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High school elections - voting rubrics for GATE
Political Parties: Notes,Quiz, and Make your Own Party
I love teaching about political parties! I especially love this lesson because students learn about the political spectrum and even take a quiz to find where they are on the spectrum.Students also create their own political party!This products includesPowerPoint presentationMake your own political party activity Democrats vs republican cut out worksheet Where are you on the spectrum quizPolitical Party notes Political Party notes for interactive notebookWant access to ALL of my civics resources?
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6th - 12th
Fun Rhetorical Situation Project for AP Language or High School English
Looking for a fun project for AP Language or high school English to introduce rhetorical situation (speaker, purpose, and audience)? In this fun, multi-day writing and video project, groups of students just learning about rhetorical analysis, ethos/pathos/logos, and other essentials work together to launch a new political party, write a short speech, then adapt that speech to each of the audiences they encounter on the campaign trail! This project bundle includes a detailed teacher's guide, edit
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10th - 12th
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Election Day: Mock Election Voting Activity
Want to conduct a mock election in your classroom? Have no time? Use this mock election that was created for middle and high school students. This activity is classroom tested and approved!This products includesteacher, student, and candidates instructionsoptional essaypower point discussion questionsballotssigns for classroomcandidates platform and speech worksheetsVoter registration cardsWant access to ALL of my civics resources? Join the Civics and American Government Member Club!Visit my we
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5th - 12th
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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
Grades:
3rd - 9th
Debate Rubric
Having an in-class debate and struggling to determine guidelines for your students or grade them quickly on the fly? This handy rubric will enable you to grade students rapidly with content-based assessments during a debate. This file comes as a zip folder with a doc and pdf version. Feel free to modify scores and print for as many classes as you want. Please do not share on the internet. Check out the rubrics bundle! https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Project-Rubrics-Bundle-11506046 Do
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6th - 12th
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Also included in: Project Rubrics Bundle
Interest Group Speed Dating Activity (AP Gov Activity)
This is a fabulous AP Government activity - one of my students' favorite activities. This is a fun way to teach students how interest groups influence policy. In interest group speed dating, each student is assigned a different interest group (the project instructions have a list of interest groups). Students will research their interest group and create a resume for their interest group. The project instructions contain questions interest group resumes must answer and a sample resume to guide s
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10th - 12th
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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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Debate Viewing and Assessment Guide
Make watching debates especially meaningful with this student friendly guide. This allows students to focus in on one or more questions during the debate. It's flexible in use, and you can differentiate the assignment based on the skill of your students.This guide is especially useful to help students notice both the content stated by the candidate/debater and his/her public speaking skills. This critical thinking tool will generate student awareness and discussion about the political process
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5th - 12th
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U.S. Government: Elections Exam with FRQ (+ Answer Key & Rubric)
Are you teaching U.S. Government? This exam culminates a unit on Elections - one of my personal favorites!!! I have used this exam with both my AP U.S. Government students and U.S. Government students...can be split into parts as the exam is divided into topics which correlate with CCSS. This exam also includes a choice of two FRQ prompts that are often assessed on the AP U.S. Government - includes a scoring rubric. For an AP class, the True/False, matching, and fill-in-the-blank can be easily r
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9th - 12th
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History: One Person = One Vote: History of Voting Rights in America
Students explore the history of voting in the United States. Using the timeline of voting rights (included), they will analyze, evaluate, and draw conclusions about how this responsibility of citizenship has evolved. Students complete a creative project to demonstrate and share their learning.This challenging activity includes detailed, student-friendly Steps to Success that lead the learner through the process of creating a high-level, quality independent project. To add rigor and thoughtfulne
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3rd - 11th
Charts and Graphs - Presidents' Day
22 printable or digital pages for students to analyze charts and graphs exploring the Presidents and Donald Trump: the trade deficit, the height of presidents, age of presidents, employment and unemployment numbers, experience of presidents prior to office, vocabulary level of presidents, popular vote and the electoral college, firing within the executive branch by the president, executive orders, immigrants, the stock market, defense spending, civilian deaths in Afghanistan, mass shootings, sch
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4th - 10th
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Also included in: Presidents' Day BUNDLE
Presidential Election Creative & Critical Thinking Resources + RBG
Activate your student's creative and critical thinking with these resources focusing on the presidential election and all things government. This file includes: SCAMPERThe WhitehouseAir Force OneMount RushmoreThe Voting ProcessA scamper reference sheetA blank scamper sheet to create your ownTHE SIX THINKING HATS (Edward de Bono)A unique and hypothetical question posed for EACH one of the 6 hatsSix additional questionsA six thinking hats reference sheetA blank graphic organizer to create your own
