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Free civics resources for Microsoft Word
Transportation: Land, Air, and Water Sort
This is a great activity for students to work on in centers or when they have finished their work early. If students cannot yet read, instruct the students in finding the beginning sound of each label or use the pictures of land, air, and water instead of the labels.
• Cut out and laminate these pictures and labels. Have students sort the pictures by land, air, and water.
• Put a magnet on the back of each cut-out. Do the activity as a class on the whiteboard.
• You can also print a cop
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PreK - 2nd
Articles of Confederation Simulation
A great interactive simulation to demonstrate to government or US history students the failures of the Articles of Confederation. After the lesson students will have a clear understanding of why the US needed a stronger central government. Students will take on the role of one of the 13 original states and will participate in a session of Congress to see if they can solve the pressing challenges facing the new nation.
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8th - 12th
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Rules and Laws Quiz
This rules and laws quiz is easy and simple for English language learners, Pre-K, or Kinder! My ELL students were having trouble following along with normal quiz formats so I had to change it up and include visuals. You can edit and feel free to add more questions. Hope you enjoy!
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PreK - 1st
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Good Citizens Booklet
After talking about citizenship, this booklet is a great way for your students to show how they can be good citizens at home, in school, and in their community! Students are able to write sentences and draw pictures.
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1st - 2nd
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Good Citizen Sort
A sorting activity that requires students to sort which actions would be performed by someone who is a good citizen and someone who is not a good citizen. I have students fold a piece of construction paper longways and then glue the category headings at the top and the actions under the appropriate headings to complete the sort.
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1st - 3rd
Island Project, Civics, Create your own government
This project can be used in a social studies setting. Specifically for civics courses, students are given a description of creating their own island and their laws. This gives learners a solid foundation that will lead into the various types of governments around the world and students become highly engaged in the activity.
Students will have to create 10 absolute laws that they expect their citizens to follow, a fun project for the class. Can be done in groups or individually.
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6th - 10th
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Rights & Responsibilities Sorting Worksheets
This worksheet has rights/responsibility examples. Students can either cut and paste them into the correct column or write them in and cross them out (whichever is preferred). After they do that they have the option of sorting the same examples in a specific location, i.e. home, school, town, usa.
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2nd - 3rd
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The Bill of Rights Matching
This activity is a simple matching worksheet which can be used as an assignment or a quiz. Students are asked to match each concept with the amendment in which the concept is outlined. This great worksheet will be able to gauge if students can properly identify the amendments in the Bill of Rights.
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7th - 12th
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Constitution Vocabulary Practice - Worksheet
Students will practice using "Constitution"-related vocabulary (20 words on this list) by writing synonyms, writing complete sentences using words, drawing pictures of words, and writing news headlines with words. Some example words are: bill, veto, amend, impeach, override, federalism, confederation, tranquility, appeal, and ratify. (I also sell lots of other Constitution-related worksheets, study guides, tests, and PowerPoints.)
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5th - 11th
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How a Bill Becomes a Law Activities
This bundle package includes 3 different methods of teaching about how a Bill Becomes a Law. There are graphic organizers, a booklet outlining the steps, and a simulation that has the class try to get a law passed through Congress (their class).
If you like this bundle, be sure to check out The Three Branches of Government: A Unit Plan.
You can find “Full Unit’s” for World History, US History, Economics, and Government at my store.
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6th - 12th
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Leadership Reflection Assignment
Help your students reflect after they complete any kind of Leadership / Team Building / Group Work activity!Reflection is one of the most important parts of leadership. While having a good plan, being able to make decisions as you go, and being able to work well on a team are all important, the most important thing about doing these challenges is not actually the challenge at all – it’s what you take away from it.In this metacognitive assignment, students can use either of two note templates to
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE LEADERSHIP BUNDLE
Civics/Citizenship Test and Study Guide
This multiple choice test is designed to fulfill state requirements of administrating the 100 questions citizenship test. *Some questions must be edited to fit your state* Included: 100 Question TestAnswer Key to test
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7th - 12th
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The 'Fill-in" of Rights
This activity allows students to gain a more thorough understanding of the Bill of Rights. Students will be required to fill in the blanks for each amendment. The words selected for the students to fill in are all words which are extremely important to the meaning and interpretation of the Bill of Rights. In doing so, these words will stick out to students, increasing the potential to retain the most important ideas within the Bill of Rights. A word bank is provided so that this activity may be
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9th - 12th
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Scholastic News Article Review
This product is a perfect companion for any newspaper or magazine (Scholastic News, Time for Kids, Science World, etc.) The worksheet helps students summarize, analyze text features, and reflect on any article. Perfect for substitute teachers as well!
