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Higher education elections - voting research
Create a school survey to analyze public opinion polls!
Discussing the role of The People and Public Opinion is a very important topic within any government, civics, current events or history class. However, nothing helps students to learn information better than actually living it! In this activity, students get to design their own survey, poll their peers, analyze the results and answer critical thinking questions about how political analysts might use their research. DOK 3 and 4! Student-centered learning!This is consistently one of my student
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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2024 Election Unit Plan: United States Elections (Google Compatible) High School
*** THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER****** START THIS UNIT LATE SEPTEMBER AND ENJOY THE RIDE TO NOV. 5TH***Can be used for the 2024 Election OR just US elections in generalOver a MONTHS worth of assignments A "click and go" Unit plan that will bring to life the 2024 Presidential Election Features 20 dynamic, engaging, student-centered activities that can be uploaded to Google Classroom or printed off or assigned as sub-plansGoogle Doc format Upload to Google Classroom Pr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Ohio Election 2023 Issue 1 Abortion, Issue 2 Cannabis Marijuana
Looking for a way to tackle the tough issues in your class? In Ohio, Issue 1 (on abortion) and Issue 2 (on legalizing recreational cannabis / marijuana) are both on the ballot this November 2023. Help your students to research the topics by looking at both sides and show them actual ballot language. After helping them to become informed, it's time to decide! Are they in favor or against Issue 1 and Issue 2?This activity is great on it's own, but it can also be a great jumping off point for a
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Current Membership of 115 Congress Online Research Activity--Legislative Branch
This activity is designed for high school Government or Civics Students, but might also work for advanced middle school students. After learning about the legislative branch, students will investigate the current make up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. They will find out who makes up the Congress--party affiliation, gender, age, and other demographic information.
Students will also know who is currently in leadership positions:
-Speaker of the House
-Senate President pro tempor
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Government Legislative Branch Representative Bundle
Abraham Lincoln Campaign Newspapers 1860 - 1864
518 pages of Abraham Lincoln campaign newspapers from the elections of 1860 and 1864.
Many newspapers at the time took specific and clearly partisan positions, which were often reflected in the names of the newspaper. The newspapers in this collection go beyond just a partisan political bias. These newspapers were created and existed only to get Abraham Lincoln elected or re-elected President, then ceased publication after the election.
Election 1860
In 1860 there were three mainstream polit
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Voting Conscience Assignment
A research-based project, where students identify two (or more) candidates running in an upcoming local election, and then apply Catholic Moral teaching and the USCCB's Voter's Conscience Guide to the race.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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2012 Political Party Platform Comparisons
Students are provided with excerpts from the platforms adopted in 2012 at the national conventions of the Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, and Green Parties. They are also given a worksheet (adaptable by the instructor for group-work, whole-class discussion, individual work, etc) to compare and contrast the viewpoints of the parties and provides an opportunity for students to examine their own views.
I spent HOURS going through the party platforms to cut them down to a size that would be acc
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Government: Comprehensive Election Project
Comprehensible project revolving around the latest election with almost 10 different assignments that students can work on. i had them in teams of four and each one was responsible for certain elements. It includes analyzing political cartoons, TV commercials, reading articles in newspapers, completing an electoral map, intervewing voters during election day [not applicable unless its an election year], and analyzing voter demographics. Students had to work on it for one months, with certain thi
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Understanding the California General Election Voter Information Guide *EDITABLE*
UPDATED FOR 2022 ELECTION!!!!I AM ALWAYS UPDATING MY STORE BASED ON CURRENT EVENTS! FOLLOW ME FOR UPDATES ON MY NEW LESSONS!Note: Can still be used to teach informational text after the election!TEACHING DURATION: If used as is, this will probably take about 3-4 days for students to complete. You can shorten it to be a 1 or 2 day activity, or you can lengthen it to take even longer. Students spend time looking at all of the Voter Information Guide and then choose one Proposition to look at in de
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sondage politique / Political poll
Projet où les élèves doivent créer une sondage (sur SurveyPlanet) pour analyser les opinions de leurs paires et parents vis à vis les enjeux politiques. Ils l'affichent dans leurs réseaux de média sociaux et voient quels résultats sont obtenus, et ensuite ils font l'analyse des données comme la partie seconde du projet. Ils présentent ensuite les côtés les plus intéressantes de leurs recherches. N.B. cette version a été créé en 2017 pour la Colombie Britannique lors de notre élection provinc
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Electoral College Digital Assignment
Students use the 2016 Presidential Election to understand how the electoral college works. The questions guide students to understand how the popular vote does not always translate to success in the electoral college. Students use an interactive map to assist them. Recommended use for schools with 1 to 1 Chromebooks or iPads so that students can research answers.
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12th, Higher Education
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Social contract
Question # 1: What is the history of the Social Contract?Question # 2: What Social Contract changes do we need?
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Political Parties Unit Module lessons
This product takes students through modules, I use Canvas LMS to complete this unit. It is a research based unit, the overarching question is "Do any political parties represent me". Students build their way into creating a final project that reflects all of their knowledge from the unit. I have them work in timed sessions, during which time I am facilitating and assisting students. We also have full class discussions every 20 minutes or so. I guide them back to the essential questions regu
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Comparing 2020 Presidential Views- Handling Coronavirus
Great student-centered, inquiry-based research assignment to prepare students for the upcoming Presidential election! Assignment encourages students to gain an understanding of the debate over the handling of the coronavirus and how the topic divides Republicans and Democrats. Great lead-in for discussion activities while also promoting research skills, summarizing skills, identification of bias and learning about political/government topics. Can be modified for all ages/levels easily by assisti
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Who Represents Me?
This activity is for students to research to see who their representatives are, both on the federal and state level. Although this has links for Texas, I am sure you could easily modify this to work for other states. I used this assignment with my 12th grade AP Government class.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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