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The Constitution - Checks and Balances - Interactive Powerpoint and Worksheet
This lesson on checks and balances includes an interactive power point (8 slides total) as well as a student worksheet that helps to clearly explain the various checks and balances of the U.S. Government (CA Standard 8.2.7). What makes this power point unique is that it is specially designed with hidden links that make it a truly interactive power point and perfect for any smart board, however only a laptop and a digital projector are required. The power point consists of one title page, one hub
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
Inside Texas Politics: Power, Policy, and Personality of the Lone Star State 3rd
TEST BANK for Inside Texas Politics: Power, Policy, and Personality of the Lone Star State 3rd Edition by Brandon RottinghausTABLE OF CONTENTS:Chapter 1: Cultural, Demographic and Political TrendsChapter 2: The Texas ConstitutionChapter 3: FederalismChapter 4: Voting and ElectionsChapter 5: Political Parties: Texas in Blue and RedChapter 6: Interest GroupsChapter 7: The LegislatureChapter 8: Governors of TexasChapter 9: The Plural Executive and the BureaucracyChapter 10: The Texas JudiciaryChapt
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Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Complete 16-week OER Course: American Government
This bundle includes a 16-week OER Instructor Course & Activity guide plus 15 lecture slides with detailed instructor notes.The 16-week course guide includes:Links to OER reading and media content (i.e., videos and podcasts)Topics to cover in classStudent reflection or class discussion promptsAssignments and in-class exercises10+ free teaching resources (low stakes quizzes, essay assignments, grading rubrics)Midterm and Final examinations with answer keysThe 15 weekly lectures include: Detai
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The U.S. Constitution - Google Bundle
This engaging Google Apps Bundle includes everything you need to teach your U.S. Constitution Unit, including vocabulary support, video multi-media, primary and secondary sources with analysis questions, writing outlines with rubrics, and self-guided instructions, and so much more....All in GOOGLE APPS format!!!The U.S. Constitution - Google Bundle includes:- The Preamble - Google Slides Student Activity- The U.S. Constitution Scavenger Hunt - Google Forms Student Activity- Separation of Powers
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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U.S. - Reading Guide - Units 21-37/37 - 11th grade - SPANISH
¡100% regentes alineados y garantizados para aumentar la comprensión y los puntajes de las pruebas! Este paquete que cubre el valor de un semestre de información vale la pena el costo El paquete cubre toda la información esencial del primer semestre del currículo de Historia de los Estados Unidos del 11 ° grado del Estado de Nueva York. Cubre mis unidades (de un total de 37) # 's 21-37 (Imperialismo de EE. UU., Primera Guerra Mundial, La década de 1920, Gran Depresión / FDR / New Deal, Segunda G
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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American Government - 16-week OER Instructor Course & Activity Guide
Updated for 2023 political coverage! This 16-week Instructor Course and Activity guide is designed for instructors teaching American Government or Introduction to American Politics. This week-to-week outline includes links to open education online readings and multimedia content, embedded assignments, activities, exams (with answer keys), AP style practice questions, weekly chapter reading quizzes, and student reflection and classroom discussion prompts. Students will not need to purchase a text
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: Complete 16-week OER Course: American Government
7 Principles of The Constitution - Lesson
Learning Intention: Students will learn about the Constitution of the United States, its foundational principles, governmental structure, protocol and operating procedures.The lesson provides a beautifully designed outline to clarify the concepts for students with each CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE having next to it an adjacent box within which is a simplified DEFINITION and a third adjacent box showcasing an APPLICATION EXAMPLE (sometimes with multiple examples).The 5th page provides sources of info
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Primary Source U.S. History 4th edition -- All-in-One Course
The Primary Source American History Course Bundle contains a ZIP file of: 1. Primary Source American History, a 1,106 page DOC file teacher's toolbox (more detail on this below),2. Twenty-six PowerPoints (705 slides) covering Roanoke to Trump, and 3. A test bank of more than 100 tests and quizzes in U.S. History (no answer sheets, here or anywhere online) in DOC format. In the test bank, most are leveled for either standard level (College Prep), Honors 2 or Honors 1. All three resources are in a
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
United States Constitution (annotated for teacher and student use)
As the use of complex texts and primary source documents are encouraged, teachers are spending more time formatting instead of creating lessons. This copy of the US Constitution has been formatted for student use for any class that uses the Constitution as a resource. The blank copy is for the students to keep and write on, while the annotated version provides the teacher with a resource or key.
I personally use this entire document as the foundation for my US Government class; one semester in
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Complete Unit - The Equal Protection Clause
HOW TO USE THIS TEACHING PACKET Length of time: 4 - 6 weeksInstructors should be able to cover the topics in this teaching unit in a 2-week period; assigning students to read two of the required texts each week. For the first three weeks, students will be required to hand in an “exit ticket” before leaving class, which is proof that they completed the discussion activity. For the last week, instead of an exit ticket, students will begin to work on their final project.Instructors should plan to g
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP Government and Politics Textbook (over 200 pages!)