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3rd - 12th
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Argumentative Letter to the Editor on a Candidate or Mandatory Voting and Rubric
Are you looking for an easy-prep, argumentative essay topic to energize your students for the 2024 election? Argumentative Letter to the Editor on a Candidate or Mandatory Voting and Rubric is just what you need for your middle and high school students. This 21-page editable resource provides your students, including ELL, RSP, and GATE, with everything they need to write a letter to the editor in which they express their stance on a presidential candidate or whether we should implement mandato
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Every Four Years...The Presidential Election Unit Bundle
No Prep - Organizing a class debate planner rubric and speaking prompts
Organizing debates can be easy with this step-by-step planning document. Students can visualize the debate and follow the instructions to prepare a debate.Included: -The steps, a timeline with graphic organizer-The rubric-Engaging debate prompts about school, technology and entertainment and ethics. Students will discuss those ahead of time to prepare arguments for the debate. Some of those you can keep secret for the final round. Students who are not engaged should still be respectful audience
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5th - 11th
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Elections and Voting in America Test Bank
This great collection of test questions provides teachers with a wide array of options in developing a test on American elections and voting. The test bank includes three sections of matching and vocabulary (14 questions total); five binary choice sections (32 questions total); six multi-part short-answer questions; thirty multiple-choice questions; one essay with a rubric and student brainstorming guide. Questions cover a wide array of topics, such as: the role of third parties; the Electoral C
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9th - 12th
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Candidate Compare - Election prep - Civics - CHV2O
Help students decide which candidate to vote for in an upcoming election based on the issues which matter to them. Students complete indicidual research which comes together with the research from others in the group to give a more in-depth understanding of each candidate. Includes a rubric for quick evaluation
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10th
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Civics: Combine Gaming & Writing
These activities are connected to the free iCivics game suites. They provide directions and rubrics for teachers to assess student summaries based on the free iCivics games. Makes giving feedback simple and fast while engaging reluctant writers through games.
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3rd - 9th
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A Closer Look at the Electoral College with Argumentative Essay
This activity has students look at the original Constitution’s design for the Electoral College, how that was altered with the 12th amendment, and how the Electoral College operates today by filling in an Electoral College map based on the results from the 2016 election (although I don’t tell students which election it was until they’ve completed the map…they normally figure it out as they go). Once students understand just HOW the Electoral College works, I have them read two articles, one in s
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9th - 12th
Every Vote Counts – And We Want to Count Them All
Voting and Voting Machines – Every Vote CountsWith all the controversy about counting the ballots and the Russians hacking our election, you and your students will be creating voting machine and ballots for the 21st century, in time for the next election. In this fun and challenging lesson, students create a tamper-proof voting machine that makes sure that every vote is counted. Students, in groups, will be making mock-ups of the machine and ballot then presenting their ideas the the Design Revi
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Reflecting on American Elections: A Writing Activity
Engage students in critical thinking and writing by having them compose a personal editorial about the American election system. This assessment helps students reflect on the election system and possible weaknesses as well as reforms. Lesson includes the prompt, a rubric, and student brainstorm guide.
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9th - 12th
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Current Event Presentation Project
With everything going on in the world now, it is important for our students to explore current events and connect them to their own life, class, or other points in history! This assignment sheet in rubric will allow students to dive into one current topic and be assessed on their presentation, depth of the article they choose, the connections they make either to their generation or the class, and prove this topic has global significance. It also includes a questioning phase at the end of each pr
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8th - 12th
The 1932 Election with Hey Arnold!
Present the big election of 1932 through the context of Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! Students will be filling out graphic organizer describing the characters Mr. Simmons and Mr. Wartz, then draw comparisons to the historical figures Hoover and Roosevelt. Works great with nearly any secondary level for creating multiple connections to content!
This lesson will cover the election of 1932 between Herbert Hoover and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. We will more closely look into the political ideologies tha
Grades:
6th - 12th
Presidential Election 2020 - Choice Board Rubric
This Rubric goes along with my Presidential Election 2020 Choice Board.
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5th - 12th
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Project: President
I used this with Mickey Mouse, GI Joe, Barbie, Bugs Bunny, and Mr. Potato Head to teach about the presidency and other topics.
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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