources
• UK Parliament – Teaching Resources
• Scottish Parliament – Teaching Resources
• Democracy Cookbook (Do Politics Centre)
• Education Resources (Do Politics Centre)
• Election and Electoral Boundary Maps (Ordnance Survey)

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