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7th grade elections - voting research microsofts
Legislative Branch - Who Represents Me? Webquest / Guided Research Worksheet
Here is a two page, guided research assignment / web quest that has students find out who their two senators are and locate their House representative based on their home zip code. Students explore the specific websites of their representatives and enter information they find. This can be used in conjunction with a Constitution unit of study.
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6th - 8th
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2024 Election Unit Plan: United States Elections (Google Compatible) High School
*** THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER****** START THIS UNIT LATE SEPTEMBER AND ENJOY THE RIDE TO NOV. 5TH***Can be used for the 2024 Election OR just US elections in generalOver a MONTHS worth of assignments A "click and go" Unit plan that will bring to life the 2024 Presidential Election Features 20 dynamic, engaging, student-centered activities that can be uploaded to Google Classroom or printed off or assigned as sub-plansGoogle Doc format Upload to Google Classroom Pr
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Biden v. Trump Candidate Comparison Election 2024 webquest
Get your students interested in the next presidential election with two candidates who have received a lot of attention recently! A great webquest and research activity that can lead to great class debates or argumentative essays. This is a great way to introduce the 2024 election process, develop research skills with credible websites, develop informed opinions with evidence to back it up, and teach civic responsibilities. Students really have fun with this!
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7th - 12th
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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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Final 5* Examples Teen Laws/ 'How a Bill Becomes a Law" Mock Congress Bill ideas
Here are 5 final examples of actual bills passed in the state of Colorado that are teen-aged appropriate laws meant to initiate discussion and facilitate further individual student research. This sample batch includes the regulation of boxing, safe routes to school bicycle program, P.E. teacher qualifications, high school graduation requirements, and prohibiting date-rape drugs. These are non-editable resources meant primarily as information for middle and high school-aged students. If you are
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7th - 12th
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6 More* Examples Teen Laws/ 'How a Bill Becomes a Law' Mock Congress Bill ideas
Here are 6 examples of actual bills passed in the state of Colorado that are teen-aged appropriate laws meant to initiate discussion and facilitate further individual student research. This sample batch includes limiting K-12 class sizes, selling school property, authorizing wildlife sanctuaries, updating bicycle traffic laws, ensuring college textbook affordability, and mental health / wellness education in schools.These are non-editable resources meant primarily as information for middle and h
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7th - 12th
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5 Examples Teen Laws/ 'How a Bill Becomes a Law' Mock Congress Bill ideas
Here are 5 examples of actual bills passed in the state of Colorado that are teen-aged appropriate laws meant to initiate discussion and facilitate further individual student research. This sample batch includes prohibiting tattooing and piercing of minors, encouraging hybrid vehicles, a resolution on bullying, protecting phone privacy, and prohibiting teen smoking.These are non-editable resources meant primarily as information for middle and high school aged students. If you are doing a 1-2 day
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7th - 12th
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'How a Bill Becomes a Law' editable Template/Rubric Students create own LAW!
'How a Bill Becomes Law' Template + Student Rubric is one of my Civics/Govt. students' favorite lessons...this editable template allows middle and high school students the opportunity to research and propose their own law! Just like a state legislator or member of Congress would! So if you are doing "How a Bill becomes a Law" this is a great 2-3 day lesson (or longer if your students like researching!)My high school students used examples from several laws I passed to research topics that intere
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7th - 12th
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Editable 'Student Letter to an Elected Official' Template or Legislative Branch
Civics / Government 45min - 1 hour intro. lesson for 5th graders - 12th grade! Ideal for middle and high schoolers IN ANY STATE learning about citizenship and citizen engagement. This editable sample letter will save you 30 minutes from having to write your own. I am a former elected official and this is exactly what I would want to read: short, sweet, and to the point. Just have your students go online to identify one of their local, state, or federal elected officials and this exercise will ke
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7th - 12th
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
Election Day & Voting in America
Help students build background knowledge and explore areas of interest. This Power Point includes 31 visual appealing slides perfect for literacy and history lessons.Informational texts help promote vocabulary development and allows students to use prior knowledge to make connections to the text. No prep work needed with these lesson slides. These lesson slides saves teachers time and has interesting facts and great visuals for students. This lesson includes the topics• Vocabulary Word List• Que
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5th - 8th
Civics Election Unit Day 1 Democratic Party Platform
Follows "Civics Election Unit Plan."
