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Middle school government rubrics under $5
Create Your Own Government Project
Students will compose a project that will help them understand the foundations of government. Students name their country, create a flag, define their government, analyze 7 characteristics of their government, & create rules/consequences. Lots of fun & creativity! Great for assessments & project based learning.FULLY EDITABLE to adapt to your specific needs!Directions & Rubric IncludedPairs perfectly withTypes of Government Gallery Walk for students to learn about different types
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6th - 12th
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Create Your Own Country Project-Step by Step Guide-Editable
In this project, students will be working in pairs to create their own country from scratch. They will also choose a type of government for their country. Their final product will be a brochure and a PowerPoint presentation.This resource includes:PowerPoint presentation with complete project detailsStudent Handout following the Power Point Presentation (PDF and MSWORD)Rubric for grading the brochure and presentation (PDF and MSWORD)PowerPoint Presentation Images are flattened but all titles and
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Create Your Own Government Project: Google Product
Teaching about Government? Want a fun project? Creating your own government? Create Your Own Government Project is designed for success in middle school or high school. The lesson includes detailed step by step project for students to Create their own government. The comprehensive Project guides rigorous instruction allowing students to research, organize, understand, and create their own countries government. Boost students' knowledge on Governments and allows them to have a more creative take
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6th - 12th
Create your own Bill: Writing a Bill Project
Teaching American Government? Learning about how a bill becomes a law?Create your own Bill: Writing a Bill Project is designed for success in middle school or high school. This project includes detailed directions for students to create a bill and understand the process of how to create a bill and a presentation to go along with it. This comprehensive project provides rigorous instruction allowing students to understand the process of how a bill becomes a law. Allows students to have a creative
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6th - 12th
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Also included in:Â Tracking legislation Unit: How a Bill Becomes a Law
American Revolution Battle of the Battlefields Project
Sometimes learning about battles can be boring for students. In this project, students research and debate which battle was the most important in The American Revolution in a collaborative, engaging and authentic manner. This can be done as a research project or you can use the provided background information on each battle so you can do it as self contained project in the classroom.
What is included:
1. Project directions for teachers.
2. 2 rubrics for the presentation and letter to The Pr
Grades:
5th - 11th
Think Like a Philosopher: Social Contract Theory Small Group Activity
Great Class Opener! Potential for More! Get your Students Thinking About Their World! Students debate and discuss the philosophical question, "Are humans inherently evil or inherently good?"Simple, but engaging, The Think Like a Philosopher: Social Contract Theory lesson has students discuss and debate the question, "Are humans inherently evil or inherently good?" This group discussion activity will introduce students to the enlightenment philosophy made famous by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke t
Grades:
7th - 12th
Also included in:Â Think Like a Philosopher Bundle
Gummy Bear World Government Project
Are you looking for a project to culminate your World Government unit? Have your students show their understanding of how democracies, monarchies, republics, and dictatorships work with gummy bears! Simply grab gummy bears and go!This product will help you lead your students in creating a multimedia presentation to represent their understanding of different world governments. Governments included in this project are democracy, monarchy, republic, and dictatorship. For each government type, stu
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4th - 8th
Immigration Assignment
Students must interview a person who has immigrated to Canada. This file contains the assignment outline, student self-assessment rubrics, teacher-assessment rubrics, interview outline and a Passport template. Students also create a suitcase and include 4 artifacts to enhance their presentation.
Students are assessed on their knowledge of the immigration process and their oral communication skills when they present their project to the class.
This assignment aligns with Ontario Social Studie
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4th - 6th
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New Deal Brochure Project- Great Depression Era- Editable
Students research and design a brochure on a set amount of New Deal agencies. List of optional agencies provided, with room to expand. Editable rubric included. This project is based on student research about the New Deal programs. It is a great follow up to an introductory lesson on the New Deal. Can also be used as the introduction by allowing students to create their own understanding and use it in class. Follow up activities to this project could include gallery walks (to preview peer's work
Grades:
7th - 12th
The Amendment Project: Directions and Rubric
This is a quick project that can be completed during a unit on the Constitution. I limited the options to 11-27 as most students would select the First Amendment as being the most important. This encourages them to explore the lesser known half of the Constitution and form opinions. This project often facilitates great class discussion regarding human rights.I recommend providing students with this article to aid them in their selection: https://newsela.com/read/primary-source-amendment-constitu
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6th - 12th
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Important People of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 Project Activity
Bring creativity to the research that your US History students will perform when learning about the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Students will choose an important American figure, and create a cereal box inspired by their chosen figure and the era in which they lived. This product includes detailed instructions of what students should put on each side of the box, and a grading rubric to guide them towards acing this project, and to make grading easier for you!HistoTeam- Trust the Team!Want
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5th - 12th
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Also included in:Â US History Curriculum Exploration Through The American Constitution BUNDLE
Ethics Essay: Ethnicity and Medicine
Students study and review ethics of medical care differences with different ethnicities, includes items for each paragraph, space for research, space to write, and rubric. Links to research videos included. help students form critical thinking skills and form opinions on ethical issues using this templatefully editableused with middle school life science, but could be in a social studies or ethics classFor research, I used textbook and youtube videos that were age-appropriate (links included).
