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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?
Grades:
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
President Election Day Logic Puzzles
Get your kids thinking a little deeper with five (5) US Presidential history - Election Day trivia themed table logic puzzles. These logic puzzles are designed for 4th - 7th grade students, but can be used with younger gifted students or as whole-class enrichment activities.When you use Everyday Learning with Hand In Hand logic puzzles, you help students develop deductive reasoning skills. You also get to explore little-known fun facts about American presidents, like which president walked their
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4th - 8th
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HINK PINK et al. PUZZLES Election Word Riddles Task Cards Vocabulary GATE
HINK PINKS, HINKY PINKIES, HINKITY PINKITIES, and HITINKITY PITINKITIES are riddles that help children learn to problem solve while exercising vocabulary skills (definitions, synonyms, parts of speech, rimes, ...). These Election themed, printable task cards prompt your students to interpret data, make inferences, draw conclusions, and analyze new information. Hink Pinks, et al. riddles are terrific for centers, enrichment, differentiation, bell ringers, sponge activities, and GATE. You can even
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4th - 8th
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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. Do you love it? Let me know how you used it! Did you find an error? Let me know! Have a question? Reach out!
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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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Vote Smart- Elections in Fairy Tale City
The citizens of Fairy Tale City are all atwitter because their beloved mayor Jack N. Beanstalk has to retire due to term limits. Will their new mayor be I. M. Hogg, Redda R. Hood, or Goldie Locke? Who can the citizens trust to be the best leader? How can the citizens vote smart?
Student citizens determine the qualities of a good, positive leader and analyze the candidates through primary sources such as their bio-blurbs, campaign posters, newspaper interviews, and the student deter
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Not Grade Specific
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Duck for President {Close Reading Lesson aligned to Common Core}
Learning Objective:
The goal of this 2-3 day lesson is to give students the opportunity to use the reading and writing habits they’ve been practicing on a regular basis to absorb deeper understanding from Doreen Cronin’s story. By reading and rereading the passage closely and focusing their reading through a series of questions and discussion about the text, students will identify how Duck changed throughout the story.
Text Selection:
This exemplar text from Doreen Cronin has a Lexile of 680,
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K - 2nd
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Campaign Slogan Project and Rubric - The Kid Who Ran for President
This project can be used for both ELA and Social Studies. I originally created it to go with the book, The Kid Who Ran for President. During this project, students will pretend that they are running for President and create their own campaign slogans. Student directions and a rubric are included.
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3rd - 6th
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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Presidential Election 2020
Help your 2nd to 4th graders be more informed U.S. citizens and understand the presidential election process with this interactive digital resource perfect for Google Slides! In this interactive, online resource, students will learn about the major political parties, the electoral college, the Democratic and Republican candidates, and so much more with this engaging story and comprehension questions. There is a mix of interactive comprehension questions, including true/false, multiple-choice, an
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2nd - 4th
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Secret Identity Election/Mystery Candidate Lesson: Election, Voting
My students loved this lesson! I even received emails from parents whose children would not stop talking about how much fun they had with this election activity. I also had a great time teaching it! This is a complete lesson focused on voting and the importance of being an informed voter. The lesson includes eight biographies of famous people who students will have the opportunity to vote for with the identities of the candidates a secret. Students will base their voting decision off of the info
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2nd - 5th
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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3rd Grade NEW KCAS for S.S. PowerPoint Civics for Kentuckians
Presentation includes interactive fields that could easily be utilized with a whiteboard or uploaded to a Google Slides presentation for remote use. Vocabulary Content Passages Straight from the Standards themselvesCompelling Questions that lead up to a Summative Task "What rules make a country better off?"3.C.CP.1 Explain the basic purposes and functions of differing governing bodies in the world. 3.C.CP.2 Compare how diverse societies govern themselves.3.C.RR.1 Examine how the government maint
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3rd
Also included in: 3rd Grade NEW KCAS for S.S. BUNDLE Civics for Kentuckians
Election Day and Voting STEM
This resource is perfect for our upcoming presidential election, if you're having a class election, or if you participate in STEM activities! With these materials, your students will construct a ballot box and incorporate all the engineering components of a STEM and/or STEAM project!
Included are:
~Teacher Notes and Suggested Timeline
~Challenge and Problem Posters to present to students
~STEM Journal Cover
~Letter to Parents requesting materials
~Teacher Material List
~Patriotic Money for stu
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1st - 3rd
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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
Grades:
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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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Every Four Years...The Presidential Election Unit Bundle
United Desks of 1823
A few years ago I taught in classroom 1823, this was partially the inspiration for the name of the project. Within this package are the rubrics used to create your very own classroom government. The objectives for the unit are:
• Students will develop a presentation to teach others about the branches of government.
• Students will justify the importance of three branches of government.
• Students will analyze and interpret the United States Constitution.
• Students will analyze and amend the
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5th
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Election BINGO
This is a twist on the classic BINGO.Have fun learning about our country's election process!By no means is this a comprehensive list of everything that makes up an election day, but I dare you to try and narrow it down to 24 significant images! Not gonna happen!:) So here is my quick version that covers quite a bit!Gather up a few prizes and download this winner! Print and duplicate the game board and tiles for your students to create a unique board. Students should cut out and mix up the tiles
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Not Grade Specific
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