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7th grade Christmas-Chanukah-Kwanzaa elections - voting simulations
Election Day Class President Election & Campaign Simulation! Fun & Authentic!
In this Election Day class and student simulation, students learn how to run a presidential campaign, keep track of a budget and campaign expenses, target and win the vote of certain populations, and make campaign decisions to guide their philosophy! The simulation contains six distinct steps that guide students through the campaign and election process. This election simulation begins with students completing a questionnaire to figure out what matters to them and what candidate they will be i
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5th - 8th
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President Election Campaign Game: iCivics Win the White House Game Reflection
How does a presidential candidate go about campaigning, winning the election, and then becoming the next President? What's with the electoral college anyway? This game has proven to be an excellent way for students to comprehend what a candidate needs to go through in order to become the next President. From taking stances on issues, giving speeches, and traveling to various states, students will take the role of candidate and do their best to win the most electoral votes and become the next Pr
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5th - 12th
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Christmas DIGITAL Escape Room BUNDLE No Prep!
Get BOTH of my Christmas Digital Escape Rooms that are NO PREP for a discount when you buy the bundle. These escape rooms will give your students the fun experience of helping Santa be ready for Christmas Eve in the North Pole AND a scavenger hunt at a school's Holiday Jubilee! The North Pole Escape Room has 12 ELA skill-based challenges and 12 tasks to complete. The Holiday Jubilee Escape Room has 14 ELA skill-based challenges and 22 tasks! These are both all digital and are done in Google F
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5th - 8th
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Social Skills Task Cards | Winter Break | Winter Holiday | Conversation
Do your kids struggle with conversations? Want to prepare them for coversations and social situations they may experience over their winter break? These Winter Break/Christmas Social Skills Task Cards have 64 task cards that will help your students practice how to enter and maintain conversations dealing with Christmas, New Years, holidays and winter break, problem solve difficult situations that might arise, practice body language and wording of answers for situations, and talk about what the
Grades:
4th - 10th
Also included in: Social Skills Task Card Bundle
Christmas Traditions History Holiday Activity CSI Mystery of History Analysis
Explore the history of Christmas and Christmas holiday traditions from around the world! Your students will explore leading theories about the history of Christmas traditions with this festive crime scene investigation activity that encourages engagement and original thinking!A visually engaging case file is provided with comprehensive background readings on the history of Christmas and its traditions. Leading theories about the making of modern Christmas traditions are provided, spanning from R
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5th - 10th
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Mock Election Project
This project is designed to have students participate in a mock election where they learn about the American election process. Students will form political parties, create platforms, deliver speeches, engage in debates, direct political commercials, and become immersed in your classroom election. The bundle includes the student directions, teacher directions, campaign manager task chart, presidential elections workbook, sample debate questions, and political party platform graphic organizer. My
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5th - 12th
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What is Gerrymandering? Lesson with Grid Activity
Looking for a plain way to teach what gerrymandering is and how it can silence the voices of many voters? Look no further! Using a simple grid simulation to show how states are divided into districts, students see how the shape of a district impacts the outcome of elections, representation, and power.
Included in this lesson are the main handout (2 pages), answer key, and practice grid. It is recommended that you make several copies of the practice grid and either laminate or slide into a shee
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7th - 12th
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2024 Presidential Mock Election for Middle/High School (Virtual/Remote/Hybrid)
This resource is a one-stop shop for running a school-wide 2024 mock presidential election. Voting is done digitally so it allows students to vote from anywhere during the allowed voting period. Election can be determined by a popular vote or by a simulated Electoral College.The resource includes:- A customizable Google Form election ballot with instructions- Instructions on running the mock election- Optional Lesson Plan for 2024 Presidential Election with worksheet/answer keyAlso, make sure to
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5th - 12th
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Winter Holidays Christmas Around the World Music Traditions Activity Lesson
Explore winter holiday and Christmas music culture and traditions from around the world! This activity will take your students on an engaging tour of diverse winter holiday and Christmas music customs, and learn about the global instruments used in traditional holiday music!Your students will learn about diverse music holiday traditions that are celebrated around the world, and journey to ten notable countries. This activity is a perfect way to promote cultural diversity around the holidays! St
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3rd - 8th
Presidential Election Project Bundle: Campaign Simulation & WebQuest/Escape Room
In the Presidential Election Project Bundle: Campaign Simulation & WebQuest/Escape Room, students will have the opportunity to learn about the inner workings of Presidential Election campaigns from primaries to PAC's with the Presidential Election Campaign Simulation and will then apply this knowledge to the upcoming 2024 US Presidential Election in a WebQuest/Escape Room activity.If you enjoy this bundle, you may enjoy some of our other 21st Century Citizen projects!Congressional Lobbying &
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6th - 9th
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Presidential Election Campaign Simulation Project: Win the Electoral College
In the US Presidential Election Campaign Simulation Project: Win the Electoral College, students will simulate US Presidential campaign events including candidate selection, primaries, town halls, fundraising through PAC's, advertising to voter demographics, and Presidential debates. Race to the White House is a project that is designed to simulate and gamify a US Presidential Campaign. Students will form campaign teams and go through typical parts of the campaign such as selecting Presidential
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7th - 10th
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Forensic Science Christmas Activity Crime Scene Investigation & Fat Analysis
Looking for a FUN Forensic Science Christmas Activity? This public-school, low-prep activity is EASY to set up and FUN for students! Students will use brown paper bags to investigate the fat content of cookies. This information will be used to solve a holiday mystery. Then, students will examine motives for each suspect in the mystery and write a short article. Your students will love this Holiday-themed, engaging FUN FORENSICS activity... NO ONE DIES! This activity aligns with Next Generation S
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5th - 10th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, 5-PS1-3
Christmas DIGITAL Escape Room NO PREP! Escape to Winter Break
This digital escape room is a fun way for kids to practice some key ELA skills while being a completely NO PREP activity for you!This fun digital escape room is completed on Google Forms. Students will be participating in a scavenger hunt at their school's Holiday Jubilee in hopes of not only winning, but also escaping to winter break. Students will have to solve 22 clues and complete 14 ELA skill-based challenges to move on to the next section and finish the scavenger hunt. This will keep stu
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: Christmas DIGITAL Escape Room BUNDLE No Prep!
