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Government Common Core CCRA.SL.3 resources
Legislative Branch Activity: Classroom Simulation on How a Bill Becomes a Law
Make civics practical and exciting for students using this Social Studies simulation that allows students to experience the Legislative Branch! Students will participate in writing bills for their school, community, or state while learning the various stages within the lawmaking process. All voices are heard as students become members of Congress, participate in committees, debate on the floor, and watch their President sign the bills that survive the entire process. Not only do students love
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6th - 12th
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Political Parties | Campaign Simulation Running for President
This presidential election simulation is an excellent way for students to comprehend all aspects of political parties and the campaigns needed to elect a presidential candidate - "Let's Get The Party Started!" The teacher will divide class into groups of 4 to 5 students per group. Each group will develop their own political party and choose a presidential candidate to represent their party. Using the included criteria, allow students a few class periods, or portions of class periods, to create
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5th - 12th
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8th Grade U.S. History: Constitution & Bill of Rights COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit!
This 8th Grade U.S. History Lesson Plan Unit comes with EVERYTHING that you'll need to teach your 8th graders all about the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights! These amazing resources are 100% completely ready to use for both in-person and online digital learning via Google Apps, and have been successfully used by thousands of students!The incredible resources in this U.S. Constitution Lesson Plan Unit can easily be used with any textbook, or no textbook at all!!BE SURE TO CLICK THE PRODUCT PR
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8th
Also included in: 8th Grade U.S. History YEAR-LONG Curriculum Bundle!! | Google Apps
The Tell-Tale Heart Mock Trial - Edgar Allan Poe
Mr. Narrator is being charged with murder after killing his neighbor due to his "evil eye." Is he truly insane, or did he know the consequences of his actions? Your students will LOVE acting as witnesses, lawyers, and master debaters in this mock trial based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart"! What better way to get students to practice literary analysis, argument development, and speaking and listening skills than with a mock trial! During this one week project, students wil
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6th - 12th
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The Outsiders Mock Trial
Johnny Cade is being charged with manslaughter after killing Bob the Soc. Was it self-defense, or will Johnny be Gone With the Wind? Your students will LOVE acting as witnesses, attorneys, and master debaters following their reading of S.E. Hinton's iconic novel The Outsiders! What better way to get students to practice literary analysis, argument development, and speaking and listening skills than with a mock trial! During this one week project, students will scour the text for evidence that su
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5th - 12th
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On the Basis of Sex Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google (PG - 2018)
On the Basis of Sex Movie Guide | Questions | Worksheet (PG - 2018) challenges students to analyze the amazing story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her fight against gender discrimination. Explore her strategy for winning the Charles E. Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1972) and how it was used to topple the system of sex discrimination under the law. Ask student to think critically about the relationships between Ruth and Martin (her husband), and Jane (her daughter), in an effort to le
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7th - 12th
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Colonial America to the American Revolution VALUE BUNDLE! (for 5th-8th Graders)
The Colonial America to the American Revolution VALUE BUNDLE for 5th to 8th Graders comes with all of the AMAZING resources you'll need to teach your 5th to 8th grade U.S. History students all about European exploration, Colonial America, and the numerous important factors that led up to the outbreak of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War itself! The fantastic social studies resources you'll receive with this lesson plan unit come completely ready to use in printable PDF, PowerPoin
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5th - 8th
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Moot Court/Mock Trial: "Take me out to the ball game..."
Project goals:Develop strong argumentative skills, both written and orallyUnderstand the differences between criminal, civil, and appellate casesJudge an argument based on evidence and reasoningAbout the project:There are three different cases students will argue. Each of the cases has a very similar fact pattern. At the, end however, students are asked to argue the cases a little differently.Case #1: criminal caseCase #2: civil caseCase #3: criminal case on appeal (the assumption here is that t
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8th - 11th
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Create a 28th Amendment Simulation (includes editable version)
About This Lesson In this lesson, students will get the opportunity to participate in a simulation where they’ll create, then try to pass a Constitutional Amendment. It works best when done after students have learned the process of how Amendments are passed.Learning objectives/Essential QuestionsExplain how Amendments are passed.Understand the complexity of the Amendment-passing process and explain why the authors of U.S. Constitution would have made this so difficult to do (i.e. it is our gove
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: Bill of Rights & Constitutional Amendments (GROWING!) Bundle (editable)
1984 Movie Viewing Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google Slides (R - 1984)
This 1984 Movie Viewing Guide | Questions | Worksheet | Google Slides (R - 1984) helps students analyze the film version of George Orwell's 1984 dystopian novel. Discuss and explore multiple complex multilayered scenes. Draw conclusions from the film and compare this fictional society to modern day society.Note: This movie is rated R, use caution when showing to students. I'd recommend previewing the movie, marking the times that you'd wish to skip and then pausing and skipping the sections that
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: Dystopian Future Movie Guide Bundle | Huxley & Orwell
Mock Trial: Did the principal violate the students 4th amendment rights?
This is a packet that contains everything you need to hold a mock trial. The packet sets up the mock trial with several first hand accounts of an event that occurred at school where a teacher accuses a student of smoking. The principal then decides that the student needs to be searched. Put the principal on trial to see if the students rights were violated and see what the jury decides. The packet will guide the prosecution team and the defense team through the trial setting up opening argumen
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8th - 12th
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Also included in: Mock Trials The Big Bundle! 10 Mock Trials.
