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Civics Common Core RST.11-12.2 resources
CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses. What's Included:Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and useSimple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, OpinionGuided student writing temp
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The Legislative Branch: Unit Notes & Worksheets for Government or Civics Class
Make civics informative and practical for your students by using this set of notes and assessments that summarize the main points of the Legislative Branch! I have used this set of notes regarding the Legislative Branch in my 8th grade civics class for many years. This branch of government, which is the largest, can be daunting to summarize and teach. However, I have narrowed down the important aspects so students get the main concepts and you’ll get a complete unit of notes on the Legislative
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7th - 12th
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President Kennedy's Civil Rights Speech Worksheet
This primary source activity features President Kennedy's amazing June 11, 1963 speech on civil rights. The crisis in Alabama over desegregation led Kennedy to issue an appeal to the consciences of Americans to support a bold civil rights bill that addressed injustices facing African Americans.Following the 2 page speech, a set of questions has students analyze President Kennedy's words in context of the Civil Rights Movement. An answer key for these questions is provided.An editable Google Doc
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9th - 12th
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Business Law Ethics - Civics and Citizenship Decision Making Social Scenarios
Business Law is About Citizen Ethics, Integrity and Civic Responsible Conduct.This Product is a FUN Introduction to Business Law! This Lesson is a PDF presentation full of ethical decision making and moral debates. This 'mini-course' is loaded with activities to keep your class awake and aware!The “Spider in Your House” theme engages students to: Use critical thinking skills as applied to ethical conduct. Assess SITUATION-PROBLEM-RESOLUTION-OUTCOME as applied to real life issues. Activities c
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9th - 12th
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Business Law Ethics Civics: Marriage Contracts Decision Making Social Scenarios
Lots of People Get Married - And Many Don't!Learn the Caveats and Advantages to Considering Marriage Choices.True Life Marriage Planning, Contracts and Common Social Scenarios! A comprehensive yet concise Business Law PDF presentation.This 'mini-course' is easy to understand overview on marriage contracts.Lots of discussion starters to spark and ignite class engagement.The “Spider in Your House” is a learning concept applicable to all situations. Learn how reactions to spiders are similar to r
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10th - 12th, Adult Education
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Civic Engagement "Dear Neighbor" Project
This is an amazing three-ish day project about Civics, Persuasive Writing, Collaborative Revision, and Public Speaking! Overall project flow:* Students reflect on their priorities, biases, and reasons for supporting their chosen candidate in an upcoming election.* Students peer-edit their letters, revising arguments for grammar and persuasive power.* Teams of students campaign for their chosen candidate, collaborating to write a Platform Speech they present to the class.* As campaign staffers,
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Current Event Dissection
Whether you teach English, social studies, history, science, math, or any elective content, current events deserve a space in your curriculum. Keep your content relevant and fresh by forcing students to build connections between what's going on in the news and what you're learning about in the classroom!This current event "dissection" guides students as they practice perusing vetted sources (list provided), detecting bias, selecting articles of interest, objectively summarizing, reflecting and a
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6th - 12th
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Models, Uncertainty, and Climate Change from MIT’s TILclimate Podcast
Earth's climate system is enormously complex, and scientists develop climate models to understand how climate change will play out in different parts of the world. Students play a climate resilience game, and then explore the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 5th Assessment Report to learn more about how climate scientists handle uncertainty in models.SWBATUnderstand that scientists use multiple models to predict the future of Earth’s climate.Explain the importance of agreed-upon langu
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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HS-ESS3-5
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