Social Studies American Civics Bell Ringers Bundle (Google Slides Compatible)
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Engage your students right when they walk in the door with bell ringers that will support your middle school American Government and Civics history curriculum!
Inside this resource, you'll find 200 bell ringers to use throughout the year while you teach about American government, politics, the U.S. Constitution and other content related to Civics!
Along with a PowerPoint version of the slides, the bell ringers are also compatible with Google Slides! There are links to digital versions of the bell ringers included for easy use in your classroom. Each bell ringer set also has a full page response sheet in Google Slides for students.
This bundle includes the following Civics Bell ringer sets:
1. Civics Quote of the Day Bell Ringers
Engage your students right when they walk in the door with bell ringer questions that prompt them to analyze quotes from notable people in American government (or who influenced American government) for the study of Civics in your classroom!
This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing 40 quotes from notable people related to American government, a writing prompt on each page and two versions of a response sheet that students can use when answering the prompts.
A version of the slides and a response page is included on Google Slides.
Weekly Writing Prompt: What does this quote mean? Do you agree or disagree? How does this quote relate to an event in history or in your own life?
This resource is designed to be used once a week in your classroom. There are 40 slides – enough for each week of the school year!
Quotes from notable people relate to the following areas of Civics:
1. Citizenship
2. Constitution
3. Legislative Branch
4. Executive Branch
5. Judicial Branch
6. Political Parties
7. Elections and Voting
8. American Legal System
9. U.S. and Global Affairs
2. Civics Vocabulary Bell Ringers
Engage your students right when they walk in the door with vocabulary terms that relate to your Civics and American Government content in Social Studies!
This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing one vocabulary term and definition pertaining to Civics on each slide. There are also two versions of a response sheet that students can use during their vocabulary practice.
The vocabulary slides and a response page are also available for Google Slides. A link is included in this resource.
Please Note: If you would like to see a list of all vocabulary words included, please review the PREVIEW.
This resource is designed to be used once a week in your classroom. There are 40 slides – enough for each week of the school year!
3. Civics Historical Thinking Bell Ringers
Engage your students right when they walk in the door with bell ringer questions that prompt them to analyze excerpts, historic images and mini biographies and more from topics related to Civics / American government.
This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing questions related to document excerpts, historic images and mini biographies and more. There are two versions of a response sheet that students can use when answering the prompts and an answer key for the teacher.
A digital version of the slides and a response page for Google Slides is included as well.
This resource is designed to be used once a week in your classroom. There are 40 slides – enough for each week of the school year!
Historical thinking questions cover the following topics related to Civics:
1. Citizenship
2. Constitution
3. Legislative Branch
4. Executive Branch
5. Judicial Branch
6. Political Parties
7. Elections and Voting
8. American Legal System
9. U.S. and Global Affairs
All historic documents and images used are Public Domain.
4. Civics Critical Thinking Bell Ringers
This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing a unique writing prompt on each page that encourages students to use critical thinking skills and previously learned knowledge about Civics to craft a response. There are two versions of a response sheet that students can use when answering the prompts and an answer key for the teacher.
A digital version of the slides and a response page for Google Slides is included as well.
This resource is designed to be used once a week in your classroom. There are 40 slides – enough for each week of the school year!
Please Note: Informational text is not included. Each unique critical thinking prompt requires students to have knowledge of Civics. These questions are designed to support and compliment your curriculum content as a quick bell ringer activity.
5. Growth Mindset Bell Ringers
This resource includes a 40 page PowerPoint (non-editable) containing one writing prompt pertaining to growth mindset, goal-setting and/or positive thinking per slide. There are also two versions of a response sheet that students can use when writing their thoughts to the prompt from the bell ringer.
A version for Google Slides is included as well.
This resource was designed with students from 5th - 8th grade in mind.
Please Note: Please check out the preview for a closer look at the resource.
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