A 200 page digital textbook that covers the important material for AP US Government & Politics course. This is an "all text" textbook that has material for all chapters, a table of contents, 'what if' concept articles in each chapter, hyperlinks to all required documents and court cases, and a set of broad objectives / discussion questions for each chapter. This comes from a teacher with a master's in history / minor in political science and 16 years of experience teaching this course.Thi
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
Teens Take Action: A Comprehensive Guide To Running A Voter Registration Drive
*Note: As most teachers on TpT, I have taught everything I posted on this website, and often make current event connections as I teach in real time. As you are looking through these resources in preparation for teaching in your own style, if you have any questions about the content, or what I've used for videos or other resources, please email me. I would be more than happy to talk!When I decided to run a voter registration drive with my 11th grade students in 2018, I was starting from scratch.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: A Comprehensive Guide To Running A Voter Registration Drive - A Bundle!
Great Depression: Roosevelt's New Deal
FDR attempted to solve the Great Depression with massive money and programs. He is known as a “Big Government” president. Four step progression- Students get assigned a New Deal Law to research using guided questions. Students present their findings by creating a Fireside Chat video. Students write notes on a New Deal organizer. For a wrap up session, students decide which programs were positive and which were ineffective by recording them in a chart. Big Concepts include: Social Security, Fai
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
You Are the Landlord (Mock Constitution Activity)
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This can be a very effective and highly cooperative activity in the classroom that can be highly effective for U.S. History classes/Government as they study the U.S. Constitution. Students are in groups (not to exceed four students per group) and they must agree and come up with rules for a communal house/rental setting. One student is the "landlord" acting on behalf of the parent(s) who purchased the property. The "landlord" must keep in mind that the property was purchased by th
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11th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Graduation Speech - The Future is in Your Hands
This graduation speech not only celebrates student success, but gives insight into their future responsibility to become a world changer.
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
America Adrift - Struggling Young Men
America Adrift - Struggling Young MenA powerful thought-provoking 10 minute video, followed by 12 insightful probing questions worthy of reflection for world leaders, Americans, business owners and entrepreneurs from Paul F. Davis (author of Leadership, Success Principles, Wealthy Mind, United States of Arrogance, Get Your Balls Back, Racism, Haters and Murder).Paul F. Davis is an International Educator (licensed in California and Florida), a UCLA certified University and Career Counselor, Autho
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Foundations of American Government
This presentation contains the landmark events and documents that produced the loins of the American government; The Magna Carta, Petition of Right, and The English Bill of Rights. It also covers the historical context of the times, and various activities and video clips that enhance the delivery and learning of the material.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Teaching Thomas Paine's Common Sense
This lesson offers an abridged and annotated version of Common Sense for classroom discussion. (Annotations made in "track changes" feature in Word)
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
KEEP COOL WITH COOLIDGE!
Silent Cal Speaks is a fun one-page digest of opinions on life as the closed-mouth poker-faced 30th President saw it and lived it.
Your students can read one quote aloud and then discuss them in context to Cal's time--and--how they apply to our own time, as well. Eighteen Quotes In All. A good complement to any Coolidge or Roaring Twenties or Prohibition studies. -It's worth as many minutes of classroom discussion as you decide.
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
List of 195 Countries in the World (A-Z)
CountryNationalityCapital CityLanguage ContinentAdapted toward Distance Learning.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Voting and Elections Lesson Plan
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate aims to teach students about the role of the Senate in our representative democracy, introducing important elements of the legislative process to students, and encouraging participation in civic life. The Institute’s educational programs frame important legislative debates going on in our nation, and give students the opportunity to practice a number of the processes and skills necessary to craft legislation.The Today’s Vote in the Cla
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Word Splash Consitutional Government
This is a great introduction activity to see students' prior knowledge. Students used the words that have been splashed to the board to write what they already know about the topic.
CE.2a The student will demonstrate knowledge of the foundations of American constitutional government by:
a) explaining the fundamental principles of consent of the governed, limited government, rule of law, democracy, and representative government.
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
U.S. History Unit 1: "The Real Democracy Experiment" Unit Overview
Several years ago, when the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks were revised, I decided to make my primarily chronological unit plan more thematic. So, instead of teaching 12+ units, I created four main units that encompassed all of the events typically taught in 11th grade history. This document is an overview of my first unit - The Real Democracy Experiment. Students brainstorm what it means to be American, examine the role of government in teens' lives, explore the issue of race post Civil Wa
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11th, Higher Education
When Can We Evolve From The Modern Election Process. Part/Articles #8 and #9
These 2 article parts of When Can We Evolve From The Modern Election Process are my take on how the USA elections could be a lot better. These are revolutionary articles, that i've composed myself. These would be great lessons or debates to have in a class discussion. Relate to the modern elections 2016-2020CE. I discuss the reality of the USA situation. These articles would be great for any advanced Politic, History, or Economic class. Stay updated on whats new on my website. imortalone.wordpr
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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