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U.S. Government Resources - Power Points, Guided Notes, HW, Tests, & Projects
UPDATE 8/1/2021 - I have converted the PowerPoints included in this bundle to google slides as well with all of the video included. You will get both with this package. This is a great deal of the materials that I use for my U.S. Government and U.S. Government Honors classes. This probably will not carry you for an entire school year, but it's close. Some of the things that I do in my class I do not have rights to (textbook worksheets, etc.) and I’m in no position to share. I also teach financi
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
Levels of Government
Federal, State, and Local Governments are made simple for your students with this PowerPoint. I use the first part of the power point after the students learn about the constitution in the fall, and then show the whole thing in the spring when students campaign and are elected for the Leadership Class the following year.Add your own state, local, and school governments to the slides.This aligns with the Common Core State Standards:3.SL.33.SL.43.SL.63.W.45.SL.35.SL.45.SL.65.W.48.SL.38.SL.48.SL.68
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3rd - 9th
Letter to Congress Legislative Branch, House of Representatives Senate worksheet
Assignment to write a letter to a congressperson about an issue the student feels strongly about. A template is included in business letter format.
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8th - 12th
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Create a school survey to analyze public opinion polls!
Discussing the role of The People and Public Opinion is a very important topic within any government, civics, current events or history class. However, nothing helps students to learn information better than actually living it! In this activity, students get to design their own survey, poll their peers, analyze the results and answer critical thinking questions about how political analysts might use their research. DOK 3 and 4! Student-centered learning!This is consistently one of my student
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Election Scrapbook Project & PPT
Election Scrapbook Project & PPT is a hands-on approach to the upcoming elections. Students will create a scrapbook that is divided into sections such as... "Meet the Candidates" which allows students to get to know each candidate, their platforms, political advertisements and much more. I have also included a rubric and a powerpoint to explain the project step-by-step. This scrapbook turns into a great piece of history for each student which they can treasure forever.
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4th - 12th, Adult Education
Political Parties and Federal Elections in Canada - Unit and Mock Election
The following mini-unit was created in line with Strand B of the Grade 5 Ontario Social Studies curriculum. However, this lesson sequence is adaptable to many grades and curriculum expectations across Canada. Below, you will find the big ideas and framing questions for this mini-unit:How the Federal election works in Canada (slideshow)Bias in political mediaPolitical parties - exploring political parties in Canada and student affiliations (inquiry-based learning and online quiz, including a refl
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4th - 8th
Mock Presidential Campaign and Election Activity
Introduce your students to the presidential campaign process with this interactive activity. As a group, your students will create a political party, nominate a presidential candidate, write a party platform, create materials to advertise their chosen candidate, create a slogan for their party, as well as campaign posters, buttons, and a song.Click here to subscribe to my newsletter and receive a FREE game!
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4th - 10th
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Pebble Go Companion Presidents Research Booklet Interactive Notebook
This download includes a list of all U.S. Presidents, a 5 tiered booklet with editable tabs in PowerPoint, and a cover page with each president. I use this with Pebble Go in my 2nd Grade Classroom. It is not necessary if you have other means of research. I keep track of which president my students are researching on the list provided as I like each of my students to research a different president. This works perfectly with Pebble Go. I have my students research and write 1-3 facts per each ca
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2nd - 4th
Federal Election Research Paper | US History Project | 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
The Federal Election Research Paper or Project is a great opportunity for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students to learn how to become informed voters in their future. This editable research activity/project allows students to flex their research skills on possible candidates in a Federal Election. They are required to do in-depth research on candidates and policies, format their research paper in a specific way and argue their selected candidate. Teachers will love that this activity is struc
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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Are citizens voting? Voter Turnout project
Are citizens voting in our country? Why are they voting? Why are they not voting? How have citizens voted in the past presidential and midterm elections? This project will allow your students to research how the millennial population voted in the 2016 Presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Students will research voter turnout in other countries and compare their findings with United States voter turnout data. Students will analyze using articles on why Hillary Clinton lo
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11th - 12th
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Partis Politiques et Élections Fédérales au Canada - Unité et Élection Simulée
La mini-unité suivante a été créée conformément au volet B du programme d'Études Sociales de l'Ontario de 5e année. Cependant, cette séquence de cours est adaptable à de nombreuses années et attentes du programme d'études à travers le Canada. Ci-dessous, vous trouverez les grandes idées et les questions de cadrage pour cette mini-unité :Comment les élections fédérales marchent au Canada (diaporama)Partis politiques - explorer les partis politiques au Canada et les affiliations des élèves (appren
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4th - 8th
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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Editable Election Lunch Ballot
This is an editable Election Ballot that can be used as a fun school wide activity while learning and participating in an election. Teachers can facilitate or an upper grade could facilitate and it could be an project.