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in:Â Ethics Essay Bundle
Civil War: Battle of the Battlefields Research Project
What is included: 1. Project directions 2. Directions for the teacher 3. 2 rubrics 4. Battlefield chart 5. Small group discussion cards 6. Brief overview of each battle 7. SOAP your primary source clean handout with sample primary source from Battle of Gettysburg Here is what students do: 1. Each group researches one of 8 battles. 2. Each group presents their battle to the class attempting to persuade the class that their battle is the most important in the Civil War. 3. As a class, students
Grades:
5th - 11th
Wisconsin County Travel Guide Project
This project pack outlines everything you'll need for your students to research information about one of the 72 Wisconsin counties. Students will create a visual display of the information they researched about their county as well as give an oral presentation of this information.
This project pack includes a parent letter about the project, grading rubric, Wisconsin county cards for students, and a student project tracker.
This is a great project to complete when reviewing map skills, expl
Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Wisconsin Social Studies Series BUNDLE
Constitution Cliffnotes Project | Color, Draw, and Describe
Having trouble teaching students the Constitution in an engaging way? Use my Constitution Cliffnotes project! In this project, students will:Describe the importance of the Constitution.Draw the Constitution, Capitol Building, White House, and Supreme Court Building.Complete several fill-in-the-blank pages on the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial BranchDescribe the Preamble, Article I, Article II, and Article III of the U.S. ConstitutionComplete a chart on the Checks and Balances between branc
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3rd - 7th
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Landmark Supreme Court Cases Student-Led Project Rubric and Instructions
Do you want a great way for students to deep dive into Landmark Supreme Court Cases? In this project, students will be assigned a Landmark Supreme Court case, research the background, case, precedent, and more, and present it to the class in a Google Slides presentation.This project covers standard SS.7.CG.3.11: Analyze the effects of landmark Supreme Court decisions on law, liberty and the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.Supreme Court cases include: Marbury v. MadisonDred Scott v. Sandf
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Grades:
6th - 12th
Civil Rights Event Poster Project with Rubric!
Quick and easy Civil Rights poster project. Use as an end of unit assignment, or end of class project. Includes rubric - works great for middle and high school social studies classes!
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5th - 12th
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French Letter to Canadian Government Project
This culminating French project asks students to research a social or environmental issue that affects them personally, and then to write a letter (or email) to a member of Canadian government to share their thoughts. It fulfills expectations for Strand B of the Grade 5 Ontario Social Studies curriculum and includes curriculum expectations, success criteria, a graphic organizer to help students organize their ideas, an example letter and a rubric for assessment.While created for Grade 5 students
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Grades:
4th - 6th
Also included in:Â Canadian Government French Grade 5 Bundle
Absolutism Writing Bundle
This bundle includes 7 primary source documents at a middle/early high school reading level, the prompt, instructions, and completely scaffolded outline for a 5-paragraph essay, and a 100-point rubric to grade the final essay on. Students will be answering the question: What characteristics make someone an absolute monarch?
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7th - 10th
Executive Branch: The President's Cabinet Research Project
This project puts students in one of ten different departments of the US President's Cabinet.Students will research:1. The purpose of their department2. Current head of department and a short bio3. A history of the department4. Solve a current issue for the departmentThe project includes guidelines for students to follow as a well as a rubric.It took about an hour and a half to create this myself. You could easily replicate the concepts but if you want a clean presentation that is already made
Grades:
8th - 11th
Make Your Own Country: Project/Lesson Plan & Rubric
This is for a government, geography, or social studies project! Kids learn about country names, flags, mottos, government systems, economic systems, resources, agriculture, etc. After learning all of this, they are challenged to "make their own country", using everything they learned previously. This includes a grading rubric, and detailed project instructions and ideas. My kids have loved this! Great way to integrate TONS of information.
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3rd - 12th
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Presidential (Executive) Roles Dream Team Draft Bracket Presentations
In a group of four, students will DRAFT four American Presidents and attempt to build the best Executive Branch ever assembled! Students will need to research and look at historical examples of 4 President’s acting in their Executive ROLES. Students will address 7 key roles of the Executive Branch plus a First Lady. They will compete in a bracket tournament and the team that creates the best Dream Team of Presidents (chosen by the class) will win!
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Judicial Branch Project
Looking for a different type of assessment for the end of your chapter or unit? Want something student-centered and creative yet comprehensive? Here's your judicial branch project! Student will like the easy to read directions and the choices involved in how they would like to present what they have learned. Teachers will like how all the topics are covered in a no-pressure situation. My students have always preferred this project as an assessment over taking a traditional test. Rubric inc
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7th - 12th
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Illustrate the Bill of Rights - Project - Rubric
This project asks students to show their understanding of the Bill of Rights through illustrations AND to use their knowledge of America in the past and America today to predict amendments added after the Bill of Rights. Includes 2 rough draft graphic organizersassignment explanationrubricCan be used to introduce the Bill of Rights and have students research each amendment on their own to build and understanding OR as a wrap up to a unit on the Constitution and Bill of Rights to have the student
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6th - 10th
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