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Government Common Core CCRA.W.2 resources $5-10
Constitution Day Activities and Craftivity
Are you looking for kid friendly activities for Constitution Day on September 17th? This Print and Go Constitution Day craft and writing packet is already prepared for you to provide your K-2nd grade students with fun and easy to use hands-on learning activities for Constitution Day and help you create a bulletin board display for September that will be the envy of your school!You will guide your students in learning about Constitution Day and the Bald Eagle using these LOW PREP Constitution boo
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K - 2nd
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3 Branches of Government | Three Branches of Government Project | US Government
Are you looking for a U.S. government mini-unit for your early elementary students? THIS IS IT! This best-selling lapbook includes foldable pieces and mini-books that offer an engaging way for students to explore and learn about the three branches of government. Designed for 1st through 3rd graders, this project consists of completing a variety of cut-outs, mini-books, foldable pieces, and “notecards,” which serve as data collection tools. These will all be used to create a lapbook to showcas
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1st - 3rd
Citizenship
Integrating Social Students and ELA is an effective strategy for covering important content in an engaging manner. Students will learn first-hand how to be a good United States Citizen and an active member of their community. Students will identify rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens, 10 different American symbols, work in cooperative groups to act out good/bad citizenship skits, and identify and write about a positive role model in their life.There are four main lessons to this citizen
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2nd - 4th
Freedom of the Press Student Journalists - Broadcast Journalism
Teaching student journalists to understand the relationship between the First Amendment, its promise of a Free Press, and a school news publication can be difficult! Help your students understand the nuance with these resources! With two engaging Slides presentations, note-taking sheets, and a student research assignment, your students will have a great understanding of how the Freedom of the Press applies to school news outlets, how it functions in the United States, and the state of the press
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8th - 11th
Also included in: Introduction to Broadcast Journalism Bundle
Mending Walls by Robert Frost: Practice with Poetry
Two neighbors meet on opposite sides of their fence for the spring ritual of repairing a wall that separates their property. The speaker wonders if walls are necessary and are perhaps limiting and uncivil; the neighbor says the famous line, "good fences make good neighbors" as he holds onto the past in Robert Frost's "Mending Wall."Students learn about Robert Frost and the themes of his poems. Students will read, listen to and view supporting clips while learning the necessary elements to analy
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Poetry Bundle for AP Lit
Why I Write by George Orwell: Practice with Rhetorical Analysis
This lesson encourages students to write with greater profundity when analyzing an argument. George Orwell wrote the classic essay, “Why I Write.” Students will read, listen to and view supporting clips while learning the necessary elements to analyze the argument. Students will show mastery of the standards at the end of the lesson through a SOAPSTONE Analysis, short paragraph assessments, a Socratic Seminar, and a written timed essay scored on an AP style rubric. . The central text is George
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: George Orwell Bundle
Students Rights Flyer Project | Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Activity
Looking for a way to engage all your students in an authentic exploration of civil liberties and civil rights? Let them research, discuss, and teach other about their rights as students by making flyers about students rights! Students will explore the right to privacy in schools through scenarios, research and create flyers about one right they have (or don't have!) as students in a public school, and discuss with peers every step of the way! Plus, at the end, students can hang their flyers in a
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9th - 12th
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Minority Report Film AND Government Overreach Essay! (+Rubric & Answer Key)
Your students will love Minority Report and will erupt in debate over whether or not government should punish people who think about committing a crime. Students can then follow up their thinking with an argumentative essay on Government Overreach. This would fit in social studies classes concerning the government's role in society, English classes connected to dystopian novels or argumentative units, and psychology/sociology classes.This film pairs GREAT with 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Giver, Br
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9th - 12th
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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
Benchmark Advanced: 2nd Unit 1 Week 1 Government at Work Slides
This contains a slide presentation to match theBenchmark Advance Unit 1 Week 1 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.
Grades:
1st - 3rd
Also included in: Benchmark Advance: 2nd Unit 1 Week 1-3 Slide Deck Bundle
Hamilton The Musical: Argument Analysis
Using the Cabinet Battle #1 from Hamilton the Musical, student will be evaluating argument and early republic government structure. They will then use this knowledge to conduct their own cabinet battle within the classroom on an issue relating to their school.
