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3rd grade elections - voting resources for Microsoft Word
"Selma, Lord, Selma" Movie Comprehension
Need a great resource for Black History Month or your history units? Look no further! Here you'll find simple movie comprehension questions for Disney's "Selma, Lord, Selma." The film focuses on Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Civil Rights Movement, and the events leading up to the day known as "Bloody Sunday" in Selma, Alabama in 1965. Most of the questions are multiple choice, with two short answer questions. Movie and document best suited for Upper Elementary. Please view the preview to
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3rd - 6th
Branches of Government Quiz
This short assessment is great to check the kiddos' general understanding of the 3 branches of government.
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3rd - 5th
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National, State, and Local Government Scavenger Hunt
Here is a way to get students up and moving while learning about government (a topic mine find boring). I used this as a test review for my class and it worked great! Students walk around and find someone who can answer the question provided. Essentially, the students are quizzing each other and taking turns both asking and answering questions.
I personally made it a competition, and the person with the most correct got a prize. Students had to make sure the person answering their question tol
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3rd - 5th
Direct vs. Representative Democracy Pros and Cons
This worksheet briefly introduces the history of democracy. It compares the Direct Democracy with Representative Democracy. It also has a chart at the bottom of the sheet for the children to list the Pros and Cons of each type of democracy.
11 questions, designed for the typical 3rd Grader.
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2nd - 5th
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Using Decimals in the Real World: Presidential Inauguration Activities
A good friend of mine shared this thought with me a few years ago. How can we get our students to use and understand decimals? Help them to apply what they are learning to real - world situations. Since the Presidential Election is quickly approaching, I thought I would put this practice into action.
In this activity, students will be given $1,000 in which they must use to pay for a three day - two night stay in Washington, DC in preparations for the Presidential Inauguration Activities.
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3rd - 12th
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EDITABLE kids election ballot
This simple editable kids election ballot makes election night dinner fun for kids. Kids choose each part of dinner. Fully editable to customize your menu.
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K - 8th
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Current Events Presentation Rubric by Erica
Current Events Presentation Rubric by Erica
Get your class excited about current events happening both nationally and internationally. Have students present an article or articles and use this rubric to assess. The rubric assesses student presentations using the following categories: knowledge of the topic, presentation, voice projection, interest, and presenter response. Easy to edit for your students' needs.
Current Events Presentation Rubric by Erica by Erica is licensed under a Creativ
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1st - 5th
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Duck for President
Classroom worksheets and resources for the book Duck for President. The packet includes sequencing cards, vocabulary cards, comprehension questions, classroom jobs for a mock election, and a voter registration sheet. This is a great activity for helping students to understand the process and vocabulary of an election.
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1st - 4th
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Election 2012: Electoral College Lesson on Repeating Addition/Multiplication
You can use this product with my powerpoint presentation explaining the electoral college, and accompanying math worksheet. This worksheet allows students to practice repeated addition and multiplication. They look at a map of the electoral college, find how many states have, say 5 electoral votes, then express the quantity as 5 + 5 + 5 or 5 x 3. It also has a few review word problems at the end of the worksheet. You can use it for Social Studies or Math-- it is part of my integrated SS/Math
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3rd - 4th
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Student Council Handbook
Wanting to start a student council in your school? How about revamping yours with clear expectations? This handbook is a fairly comprehensive document to help you do just those things.
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3rd - 8th
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ELECTIONS DBQ
This DBQ is appropriate for grades 3-5. It includes all necessary primary and secondary documents(6), background essay, rubric, and document analysis sheets. It also includes the lesson plan and vocabulary. It allows students to explore the election process from campaign through inauguration.
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3rd - 5th
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Democrats and Republicans: An overview WORKSHEET
This is a free download to accompany the PPT titled, "Democrats and Republicans: An overview".
The PowerPoint is highly visual and allows students to investigate the differences in the two major political parties in our country. follow along with the slides as they complete this worksheet. Can be easily modified for various grade levels.
On the PPT, there is information and graphics to discuss:
1) platforms of both democrats and republicans,
2) a left-to-right historical political spectrum (
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2nd - 12th
Election Day Quiz
A 2 page quiz with true and false, multiple choice, and short answer with a word bank about Election Day. An answer key is provided.
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2nd - 5th
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The Electoral College Social Studies Reading with Questions
This packet contains several paragraphs explaining the electoral college in student-friendly language, followed by open response questions. Great for test prep for social studies or ELA, or homework assignments.
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3rd - 5th
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Quiz Assessment for Separation of Powers or Checks and Balances
This is a short assessment that I use with my class after completing separation of powers in our Constitution Unit of Social Studies. It provides them with some real life examples of how the three branches of our government work together and provide checks and balances. This was created for a self contained middle school classroom and went over well in grades 6-8 with students functioning on reading levels from K-5. Could be used over multiple grade levels depending on the support being provi
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2nd - 8th
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Voting Pre-test
Before a brief unit on elections and voting, you can give this pre-test to see where the students are with this concept.
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1st - 5th
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A Fun Wordsearch on election day and an associated extension activity
Students search the Wordsearch and highlight the listed words. The students research the topic of elections and how they work. Students then present their report in a poster, Powerpoint or essay. Randomly select students and have them present their findings to classmates. The teacher provides supportive feedback.
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3rd - 12th
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A Fun Wordsearch on U.S. Politics and an associated extension activity
Students search the Wordsearch and highlight the listed words. The students then research the U.S. Political System and present their report in a poster, Powerpoint or essay. Randomly select students and have them present their findings to classmates. The teacher provides supportive feedback.
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3rd - 12th
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Teaching Young Children About Voting
Meets Common Core State Standards for Social Studies - Primary Grades (though links provided for activities thru high school level); nicely condensed 3-page lesson plan lists activities that help teach young students about the election process. Voting is everyone's civic duty and responsibility. Teach your students what it means to be a voting American citizen.
Links to many resources and sample activities as follows:
K-2 Grade Activity -Election Bulletin Board
3-5 Grade Activity – Our H
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1st - 8th
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Types of Leaders Assessement
This document is a great assessment for social studies (elementary level) relevant to types of leaders. Includes multiple choice and a short written response. Focuses on the President/Governor and Mayor positions.
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K - 4th
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Meet the Candidates: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Election Activities
2016 Presidential Election- Meet the Candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. This is a special year and students will be talking about the election this fall. No prep! Print and teach!
Lessons included:
*Biography of Hillary Clinton
*Interesting Fact Sheet about Hillary Clinton
*Biography of Donald Trump
*Interesting Fact Sheet about Donald Trump
*Word Unscramble- Hillary Clinton
*Word Unscramble- Donald Trump
*Word Search- Hillary Clinton
*Word Search- Donald Trump
*Questions- After rea
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2nd - 6th
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Requirements to be President of the United States
This activity asks students to list the legal requirements to become President of the United States. They also have to list personal characteristics that they think would be important. Then, they use these things to create a Help Wanted poster advertising the job of President of the United States. This could be used during an election year or for President's Day.
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3rd - 6th
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Presidential candidates pictures and names
Get a complete collection of all the Democratic and Republican Presidential candidates for the 2020 campaign. This "Land of the Free Civics Resource" is ready to print off and display in your classroom on bulletin boards or to use as a display in your room so students can see all of the candidates running for president. These are also great to use as a scoreboard of delegates each candidate has earned after each primary and caucus. Includes a picture, name, most recent position, and home state
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PreK - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Every Vote Counts Wonders Unit 2 Week 3 Reader's Theatre and Poem
I created a reader's theatre script from the passage, Every Vote Counts, and included an accompanying poem.
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2nd - 4th
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