Based off the platform presented on the party website. I have edited the information to help with lower reading levels and presentation. I've also tried to keep the language free of propaganda. The goal of this reading is to present straight facts about the party platform.
Looks at the platform in regards to:
> Taxation
> Education
> Immigration
> Guns
> Environment and Energy
This presents basic platform ideology rather than specific laws
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7th - 8th
2016 Election Day Unit
This is a 5 week unit that can be modified according to the needs of your grade level. This unit includes directions for a collage, Venn Diagrams, Video Creation, Surveys, and an in-depth PowerPoint presentation. This unit covers material on the candidates, political parties, and election process. This unit provides students the ability to research, work collaboratively, and be creative.
Teachers will find objectives and rubrics for activities in this unit. Included are detailed student dir
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4th - 12th
2020 Presidential Candidate Profiles
UPDATED JANUARY 1, 2020!!This is an excellent resource to initiate learning about the individuals who want to be the next President of the United States. This packet includes a brief snapshot of 29 different candidates: Age, Party affiliation, former/current career, a quote from when they declared their candidacies, major policy platform issues, and a campaign slogan.Included: Donald Trump, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, John Delaney, Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand, Kamala Harris
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7th - 12th
Election Project Prortfolio
This is a project for students to learn about the election and election process. Students will be required to put together a portfolio of all the information and will need access to computers. This is great to use for an election or just to teach kids about the election process.
I have used with Middle and High School students and usually takes 1- 1 1/2 weeks to complete.
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5th - 12th
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Election Research Project
Students will research information about the presidential election process, as well as, reasearch information to answer specific questions about the candidates for president and vice president. This package includes detailed instructions, grading rubrics, an answer sheet, suggested websites and a visual aid project students will use during their class presentation. Created by Leslie Mascari
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6th - 8th
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Voter Turnout Data Analysis Activity - DIGITAL - pre election 2020
This activity is perfect for students to explore voter turnout data in the U.S. This no-prep digital worksheet includes 6 "stations" with links to data from various credible research sites- supplemented with charts and visuals - that describe voter turnout in the U.S across a variety of demographics (race/ethnicity, age, gender, education, etc). Additionally, each data/graph is supplemented with 3 questions that ask students to analyze the data and think beyond the statistics.Available for Googl
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6th - 12th
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Public Opinion Assignment & Discussion Board
This assignment challenges students to analyze current event public opinion polls to determine if laws match public opinion. Students analyze the results and share with their classmates in an online discussion or in-class debate. The assignment can be modified for a homework assignment or in-class presentation.
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7th - 12th
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March on Washington Group Project
This is a simple group project where students research one of the Civil Rights leaders involved in the March. They will analyze their speech at the march, how it lines up with the goals of the march, and their role in the Civil Rights Movement. A couple groups will be assigned other prominent Civil Rights leaders, looking at their reactions and influence on the march. Students will create a presentation based on the instructions and rubric. I've also included a page with links to speeches, video
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6th - 12th
Civics Mock Election Directions and Rubric for Non-Election Year
This project is based on having mock elections when there is not an election that year. (or you just don't want to do specific candidates on an actual election year)
*For the daily plan and what the teacher would prep, you can purchase the Civics Election Unit Plan. I recommend following Days 1-5 in the plan to make sure students have basic knowledge of political parties, election procedure, propaganda, and interest groups.
You will have students in groups of 3 or 4 and give them (or let them
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7th - 8th
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Where do the Candidates Stand on the Issues? Research and Analyze their Websites
Are you seeking a more dynamic approach to helping your students understand the policy disparities between the two presidential candidates, Joe Biden and Donald Trump? Where do the Candidates Stand on the Issues? Research & Analyze their Websites offers an interactive 23-page lesson designed to engage middle and highs school students in exploring and analyzing the policy ideas of both candidates. This lesson involves students delving into the candidates' websites, a third-party website show
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6th - 10th
Also included in: Every Four Years...The Presidential Election Unit Bundle
Right to Vote Assignment
The Right to Vote Assignment can be done as an individual, partner, or group assignment. Students will use the internet to research groups throughout history who have been given the right to vote.
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7th - 12th
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What About The Political Happenings?
This is a word document that has questions on political happenings involving the upcoming election.There are 21 questions that students can research either as a homework assignment or in class.Answers are provided.
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7th - 9th
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