Grades:
7th - 9th
Writing Resolutions for Model United Nations
Help your students prepare for a Model UN conference with this comprehensive set of resources on MUN resolution writing. It includes informational handouts, slides, and sample resolutions that teachers and advisors can use to teach their students how to write MUN resolutions. You can then test their understanding with the quiz provided. The template and phrase starters handout, along with practice exercises, are great ways to allow your delegates to practice writing resolutions and amendments. A
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7th - 10th
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Also included in: Model UN Lesson and Activity Bundle
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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John Lewis "Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation" Rhetorical Analysis
John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, was one of the many notable figures we lost in 2020. His last words were published widely, urging Americans to vote. Lewis left us a gift as the piece is a rhetorical masterpiece. Students will read, listen to, and view supporting clips while learning the necessary elements to analyze the text. Students will show mastery of the standards at the end of the lesson through a SOAPSTONE Analysis, a Socratic Seminar, short paragraph responses, and a rhetorical analysis
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9th - 12th
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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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Interstate Commerce Clause Lesson, Notes, and Simulation Game
Looking for a way to add some excitement to your lesson about the Interstate Commerce Clause? Or your lesson on the national government's regulatory powers? In this engaging lesson with simulation game, students role-play the scenarios described in the Supreme Court's decision that empowered the national government's regulatory power through the Interstate Commerce Clause. Students learn about the Interstate Commerce Clause, prep for their simulation game using an anticipatory activity about sch
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9th - 12th
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What Can A Citizen Do Picture Book Companion Grades 3 - 5
Looking for a great way to incorporate picture books in your upper elementary classroom. What Can a Citizen Do? is a great picture book to introduce Third- Fourth - Fifth graders to citizenship rights and responsibilities. This resource includes,Vocabulary WordsK.W.L ChartInformational Passage on Citizenship Rights and ResponsibilitiesComprehension Questions included in the passagesQuick Check AssessmentCitizen Characteristics Response PagePBL extensionLetter Template to write to Local, State, o
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3rd - 6th
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Critical Thinking Activity Bundle for Issues in Civics and US Government
Get all the scaffolded, engaging, and relevant critical thinking activities to easily integrate into your current civics and US government curriculum.In each activity, students learn about a point of contention in US civics and government, examine multiple perspectives on that issue, and learn about historical, international, and current contexts of the debate around it. Students will identify basic information about the issue, examine two different viewpoints about some relevant debate around i
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8th - 11th
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Discover the Presidents of the USA: A Research Unit for 4th-6th Graders
Discover the Presidents of the United States of America: A Research Unit Study for 4th-6th GradersDo you want to help your 4th, 5th or 6th graders learn about the presidents of the Unites States of America?Do you want to teach them how to research and write about the presidents' lives, achievement, and challenges?If so, this unit study is for you!In this unit study, your students will discover the presidents of the United States of America, from George Washington to Joseph R. Biden. They will le
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4th - 6th
Also included in: United States PRESIDENTS and FIRST LADIES Research BUNDLE - SAVE $$$
BECOMING A LAW: Guided Instruction and Activity
Take your students on a journey through "How a Bill Becomes a Law" through this hands-on exercise in creating and revising a bill of their own! This Google Slides Activity walks students through each step of the Legislative process by instructing and engaging students in the bill writing process!HANDS ON: Students can build their bill beginning with an IDEA and follow it all the way through to passage.CROSS CURRICULAR: Students will engage in the writing process as they amend and revise their b
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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The Politics of Frost/Nixon: Practice with Persuasion
Peter Morgan wrote both the play and the screenplay for Frost/Nixon, an exploration into David Frost’s 1977 interview of Richard Nixon. It is a play about the power of television to combat the abuses of power in the executive office. These lessons work best if a teacher has either had students watch the film or read the play. The culminating assessment in the unit is a teacher’s choice of an AP Lit style assessment or an AP Lang style assessment as teacher or student chooses between two prompts.
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9th - 12th
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Alien and Sedition Acts - "Found" Twitter Thread
The students will be making a “found” Twitter thread using the documents in the 1977 APUSH DBQ on the Alien and Sedition Acts. The Alien and Sedition Acts revealed bitter divisions in the first decade under the new United States Constitution about immigration and the limits of free speech. The debate was carried out in letters, speeches, and other writing. Today, the debate would be carried out in Twitter.
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8th - 12th
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Article I; U.S. Constitution Illustrated Handbook
The students will create an illustrated handbook for new Senators and Representatives to explain to them Article I of the United States Constitution. The students will create a comic book character to teach the newly elected Senators and Representatives of both the “do-ties” and “don’t-ies” of their new jobs. Article I governs the legislative branch, which demonstrates the framers view of Congress’ primary importance in the government of the United States.
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8th - 12th
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The Bill of Rights; How it Defines the United States
The students will create a booklet to examine the problems addressed in the Bill of Rights.The inclusion of a Bill of Rights was a prerequisite for ratification of the United States Constitution for many people.These amendments are the only place in the Constitution where citizens are guaranteed rights.The new Americans had rights as British citizens and wanted these guaranteed in their newly formed country. The students will understand the problems being addressed in the amendments and the diff
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8th - 12th
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