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Evaluating Media Bias
This is a short 'mini-project' I created for my students to do. The emphasis is on finding the same news story from three separate news agencies. (liberal, conservative, international) They then compare the stories and create an analysis/write a summary evaluating the differences in the bias.
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7th - 12th
2016 Presidential Election Movie Trailer & Poster
The 2016 Presidential Election has been full of interesting drama and this product gives you a creative way to engage your students in the upcoming election. Now is the perfect time to challenge your students to create their own movie plot, script, poster, and trailer based on the current presidential election. Students create a storyline about the election based off facts, research and primary sources involving the current events in the election. My students loved this assignment and they b
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7th - 12th
Social Studies (Government) Mascot Election Campaign Project
Throughout this 8 part project, students will work to create their own political party, and design a mascot to become their party's leader and partake in the voting process! This project will lead students through learning about various aspects of election campaigns such as political party platforms, speeches, campaigning and voting. Watch as your students become immersed in the idea of elections and draw connections between real life politics and their own creations! It's guaranteed to be a big
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6th - 9th
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Create Your Own Government Project
Using modern types of governments, students will create their own government using 10 prompts that include leader, parties and civic participation. If utilized as a project students create a Slideshow, Poster, Multimedia Video or a simple written assignment.
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6th - 8th
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For the Win: Race to the Assisted Living Wing of the White House
Interactive modeling of 2024 presidential election candidate match-up predictions and winner forecasts. Strategize the final prediction on the map to predict the 2024 election outcome by naming who you forecast will run as president and VP for each of the two major parties and the probability of winning and losing under the the forecasts you modeled in mapping the path to 270 you think is most likely to represent an accurate real-world presidential election scenario in 2024. Minimum length of re
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Not Grade Specific
Who Should Be The Next President Project
This is a fun project I created for the kids to determine who should be the next president. It uses Ariana Grande to gauge their interest. Comes with an example presentation and a check list.
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5th - 8th
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:Â Mock Election Project
Political Party Research
It's important for young people to be engaged in the political process and understand the various parties and what they stand for. This editable worksheet requires students to research the leadership, history, and beliefs of three political parties. It is designed for Canada, but could easily be edited for American content. For beliefs, students need to consider the following typologies: Economics, Culture, Politics and Geography.This assignment would be part of a unit on the political spectr
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Mock Election - US Government - Politics, Media, Polling, and more!
I created this project for my 12th grade US Government students to fit into our unit on elections, media, and politics. It should take about 6 standard class periods or 3 block periods and can be easily modified for any class size or level. This 11 page Google Document contains all of the instructions and materials you'll need to get your students started on choosing your very own Class Representative. The students will be working in small groups and simulating each step of the election process.
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10th - 12th
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I Do Solemnly Swear...(Statistics Project)
This is a statistics project that can be modified to fit grades 6 to 12. This can also be done by hand or in excel. It would be a great assignment to use as a unit project or as a group presentation. It is a cross curriculum activity that will combine history and math together to give the kids a great way to explore box and whisker plots, bar graphs, pie charts, and more. Because this is statistics, you can change the way the graphs are created to fit the need of the course you are teaching!
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6th - 12th
CAMPAIGN MANAGER Assignment
This is a fun but effective way to get the students to understand the role of a campaign manager, "Handler" in a presidential election. I use this in my AP American Government class in place of a Free Response question. The students can go it alone or work with a partner. They have to select a democrat or republican that they think will win the 2016 presidential race. I give them possible candidates but as we all know more may show up on the political scene in the next year. They have to dis
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10th - 12th
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