Forensic Science Crime Scene Investigation Middle School Holiday Lesson Plans
Forensic Science Activities are a fun, yet educational, way to celebrate holidays without sacrificing instruction time in Middle School. This collection of forensic science crime scene investigation (CSI) activities includes 4 engaging laboratory activities that infuse the excitement of holidays with the intrigue of forensic science. Each activity is specifically designed for 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade and provides a unique opportunity for students to apply forensic science techniques in a fun
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5th - 8th
NGSS:
MS-LS1-7
, 5-PS1-3
, HS-LS3-1
, MS-LS1-1
1860: A Mock Election Activity
The year is 1860. The country is deeply divided. The next president will either lead the country toward a peaceful resolution or a bitter civil war. Who will you choose?In this activity students examine background information about the four candidates running for president in 1860. After taking notes about each candidate, students vote in a mock election. Then they analyze the actual election results.Included in this download:1. Student handout for taking notes about each of the candidates
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6th - 9th
Civics Mock Election Ballot Template
*Used for non-election year project where students make their own candidates running for Senate. However, if you'd like, you could easily modify this for other election projects.
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7th - 8th
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Canadian Government Bundle
If you need to teach your students about Canadian Government this year, then this is the bundle for you! It is everything you need to teach an engaging and hands on Government Unit. It also promotes critical thinking and questioning, two very important skills in the new curriculums that are being written across our country. These are the activities:Canadian Government Unit - this product uses the book 'Who Runs this Country Anyway' as the reading material and the product contains worksheets for
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5th - 7th
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Gerrymandering & Redistricting Simulation Game Full Lesson
In the Gerrymandering & Redistricting Simulation Game, students will learn about the basics of redistricting and gerrymandering, then practice the concept on practice worksheets, before finally taking part in a fictional scenario in which they must gerrymander a map to benefit their political party.This is a full lesson that comes with a background reading, practice worksheets, and the gerrymandering simulation. This is a great way to teach a complex concept to students and then immediately
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7th - 10th
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Canadian Government Unit
Canadian government is the backbone of Canadian society. It is important for students to know their rights and responsibilities. Students will gain knowledge in many topics. The topics of this unit are: Types of Government, Levels of Government, House of Commons, How a Bill Becomes a Law, Branches of Government, Canada vs. North Korea, Mock Election, and Prime Minister Flipbook. Students will gain this unit’s knowledge with a variety of assignments and activities. This unit will use the followin
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6th - 9th
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Roles & Responsibilities of Citizens Around the World Fortune/Misfortune
Fortune/Misfortune is one of Bill Perryman’s, author of 7 Steps to a Language Rich Interactive Classroom, “The Games People Play.” This interactive activity allows students to simulate traveling around the world to eight different countries learning about the different roles and responsibilities of citizens. Some students will get lucky on their travels while others will face devastating misfortune!
Included in this activity is numerous critical thinking and thought provoking questions, o
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5th - 12th
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The Election Process: How a President Gets Elected Notes and Simulation Activity
The President of the United States holds perhaps the single highest individual rank in the country. The role of the president includes being the chief executive, commander in chief ceremonial head of state, among others. The road to becoming president is difficult. First, you must win a primary vote of your political party (primaries), then the National Convention vote for your political party and finally the general election vote of the country through the electoral college. With this activity,
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6th - 10th
Political Election Campaign SIMULATION
This is a ten day Simulation that could be shortened down if you'd like. It includes a detailed timeline, information on debating and research, framework for how special interest groups operate(including donating money to candidates who have to drop out if they don't get enough money) a rubric and more. I've been using this simulation in my American Government class for 20 years and it's a staple of the class. Students will learn the process BY DOING!!!
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7th - 12th
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Electoral College Simulation: Fun, Authentic and Engaging
This simulation was designed three years ago for use with my Freshman Government classes, and I've conducted it every semester since.
The activity is designed to provide middle or high school students with a better understanding of how the Electoral College operates. After dividing students into five states, the teacher leads the class through a series of mock Presidential elections, in which the students of each state vote to determine the winner of the state’s electoral votes. The candidate w
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5th - 12th
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Complete Mock Election Guide
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This comprehensive guide will set up your mock election for you!
With step by step instructions to guide you through every step of the process. Major sections include:
Candidate research paper
Preparing to register voters
Student presentations while registering
How to facilitate registration
Preparing candidate speeches
Candidate Cheat Sheet
Wrap Up activities
Setting up election day
Election workers' duties
Post Election Analysis ideas
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1st - 12th
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