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Elections - voting rubrics $5-10
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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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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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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Your Right to Vote - lesson on voter suppression; grades 5,6,7, and 8th
This PowerPoint slide presentation on voter suppression has 8 slides. There are facts about the people who were involved with voting rights. After the facts are presented, there are questions that should be discussed with the class. There are group student activities that will be graded. Included with the presentation is a rubric with the criteria outlined in table form and points awarded. If there are any questions, please email me through TPT. Thank you.
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5th - 8th
Civics: Combine Gaming & Writing
These activities are connected to the free iCivics game suites. They provide directions and rubrics for teachers to assess student summaries based on the free iCivics games. Makes giving feedback simple and fast while engaging reluctant writers through games.
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3rd - 9th
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A Closer Look at the Electoral College with Argumentative Essay
This activity has students look at the original Constitution’s design for the Electoral College, how that was altered with the 12th amendment, and how the Electoral College operates today by filling in an Electoral College map based on the results from the 2016 election (although I don’t tell students which election it was until they’ve completed the map…they normally figure it out as they go). Once students understand just HOW the Electoral College works, I have them read two articles, one in s
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9th - 12th
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