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Elections - voting simulations $5-10
Election Day: Mock Election Voting Simulation (In-Class Election Kit)
Our future decision-makers are in our classroom today. It is critical that our students understand the voting process and recognize the importance of casting their vote. This civics lesson walks your students through the voting process with a mock election. Your students will learn key vocabulary, will participate in the campaign process, and will have a chance to cast their vote. This mock election can be used with ANY topic of your choice (favorite candy, book, best season, favorite sport, etc
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1st - 4th
How a Bill Becomes a Law - Government Simulation - Congress (House/Senate) Vote
Let your students EXPERIENCE the important governmental process of drafting, presenting, debating and voting on a bill as it goes through the steps to become a law!Each student will take on a new persona as a REAL congressperson from a state in the USA. They will present their bill and debate bills from other committees, then vote in a congressional meeting! This experience is fun and memorable for students across the USA! Enjoy!Included in this set:Contents:How to Use this ResourceNote taking G
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2nd - 5th
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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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Electoral College (Lecture Notes, Simulation, and Reform Activity)
This Electoral College resource will teach your students all they need to know about this important institution of U.S. government. Included are: lecture notes, student cloze notes, an engaging Electoral College simulation, and a follow-up activity about options to reform the Electoral College. This lesson will bring the Electoral College to life and help your students grasp what is often a confusing topic in U.S. Government. Content themes covered: What is the Electoral College and who are the
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: AP® Government and Politics Course Bundle
Presidential Political Party Campaign Project Lesson
For a high school government class, students work in groups of 2 to 3 to create and run a presidential campaign. This activity allows for students to research, collaborate, and perform for their peers while analyzing the political parties in the US. This lesson has students creating propaganda, writing and performing speeches, creating jingles, creating video commercial propaganda, and other forms of propaganda, as well as participating in a debate. Basic Rubric included with this lesson! Take 3
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9th - 12th
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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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Electoral College Lesson & Cookie Election Simulation
Having trouble teaching your students about the electoral college? Look no further! This resource includes a mini lesson and simulation that will help your kids better understand how the electoral college works!Details:Powerpoint Mini-Lesson: The mini-lesson is 8 slides and covers the BASICS of the electoral college. I would say that this lesson is fitting for 3rd-5th grade. The lesson is set up in a Q&A format. Following the lesson, there are 12 slides with review/quiz questions about what
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3rd - 5th
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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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House of Representatives and Senate Congress Simulation Bundle
Allow students to participate in a simulated Mock Congress session with either the House of Representatives or the Senate. Students will be able to write bills, be involved in the committee process and attempt to pass bills in a Congress session. Each zip file includes the student guide, PowerPoint presentation, bill and pork legislation templates, committee rubric, and includes additional leadership roles. You can either use the included PDF files or upload the Microsoft Word and PowerPoint fil
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10th - 12th
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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Battleground States: Tug-of-War for Hearts, Minds, Votes
It’s an election year and what an exciting one it is proving to be! With the presidency and control of the Senate up for grabs, what better way to start 2024 than running presidential and senatorial campaigns in your own classroom. If that sounds good, then this simulation is for you.I have boiled down the campaigns to their essentials. But here’s the twist: your students will only vote in the 5 presidential and 6 senatorial Battleground States (the ones that will decide the outcomes in both cas
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8th - 12th
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American Political Culture
American Political Culture
Almost all Americans in spite of a diversity of races, classes, religions, ethnicities, or occupations hold to a common set of core values and beliefs. This course/unit explores six core beliefs of American political culture. Most of these core beliefs and values are unique to the American culture. In spite of these common beliefs, many Americans act in ways that are opposite to these values and assumptions.
