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Free high school elections - voting assessments
Seven Grade Social Studies Task - Women's Suffrage Movement
This is a social studies task I created that utilizes four separate resources and expects students to not only draw on their knowledge of the women's rights movement, but to also use these resources to answer questions tailored to this information. These resources include a political cartoon, a map of the United States with respective years allowing women rights, a quote by Susan B. Anthony, and a short excerpt explaining this time in history.
This task also requires students to write responsi
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7th - 12th
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Barack Obama Comprehension Crossword
A simple, easy, engaging crossword puzzle about Barack Obama that you could use to teach during a president/former president unit. My students love them this year and it keeps them engaged, yet productive!
Vocabulary words included:
INDONESIA MICHELLE CONSTITUTION HAWAII JOHN MCCAIN BASKETBALL CHICAGO OPPOSED SENATE KENYA HARVARD DEMOCRAT TWO HILLARY CLINTON BIBLE OSAMA BIN LADEN DREAMS FROM MY FATHER BARRY AFRICAN AMERICAN COLUMBIA
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Social Studies (History & Government) Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle Bundle
Political Party Poster
Create your own party! You are going to create a brochure or poster for a political party of your choice. You are going to make up a political party of your choice. Determine which part of the political spectrum you wish to occupy. Remember: you can sway left or right on each issue, but no dramatic shifts.
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6th - 11th
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Voting and Elections Jigsaw Gallery Walk Project
Hi there, I am an 18-year veteran teacher and have created many different projects and whatnot that I would like to share. This particular project formatted as a Gallery Walk is covering the Chapter in our book on Elections (Topic 11 MacGruder's), but I wanted to widen it a bit. The topics I gave the students are as follows, but they could be adapted to any Chapter of any book/topic (This would be what is on the index cards)11.1 - Political Parties and What They Do11.2 - Nominations11.3 - Elect
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12th
For Which We Stand: Voting in the United States
For Which We Stand: Voting in the United States is the seventh part of a bundle for the book, For Which We Stand. Activities can be used alone or as part of an interactive notebook! For Which We Stand: Voting in the United States activities focus on the the history of voter suppression, gerrymandering, and voting rights in the United States. This bundle includes two reading passages, interactive journal insert, quizzes, discussion activity and short answer prompts.This is a great activity as a s
Grades:
6th - 12th, Higher Education
For Which We Stand: Political Offices
For Which We Stand: Political Offices is the sixth part of a bundle for the book, For Which We Stand. Activities can be used alone or as part of an interactive notebook! For Which We Stand: Political Offices activities focus on the different political offices, reviews over the differences between local, state, and federal elections. This bundle includes reading passages, interactive journal insert, quiz, and an essay prompt.This is a great activity as a supplemental resource and review for stude
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
Legislative Branch Vocabulary Quiz
A 15 question Legislative Branch Vocabulary Quiz that includes key terms: constituents, implied powers, Reapportionment, United States census, Incumbent, Limited Government, Lobbyist, Impeachment, Veto, Speaker of the House, Expressed powers, redistricting, Filibuster, Political parties and Franking privilege.
A great inexpensive time saver. Answer key included,
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9th - 12th
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Quiz & Lesson Notes - American Citizenship & Government
5 Question Quiz with Key and notes on Civic Duties vs Responsibilities System of Gov't vs Type of Gov't and Vocabulary Functions of GovernmentDemocracy vs Authoritarianism
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4th - 12th
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CANADIAN GOVERNMENT QUIZ / WORKSHEET
This is a great review worksheet or quiz to give students to assess their knowledge of the Canadian Government. This quiz covers the following topics:- The three levels of government (municipal, provincial, and federal) - The branches levels of government (legislative, executive, and judicial) - The Parliamentary system (lawmaking, the House of Commons, the Senate) Quiz Format (25 marks):Section 1: Labelling (10 marks)Section 2: Short Answer ( 7 marks) Section 3: True or False ( 3 marks) Section
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9th - 12th, Adult Education
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Executive Orders Web Quest
This lesson includes a webquest where students will analyze President Barack Obama's use of an Executive Order on immigration. This lesson includes a concise webquest with questions for students that will help students develop arguments to participate in a discussion.
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11th - 12th
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Electoral College 2020 Worksheet
Check out our FREE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 2020 WORKSHEET! A perfect resource to enhance your scholar's political knowledge.
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Grades:
1st - 12th
Bleeding Kansas
A Powerpoint Presentation detailing Bleeding Kansas, Popular Sovereignty, the Dred Scott Decision, and the new political parties.
Grades:
9th - 12th
If I Were President Assignment
This handout is a guiding sheet for students to write an essay on what they would accomplish as president.They can consider questions such as:What do you think the hardest part about being President would be? What would be the most rewarding part? This handout includes an assignment introduction, brainstorming questions, role consideration, and essay structure.
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7th - 9th
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Knock Down the House Writing Assignment
Knock Down the House is a phenomenal and inspiring documentary film following four female insurgents running for Congress in the 2018 primary elections. While of the four, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez is the only one to make it through to a victory in the general election, all of them are inspiring in their commitment to effect positive change in our through leadership in our government. This is an outstanding tool for teaching American civics, specifically how our congressional elections work and w
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8th - 12th
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Democracy: Key Terms
This sheet is based on the concept of Democracy and specifically aligned to India's CBSE Curriculum of Grade 9 (Chapter: What is Democracy? Why Democracy?) . However, the terms here are quite universal and can be used by educators anywhere dealing with this topic in their social studies curriculum. For teachers teaching the CBSE Curriculum, you will be able to use it as an accompaniment to the information in the NCERT textbooks.
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8th - 10th
Government Unit One Vocabulary Activity
This is some basic vocabulary for Unit one in Government. Start with giving students the handout, and allowing them to research the terms using the internet. This normally will take about 30 minutes for any CP classroom. After students have completed the internet definition then provide the teacher definition through direct instruction. These definitions should be the ones you will test them on. After the teacher definitions are complete have students find similarities or differences betwee
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Election 2016 - Reflection Paper
This election has been a historical one. I feel that it is important for students to reflect on this historical election that they have witnessed. This was given to my students the day after the election.
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8th - 12th
"Dewey-ing" History - How would John Dewey teach a history class today?
This assignment is an introduction to the pedagogical method that inspires my series of "Dewey-ing" history DBQ's where students use past policy debate to reflect on contemporary issues.
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8th - 12th
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Who Will They Vote For?
Students will read from a list of descriptions to choose which party each person would most likely support.
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6th - 12th
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