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8th grade civics rubric pdfs
Model United Nations Simulation
This simulation has been one of my favorite activities in my freshmen Geography class. Freshmen are typically an energetic bunch, but they really stepped it up with this simulation. They wrote fantastic short essays, presented their resolution ideas, and dressed professionally. Best of all, they had to use critical thinking skills while debating one another over the summit's chosen global dilemmas. This activity and handout includes the following: 1. UN Simulation and Essay overview2. Resolution
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5th - 12th
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The Amendment Project: Directions and Rubric
This is a quick project that can be completed during a unit on the Constitution. I limited the options to 11-27 as most students would select the First Amendment as being the most important. This encourages them to explore the lesser known half of the Constitution and form opinions. This project often facilitates great class discussion regarding human rights.I recommend providing students with this article to aid them in their selection: https://newsela.com/read/primary-source-amendment-constitu
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6th - 12th
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Forming a New Nation- Constitution, Bill of Rights, & Preamble One-Pager
What's a One Pager? A one-pager is a collage of pictures, quotations, and ideas to represent your knowledge of a topic.This is a fun project for students to show what they know about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Preamble. Students will be required to include pictures, images, definitions, and summaries of key legal documents in US history. I used this as a summative assessment to differentiate assessments. Quizzes can get boring!
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5th - 8th
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Georgia Studies - SS8CG3 Executive Branch Interactive Notebook
This is a Interactive Notebook via Google Slides that the students can do on their own or with guidance from teaching.It includes the following GSE standards:SS8CG3 Executive BranchCG3a Qualifications and Roles for Governor and Lt. GovernorCG3b State AgenciesIncluded with each sub-standard are readings, questions, at least 1 activity, and a review section.Also, included in this resource is the answer key, which is also via Google Slides, and a grading rubric, if needed.Thanks in advance for your
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8th
"What's It Like in the Middle East?" Middle Eastern Governments Project
Use: This project can be used for students to display mastery of standard SS7CG3. Students will research different aspects of the governments in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Turkey, and they will explain what life is like in those countries for their citizens based on research.Includes: instructions and rubricTerms:This resource is intended for classroom distribution only. You are not permitted to print this resource for any class other than your own. You are not permitted to resell or claim this r
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4th - 8th
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Let's Run for Office Project - Fictional Character Campaign!
For this project, students are going to choose (or invent) a fictional character and create a political campaign for them. This will include selecting a political party they would belong to in real life, creating a campaign slogan, deciding on five issues that they think would be important to them, creating a party platform, creating an advertisement to promote their candidate, and voting on other fictional candidates. They will put all of the following into a Google Slides presentation.Students
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6th - 9th
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Citizen Rights and Responsibilities Poster Project
Students choose a right and a responsibility of citizens to highlight in a poster to put up in your room or hall for all to see. Includes instructions and rubric.
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6th - 9th
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Rights & Responsibilities Poster Assignment
This CHV2O (Ontario Civics & Citizenship) assignment has students reflecting on and evaluating the rights and responsibilites in a democracy. They will choose a variety of rights they feel are "most important" and demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities attached to each of the selected rights. This assignment comes with the rubric, and has the Curriculum Expectations attached. Specific expectations met with this assignment are: ICV.02 explain the legal rights and responsibili
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7th - 10th
Also included in: Rights & Responsibilities Mini-Unit Bundle
Digital Citizenship: The Benefits and Challenges of Connectivity
Welcome to the Digital Citizenship Learning Package: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Being Connected.In this package you will find the following:1. Scaffolding Carousel Activity: Exploring Digital Engagement (with teacher instructions)2. Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Being Connected Reading (use to support the group work in #1 and provide support for the “Your Turn” assignment)3. Your turn! Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of Bei
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8th - 11th
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Enlightenment Era Project Guide/Rubric
A guide and rubric for a creative research project based on the Enlightenment era. Students delve further into one particular philosopher and then present their findings in a chosen creative method, all the while learning about primary sources and referencing. Intended for middle school/early high school aged American history and Civics students.
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6th - 9th
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Rubric - Writing Your Own Constitution
Students, alone or in a group, create their own society following the rubric on my site. As part of the project, they also create a society constitution that mirrors the U.S. Constitution. This is the rubric for that project. Once complete, students present their constitutions to the class. I assign extra credit if students dye the paper to make it looks like the original U.S. Constitution. They can go on Pinterest to get ideas for how to dye the paper (with the guidance of their parents, m
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6th - 12th
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Bill of Rights Presentation Rubrics-BUNDLE
BILL OF RIGHTS PRESENTATION RUBRIC Each of the documents contains instructions and a rubric for doing a presentation on one of the Amendments to the Constitution of the U.S. I’ve included a form for the following amendments:(NOTE: 7 documents below...There are NO rubrics for 3rd, 7th, or 9th)1st Amendment (1-page in pdf)2nd Amendment (1-page in pdf)4th Amendment (1-page in pdf)5th Amendment (1-page in pdf)6th Amendment (1-page in pdf)8th Amendment (1-page in pdf)10th Amendment (1-page in pdf)S
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8th - 12th
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Letter to Politician (Instructions & Rubric)
Rubric for writing a letter to a politician. See the preview for description. THIS RESPONSE JOURNAL MIGHT BE HELPFUL!POSTERS FOR YOUR CLASSROOM!GREAT RUBRIC BUNDLE!MY BEST PRODUCT-BUSINESS CLASS!GOOD CHARACTER WORD SEARCH!GROUP WORK SELF-EVALUATION!SOCIAL STUDIES BUNDLE…Lots of presentation rubrics!