These beliefs are:
• Individualism
• Free enterprise and
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Improving American Elections and Voting: A Project-Based Learning Experience
Engage your students in this in-depth project-based learning activity where they get to propose reforms to the American election system. In this activity, students work collaboratively to create their own interest group and develop a persuasive campaign to present before the "Presidential Commission on Electoral Reform." In their groups, students seek to identify three major areas of reform and propose solutions to these areas to help improve America's election system. This is a great activity f
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9th - 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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While this guide is tailored to
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1st - 12th
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Super Hero Election Unit
Looking for a fun way to teach Elections? Let Super Heroes save the day! This unit is designed with Step-by-Step instructions to help you through the Election process. Each step has a description of the lesson/task. I have also provided helpful information and resources for each step. You can use the unit with one class, a grade level, or an entire school! It can be used with K-5 students. Step by Step directions, resources, and reproducibles are provided for each part of the election process.
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K - 5th
Election Day Activity & Simulation!
I spent almost an hour (not even kidding) looking for a resource to use with my third graders for election day... I wanted them to learn about the process we use to elect leaders, but didn't want to stand in front of them with some huge powerpoint! Eventually, I decided to create my own student-led resource...This activity simulates the election & voting process for students. They are put into different groups (parties) and will work together to be elected as the new classroom teacher!! They
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3rd - 6th
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Senate Congress Simulation
Allow students to participate in a simulated Mock Congress session. Students will be able to write bills, be involved in the committee process and attempt to pass bills in a Congress session. The zip file includes the student guide, PowerPoint presentation, bill and pork legislation templates, committee rubric, and includes additional leadership roles. You can either use the included PDF files or upload the Microsoft Word and PowerPoint files to Google Drive for modifications.
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10th - 12th
Also included in: House of Representatives and Senate Congress Simulation Bundle
Bill to Law - Nine Steps: PowerPoint, Doodle Dat Note, Printables, Simulation
This product provides the nine basic steps involved in making a law, from bill to law, in the U.S. Congress. It includes a colorful, fun PowerPoint that addresses these steps along with a link to Schoolhouse Rocks cartoon video on the topic. Additionally, there is a Doodle Dat Notes Page that allows students to take notes from the PowerPoint in a "scavenger hunt" type way that includes graphics for students to color as they go!Included is a "flowchart" (both complete and blank) that delineates
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
House of Representatives Congress Simulation
Allow students to participate in a simulated Mock Congress session. Students will be able to write bills, be involved in the committee process and attempt to pass bills in a Congress session. The zip file includes the student guide, PowerPoint presentation, bill and pork legislation templates, committee rubric, and includes additional leadership roles. You can either use the included PDF files or upload the Microsoft Word and PowerPoint files to Google Drive for modifications.
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10th - 12th
Also included in: House of Representatives and Senate Congress Simulation Bundle
Mock Election Project- Teacher Instructions
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. This resource includes the teacher directions on how to implement this project. This activity is designed to be used alongside other resources that are available as a bundle! The bundle includes the stu
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Mock Election Project
OLD VERSION! Battle for The Presidency - Game for Presidential election 2016
NEW EDITION FOR 2020 COMING SOON! I'm preparing an updated version for the 2020 election which will be available September 15th. SO DON’T BUY THE OLD VERSION NOW!“Battle for the Pesidency” is a mix between a traditional boardgame and a role-playing game. The activites of the game are comparable to what goes on in traditional boardgames about elections, but the game is designed to let up to 30 students play different roles, that are all important for the outcome of the game. Thus every student ge
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9th - 12th
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Bill to Law Simulation - Climate Change
Although Social Studies is normally taught as a standalone subject it is critical to remember that public administration is a multi-disciplinary endeavor requiring an engaged citizenry. Our government, whether it be at the federal, state, or local level is designed to respond to their constituents, and this lesson will help demonstrate this via an immersive simulation.This in mind, this lesson assigns students roles as either citizens or government officials working in the state of West Virginia
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Simulation Mega Bundle
Valentine King & Queen Persuasive Writing & Activity
Students will learn about the election process, making nominations, running a campaign, secret ballots, and writing persuasive speeches to convince voters who to crown as Valentine King and Queen as class leadership roles. This is usually done two weeks before Valentine's Day to run campaigns and write speeches. On Valentine's Day, they will read their speeches before the voting and then a class king and queen will be honored. There is also a fun craft to create decorative crowns.
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2nd - 5th
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