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4th - 8th
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Electoral College Game
This is a game that will help students understand the Electoral College. The students compete against a partner for each state by rolling dice. The total on the dice represents the popular vote. Students will be able to see that you can win the popular vote and still lose the electoral college.
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7th - 9th
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Student Current Event Form
Very few students have the time in their hectic lives to read or watch the news. This product aids students as they breakdown a newspaper article before they present it to the class. Students are given this assignment monthly, so that in a given month they will hear between 20-30 new stories presented by their classmates and discussed in class. Students chose from the following categories: international, natoinal, state, local, and sports/entertainment. Students are asked in the form record
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6th - 12th
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Mock Congress: Legislative Government Lesson Plan
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Fully outlined lesson with step by step instructions for teacher to facilitate mock congress session.
Contains 2 handouts - 1 with session instructions and 1 reflection assignment.
I used this lesson to scaffold understanding of how the legislative branch functions. Students really got into it because I had a policy where the laws that they passed could become classroom laws for the rest of the term.
Very effective, hands-on learning!!
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6th - 12th
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Putting the Grinch on Trial
Using the text How the Grinch Stole Christmas, the kids work through a court case and determine if the Grinch is guilty. This is set up for 19 students, but can easily be adapted .
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3rd - 5th
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3 Branches of Government: Scavenger Hunt
This resource can be used in the digital or physical classroom. I have used it as an introduction/preview to the three branches of government. It can be done individually, in pairs, or in groups. The page numbers correlate with the IMPACT United States History & Geography textbook. The page numbers can be edited for your own textbook.For honors students: put the page numbers of the Constitution and have them read through the document to find the answers.For grade-level students: give them
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5th - 9th
DBQ: Gerrymandering and Apportionment
Document based questions geared toward an American government and civics coursed. May also be used in a U.S. History course to illustrate the historical development of gerrymandering and constitutional principles outlined for apportionment in the U.S.
A series of 6 documents including charts, graphs, and primary sources, A great resource to utilize for collaborative learning.
Keywords: gerrymandering, apportionment,Constitution, DBQ, apportion, reapportion, apportionment acts
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8th - 12th
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Learning the Constitution Using the U.S. Citizenship Test
Students complete a scavenger hunt using the U.S Constitution to find answers to questions from the U.S. Naturalization test.
Great activity for classrooms with diverse student populations with students who's parents may be in the process of studying for the test themselves.
This version also has additional "AP level" questions that can be kept for additional rigor or removed.
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9th - 12th
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Good Citizen Scavenger Hunt
This activity provides students with real-life scenarios on good citizenship. Students can work in groups or in pairs to complete this activity.
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1st - 5th
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Citizenship for Kindergarten
The purpose of this activity is to have students look at the pictures and decide if the students in the pictures are acting as strong citizens or weak citizens. After students have discussed and told why they chose which type of citizen the picture shows they will place it on the correct chart. This activity is aligned with CCSS K-4.1 Identify qualities of good citizenship, including honesty, courage, determination, individual responsibility, and patriotism and K-4.2 Demonstrate good citizenshi
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PreK - 1st
Bill of Rights Amendment Poster Project with Rubric (FREE!)
I have assigned this project to both 8th and 11th graders in their US History classes. It can also easily be used in a US Government/Civics class. It's a great way for students to demonstrate their knowledge in a more creative, artistic, and engaging way, as opposed to simple tests or essays. In US history, assign this after learning about the failure of the Articles of Confederation and the drafting of the new Constitution.Considerations:For this poster I provide the students with larger, legal
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8th - 11th
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