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Higher education civics centers
Federalists and Anti-Federalists - Jefferson vs Hamilton - Jigsaw
This lesson is a great, student-centered lesson plan for students to explore the main policy disagreements between two of the most prominent founding fathers: Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. It walks students through their differences on 4 major issues: Human Nature, Economics, Power of the Federal Government, and Foreign Affairs. This product contains both student handouts to write on, a lesson plan breakdown, and student readings. It includes everything you would need to pick up and j
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Powers of the President - Chief of the Party - Jigsaw
This lesson is a great, student-centered lesson plan for students to explore the powers of the President, both formal and informal. This is a jigsaw lesson plan where students explore the historical ways that Presidents have exercised their informal power as "Chief of the Party." This lesson focuses on some of the most pronounced examples in US History of Presidents reshaping their party, including FDR, LBJ, Reagan, and Obama.This product contains both student handouts to write on, answer key/ex
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Required SCOTUS Case Category Matching Review for AP US Government
This is a review activity for the required Supreme Court cases for the AP US Government exam. Includes cards with case name, constitutional question, and various descriptors with clauses, amendments, and themes that students must categorize. Directions are included at the top of page 1 of the document. The descriptors, cases, and constitutional questions are already scrambled, so there is no prep work on your end except to print the copies. Great for work as a group or individual students. Perfe
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: AP US Government Review Game Bundle Vocab & SCOTUS cases
President Barack Obama’s 2017 Farewell Address – Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Farewell Address delivered in Chicago, IL on January 10, 2017. This resource includes 110 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. Using the comment feature in M
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
AP US Gov Unit 4 Political Socialization Citizens' Beliefs & Ideology Charts
Students can work together to identify the areas of political socialization, provide examples, connect them to liberal and conservative beliefs, and think about how these elements have impacted and influenced their political ideologies. For Topics 4.1-4.4 from the CED for AP US Government.Total of 3 charts. One for political socialization; one for liberal and conservative beliefs regarding: individualism, equality of opportunity, free enterprise, rule of law, and limited government; and one for
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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It's All Constitutional
Full version of the example. Power point presentation on the Constitution, its' articles, The Bill of Rights, and a majority of amendments. The presentation is designed for a whole brain teaching approach coupled with ascending literacy training. The power point slides are divided into categories, or "topics", that are sequenced in a story telling format. Each slide has a single note in full sentence form, alternated between simple and complex sentence structure. Slides also have either history
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
President Barack Obama's Address at Dallas Police Memorial - Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Speech at the Memorial for 5 slain Dallas police officers delivered in Dallas, TX on July 12, 2016. This resource includes 85 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the fu
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
CONSTITUTION DAY: SEPTEMBER 17: A SOCIAL STUDIES VOCABULARY JUMBLE W/ ANS. KEY
There are 20 words/terms relative to the Constitution in this vocabulary jumble puzzle.There is a hidden message, as well. Deciphering scrambled words sharpens skills! Have fun! An answer key is provided.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
VETERANS DAY: VOCABULARY WORD CHALLENGE W/ ANSWER KEY GRS. 7-12, COLLEGE,ADULT
This activity is centered around Veterans Day. Students decipher 11 words relative to the bravery and fortitude of American soldiers. There is a famous quote by Shakespeare included in the worksheet, and the clue has a statement taken from the belief of the famous Greek philosopher, Aristotle. Deciphering messages or words helps to build cognitive ability. An answer key is provided. Happy Veterans Day, America!
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7th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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APPRECIATING THE U.S. CONSTITUTION/VOCABULARY ACTIVITY
This activity/project zones in on the meanings of the terms in the Preamble. It is good for a class discussion, homework assignment, or for a social studies bulletin board, as well. The staff might enjoy this activity, too. Happy Constitution Day, America! Thanks ever so much, for visiting the House of the Three Dinosaurs.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
ELECTION ACROSTIC: THE PRIVILEGE OF VOTING
It is a privilege to be able to vote. Students can fill in this acrostic with thoughtful words of liberty and freedom! God Bless America!
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
CNN10 Reflection - News Reflection (Digital & Print)
This can be used in so many ways! Use as asynchronous for language/media Use as a guided lesson for when you want to lead discussion on specific news eventsUse the resource throughout the term to incorporate this comment for media litercy! During weekly class discussion of CNN10, (name) regularly investigated how news sources address their intended audience to convey a message. Suitable for upper elementary and high school students. Students are given the opportunity to connect and reflect on cu
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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SOCIAL STUDIES PROMPT: COMPARE THE PRESIDENTIAL V. PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEM
This prompt requires some research on the British system of Parliament v. the American Presidential System. It also compares the power of the third party system in Europe, with the dilemma of the powerless vote of the third party in US.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
WORLD OF FREE MASONRY CRYPTOGRAM
This cryptogram has interesting.facts about this amazing organization.
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5th - 8th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Literacy Exercise- Constitution and Early Republic Vocabulary
This exercise requires students to use content vocabulary as well as Tier 2 general vocabulary terms. Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the content by creating sentences combining content vocabulary (tier 3 vocabulary) and general vocabulary (tier 2 vocabulary). The purpose is to reinforce learning while improving Lexile levels.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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WORLD SMILE DAY/ OCTOBER
This day celebrates smiling, and being positive. It asks people to help others, and do random acts of kindness. It falls on the first Friday in October! Thank you so much for visiting!
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3rd - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
SOCIAL STUDIES/CIVICS/GOVERNMENT/ WRITING PROMPT: CAMPAIGNING AND CALUMNY
This prompt asks the students to write their opinion on the two party system. Thanks for visiting the House of the Three Dinosaurs.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
George Washington in Spanish
have this intro video that goes along with this lesson: https://youtu.be/FpPlgJPg0yk Also I make fun lecture videos, like this one on George Washington in Spanish on my youtube channel “teaching juntos”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooiMtSTC5Bk&feature=youtu.be The students write notes based on the video. Everything in red they copy exactly, yellow they write in their own words, and green they don’t write. There are also comprehension questions in the description of the videos.
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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