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7th - 12th
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Federalist Papers DBQs and Essay
Students will analyze select documents from the Federalist Paper series to write a three-paragraph essay in this DBQ activity. The documents, comprised of carefully selected portions of six of the Federalist Papers from all three authors, help guide students through the main ideas and arguments related to the Federalist movement. Based on questions answered for each document, the students will write a rubric-based essay summarizing key points about the Federalist Papers series and describing two
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6th - 12th
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Why Do We Need Government? Student Driven (PBL)
Students look into and develop an answer of why we need government and what is important. Includes a project proposal form, grading rubric, self-assessment, and a critique of a peer, teacher trackers, checkpoint meeting. Introduce government concepts, then allow them to follow their interests and learn what they think is important. Make it even bigger and get community members involved and show-off final projects to an authentic audience.
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4th - 8th
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Landmark Supreme Court Case Project
This project allows students to investigate and become experts on a landmark Supreme Court case. They create a Power Point presentation but are only allowed 1 word per slide. Project file comes with an outline to help them begin research, three recommended websites, and a rubric.
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7th - 12th
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Hurricane SCAMPER critical thinking lesson design
SCAMPER is a wonderful tool for pushing kids to think criticaly on a particular item or concept. S=substitute C=combine A= adapt M = modify P=put to other uses E=eliminate R= reverse or rearange the order. In this packet I have provided the SAMPER student assignment/rubric, a weeks worth of detailed lesson plans , links to helpful websites, and pictures of student projects and research. The entire assignment is geared towards hurricane Katrina but it could easily be done with other major hurr
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5th - 12th
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Intentional Innovation - A World-Changing Take on Genius Hour!
The future of our world is in YOUR classroom! How often do we hear this, as teachers? It's time to do something about it! Intentional Innovation is a fresh take on Genius Hour. Included are:- Links for Anticipatory Set video- Digital Work Guide (that walks each student through their Intentional Innovation Journey!)- Rubric (on a 4-point scale)- A FUN, EDITABLE, interactive hyperdoc/infographic for you to share with students right away!A benefit to this activity is that it can be as surface-level
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4th - 12th
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V9 RUBRIC | AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM | YEAR 8 CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
☞ ABOUT THIS PRODUCT VERSION 9.0This RUBRIC uses the Content Descriptions (and Codes) of the AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM from Foundation – Year 10.It is uses an A-E GRADING SCALE, whereby each Content Descriptor is written in the C GRADE column.The words below have been used to differentiate the GRADE SCALE.•A GRADE = discerning•B GRADE = effective•D GRADE = some•E GRADE = little / noNOTE: If you are INTERESTED in this product, and would like different words to be used to differentiate the GRADE SCALE
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8th
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5 American Ideals U.S. History* for Middle & High School Research Poster Project
This research poster project is great for assessing student's ability to apply the Five American Ideals to United States History. It comes with a rubric and student self-assessment for quick grading.For more activities be sure to check out The Awesome Shop!
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5th - 12th
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Current Event Template
I have found this particularly helpful with students who struggle with reading/writing skills; especially when reading news stories.
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4th - 10th
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V9 ACHIEVEMENT RUBRIC | AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM | YEAR 8 CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
☞ ABOUT THIS PRODUCT VERSION 9.0This ACHIEVEMENT RUBRIC uses the Achievement Standard(s) of the AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM from Foundation – Year 10.It is uses an A-E GRADING SCALE, whereby each Content Descriptor is written in the C GRADE column.The words below have been used to differentiate the GRADE SCALE.•A GRADE = discerning•B GRADE = effective•D GRADE = some•E GRADE = little / noNOTE: If you are INTERESTED in this product, and would like different words to be used to differentiate the GRADE SC
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8th
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Group Rubric
I use this anytime students are working in groups. Sometimes I grade students with it or have the students grade their group. I've seen MAJOR improvements after using it!
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K - 12th
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Alexander Hamilton's Economic Plan - Essay Rubric for Assessment
This rubric for an essay on the specifics of Alexander Hamilton's Economic Plan can be used for peer assessment, self assessment, or teacher grading. I have always used it for peer assessment, and it greatly decreases my grading time when used appropriately!
Students are even given a scale for point values and grading - this usually leads to higher student buy in on grading when they get to play teacher! If you wish to change this simply email me once purchased for an editable Word file! langs
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7th - 10th
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