Think Like a Philosopher: Social Contract Theory Small Group Activity
Great Class Opener! Potential for More! Get your Students Thinking About Their World! Students debate and discuss the philosophical question, "Are humans inherently evil or inherently good?"Simple, but engaging, The Think Like a Philosopher: Social Contract Theory lesson has students discuss and debate the question, "Are humans inherently evil or inherently good?" This group discussion activity will introduce students to the enlightenment philosophy made famous by Thomas Hobbes and John Locke t
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7th - 12th
Also included in: Think Like a Philosopher Bundle
Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Politics and Government
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE UNIT PLAN: Lessons, PwPt, Videos, Worksheets!
Teach Congressional Debate in 5 weeks with this detailed unit plan! Product includes:A scale to be used throughout the unit, including Florida standards.Lesson plans complete with bellwork, direct instruction, activities, and exit tickets as well as ideas for modification, enhancement, and VIRTUAL learning.A PowerPoint presentation with 248 slides to take you step by step through the lessons (as well as a PDF version if you prefer that format).Original videos, each appro
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities — Reflection Questions
The book “Segregation: A Global History of Divided Cities” by Carl H. Nightingale is a great resource for American History and Government teachers alike. This book does a tremendous job of scaling up and down, demonstrating that the specific examples/case studies of segregation discussed from various corners of the world, weren’t taking place in a vacuum. Yet, these specific case studies were instead connected to the larger, world-wide patterns of segregation occurring overtime. Race has played
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9th - 12th
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Cookie Court Case: A Persuasive Writing and Speaking Activity
This engaging project is full of fun as students learn about the judicial system, run through a mock case, and prepare for their own while using reasoning skills. To make it even better, the subject is cookies! Students will get to learn and prepare for arguing for a kind of cookie in their own case in the Cookie Courtroom.This resource comes with many things guide the teacher and students to a successful court case. Lesson PlansMaterials and Resource ListKWL ChartJudicial System Flip Book and A
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3rd - 8th
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Benchmark Advance: 2nd Unit 1 Week 2 Government at Work Slides
This contains a slide presentation to match theBenchmark Advance Unit 1 Week 2 Government at Work curriculum for 2nd grade. It includes slide for direct instruction of content areas, stories, discussions, spelling, grammar, writing, examples, activities, video links, games, and more. You can also use these slides without Benchmark to teach different concepts that align with CCSS of 2nd grade. However, for a few links, you made need a Benchmark Universe account.
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1st - 3rd
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Also included in: Benchmark Advance: 2nd Unit 1 Week 1-3 Slide Deck Bundle
Famous Speeches of History Lesson Bundle - Designed for Distance Learning
If you're a public speaking or history teacher that needs a lesson plan in a snap, this is perfect for you! I used this as a sub plan with my class and it was so easy! Select which speeches you want them to evaluate, add it to their Google Classroom, and you are done!This bundle contains BOTH of my Famous Speeches of History Digital Lessons, with a combined 15 famous speeches with 15 accompanying evaluation sheets for your students to watch and fill out. ***You'll need access to YouTube and Goog
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9th - 12th
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Congressional Debate Bundle of Assignments and Resources
Assignments and materials needed to conduct a whole-group, intensive mock congressional debate using bills written by the students.Completing all assignments and whole-group debate on a 90-minute block schedule takes roughly 3 weeks to complete.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Community Service for Teenagers
Community service for teenagers is the perfect opportunity to teach about civic responsibility as envisioned by the Founders as a cornerstone of constitutional democracy. This community service for teenagers project and scaffolded reflection essay provides middle and high school students the opportunity to be at the center of their own learning by putting theory to action: students will develop their own informed opinions on the role of citizens in a democracy through active civic engagement and
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8th - 10th
Wildfires & Climate Change - Global Warming - Listen, Short Ans., Conversation
This no-prep conversation starts with students listening to a Podcast about a worsening cycle of wildfires. It explains how human policy and behaviour have made the problem much worse. Students want to know why this tragic loss of life and vast destruction seems to be worsening every year. This conversation is timely, important, and solution-oriented. We need to make better decisions. Consider using this product for a more mature Earth DayThere is a transcript for this episode. This document
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Three Little Pigs Mock Trial Project I Print & Digital Learning
Teach your students about the American criminal justice system by holding your own mock trial project! With a printable story, definitions, courtroom roles and procedures, writing prompts, and trial information, your students will have everything they need to put the Third Little Pig on trial - all while thinking critically and creatively.This product includes a version designed to be printed for individual or cooperative learning AND a version that was designed for to be Google Apps compatible.
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4th - 6th
Understanding and Exploring the Declaration of Independence
Broaden your students' understanding of this historical and important document. I do this activity with my students after we have had a chance to read the Declaration of Independence. I use this activity to close the unit and it gives students a chance to further explore this document and show the document's significance to history and culture. Students work independently and complete this as an in-class activity or for homework. They go through the slides, clicking on the links and videos and a
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP Seminar Approved Syllabus Template: Civics/Government focus
Here is an approved AP Seminar syllabus. The course it is for is closely aligned with Government/Civics but you can replace the specific texts with your own if you prefer. THe highlights are to signify some of the key areas that the auditors look for when evaluating your syllabus for approval.
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10th - 12th
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