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Government literature circle pdfs
Tennessee Symbols
This unit includes everything you need to put together an informational book on Tennessee's state symbols. This coorelates with the new TN Social Studies standards that are being adopted and implemented for the 2014-2015 school year. Included are 4 different versions of the book to meet the needs and differentiate instruction for all of your learners.
-A craft version with patterns for all of the symbols (hands on activities)
-A writing version for your higher level learners. This will help to
Grades:
PreK - 2nd
Community Helper Cards for Work Stations
Community Helper Cards
These 12 cards are designed to be used in several ways:
After printing out, laminate for durability and then cut each picture card in ½ left to right. The children can match the top half of the community helper to the bottom half. Additionally, you can add small pieces of magnet to the back of the ½’s and the children can match the pictures on a magnetic surface.
Again, print out the pictures and laminate for durability. The children can match the community helper to
Grades:
PreK - 1st
Book Uncle And Me Lit Log (novel study) (For Distance or Classroom Learning)
This is a lit log for Book Uncle And Me. The themes of this delightful book by Uma Krishnaswanni are: community activism, politics, government processes, children being empowered to effect change, friendship, and love of books. Book Uncle's motto is "right book for the right person for the right day". The focus skills of this lit log are: using text to ask/answer questions; recounting stories/determining central message; describing characters; using text to determine meaning of word
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2nd - 5th
Election Day Worksheets
Build reading fluency while teaching American Government! These are perfect for the Presidential Election 2020. These 9 reading passages will help your students understand the U.S. Government while helping them increase fluency. All you need to do is to print and go! Reading passages include: Government ServicesAbraham LincolnGeorge WashingtonMaking LawsCivic DutiesVoting for Public OfficeExecutive BranchLegislative BranchJudicial BranchPlease download the complete preview! Each reading passage
Grades:
2nd - 3rd
Watergate, Detente, Nixon & Ford Learning Stations
Have you and your students been bored of taking notes? Are you tired of showing a mundane powerpoint? Well, how about learning stations? Give students the ability to get up and walk around, read the text you want them to read, and build their understanding.This resource comes with learning stations that cover Nixon's Detente, Watergate Scandal, SALT talks, and Ford's crisis of stagflation and the OPEC oil embargo.It comes complete with comprehension questions for each station, as well as an answ
Grades:
8th - 12th
Democracy! by Philip Bunting - 7 Worksheets - Government
This resource is an eight page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Democracy! by Philip Bunting. This document contains seven worksheets for students.The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There is a worksheet on Athenian democracy, a timeline task, a worksheet on the three levels of government in Australia, a brainstorming activity, a survey sheet, voting questions and a worksheet on other forms o
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4th - 7th
Bad Kitty for President Novel Study: Literature Guide w/ Comprehension & Vocab
This novel study for Nick Bruel's book Bad Kitty for President includes a literature guide for teachers, comprehension questions, vocabulary, and answer keys. A great book to use as part of a cross-curricular unit on government and elections, this book study is fun and engaging without overwhelming students. Standards-aligned and ready to use, you'll love this print & go novel study for Bad Kitty for President! Your download includes:✔Daily comprehension prompts in 2 formats for differentiat
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Grades:
2nd - 4th
Australian Prime Ministers Match Cards
Immerse your students in the rich history of Australian Prime Ministers with this engaging resource. They will explore the names, years of service, and political party affiliations of each Prime Minister from Edmund Barton to Scott Morrison.Through a matching activity, students will identify the famous Australian icons associated with each Prime Minister and find the corresponding information. This interactive and informative resource will deepen their understanding of Australian politics
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Social Studies Scoot - Test Prep Game
This is a Social Studies review that would be great to use to review for state standardized testing. I have created a game that assesses a variety of skills. Students will be given multiple choice questions similar to those found on standardized tests. A few of the skills assessed with this game are map skills, government, civil war, conflict resolution, famous Americans, civil rights, and culture skills to name a few. Two questions have been included that are specific to Tennessee history t
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5th
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Camp Canberra by Krys Saclier - 13 Worksheets - Government / Landmarks
This resource is a 14 page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Camp Canberra by Krys Saclier and Cathy Wilcox. This document contains 13 worksheets for students.The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are three pages of comprehension questions and various other worksheets based on some of the places that the students visit on their trip to Canberra. This book is an excellent resource to use to
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
We Are Australians by Duncan Smith and Nicole Godwin - 7 Worksheets
This resource is a nine page PDF document with activities to do based on the book We Are Australians by Duncan Smith, Nicole Godwin and Jandamarra Cadd. This document contains 7 worksheets / activities for students.The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are writing activities and an interviewing task.Education Australia has other resources available for purchase.
