This materials packet contains information on teaching about the electoral process and the elections of 1988, and on participation in a mock election for students whose schools would take part in the 1988 North Carolina Mock Election. Suggestions for teachers' preparations are given, including a classroom skit and a mock candidates' election program. A teachers guide on student preparation consists of a voter registration process and introductions to lobbying, the legislative branch, and political parties. The attachments with the packet include actual voter registration forms, absentee ballot procedures, plans for a student sponsored voter registration program, sample ballots, an explanation of congressional districts and the State General Assembly, information on how to write a bill, a sample bill from the North Carolina State Senate, a congressional quiz, and a political opinion scale. A supplementary student guide contains information on using the newspaper to learn about voting, information on the media, and various activity sheets on the electoral process designed to be filled in by the student as the campaign progresses to the outcome of the election. (PPB)