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3rd - 6th
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle Socratic Seminar Lesson Plan
This Socratic seminar is centered around Uption Sinclair's The Jungle. The lesson meets CA common core, and state standards, for 11th grade, but can be easily modified for other classes. The lesson includes step-by-step instructions and sample questions, both for the teacher and reflective questions for the students. The lesson also includes a sample passage from The Jungle (approx. 1000 words).
Grades:
8th - 12th
A (not-so) Modest Proposal Discussion- They will talk about this one!
Whew! This discussion really gets them talking! This is classroom tested and comes with a "fire warning!" Questions that are particularly controversial or emotionally charged contain a flame icon (3). You may choose to eliminate these from discussion depending on the student's age, maturity, school environment.Included are 13 main questions but each has at least one follow-up question to make sure students feel primed to speak and have options. These questions create lively discussions, but shou
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10th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
The Kid Who Ran for President (a Novel Study)
I use this book in correlation to my unit on Government. Although the book directly refers to the election process, I find that it works well in discussions regarding the three branches of government and more specifically the Executive Branch.
Included in the novel study are:
Comprehension questions for each of the chapters
Story Map
Extension writing paper
Vocabulary words
Vocabulary Assessment / key
End of unit assessment / key
Web links to various kid friendly sites rega
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
Honest Abe's Guide to Presidential Elections - Mini book project - 3rd or 4th
I found this book recently on a classroom catalog order for $1! I think you can see get it! This works great for this year’s election. I am using this as an extended read aloud for my third grade class. This book can be read independently in fourth or fifth grade. I hope you enjoy!
This Product Includes:
Vocabulary Cards – The cards can be used on bulletin boards, or even just as a quick set of cards that you introduce before reading the story. For group activities, I like to give a vocabular
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Grades:
3rd - 5th
U.S. Symbols QR Pebble Go Cards
QR codes make task cards more engaging! Simply cut out and laminate the cards and place in a center with a device that can read QR codes (iPod Touch, iPad, tablet, or laptop/desktop with a camera). Students get immediate feedback when they scan the QR codes.
Use these QR Codes to enhance reading time, literacy/social studies stations, and reading/social studies centers. Each QR Code is a direct link to a read aloud about the topic on Pebble Go. There are twelve different informative paragraphs
Grades:
K - 5th
AVID Name Cards with Discussion Prompts
These name cards can be used over and over to elevate classroom conversations to the next level. Just fold in half length-wise, students add their names and you're set! These cards serve a dual purpose: They are great for getting to know a room (classic name placards), but also help to provide students with a script right in front of them that reinforces AVID concepts such as inquiry, collaboration, and development of academic language. The basic concept is that students can gauge wher
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Unit 5: The US Constitution - User Friendly STUDY GUIDE
TOPICS COVERED: The Seven Articles of the US ConstitutionThe Legislative BranchThe Executive BranchThe Judicial BranchThe Seven Principles of GovernmentCorrecting Past GrievancesThe Bill of RightsThe Pathways to US Citizenship, and moreFor as long as I have been teaching, I have found that helping students understand the importance and significance of the US Constitution has been (by far) the most challenging task ever! As a result, I created a resource that makes learning about the US Constit
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8th
Epic Fails-Not So Great Presidents: Commanders in Chief Reading Guide
Use this chapter-by-chapter guide with your students when reading Epic Fails-Not-So-Great Presidents: Commanders in Chief by Erik Slader and Ben Thompson. We used this reading guide as part of a book club for students reading this engaging nonfiction text. It can also be used as an independent reading guide for students engaged in this book. The packet includes vocabulary, prior knowledge activation, and comprehension questions.
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3rd - 5th
Vote for Me by Krys Saclier - 6 Worksheets - Preferential Voting / Government
This resource is a seven page PDF document with activities to do based on the book Vote for Me (Vote 4 Me) by Krys Saclier and Cathy Wilcox. This document contains 6 worksheets for students.The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are comprehension questions, a dictionary task and writing activities.This book is an excellent resource to help students understand how preferential voting works and is a wonderful t
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3rd - 6th
Unit 5: The US Constitution Part 3 of 3 - The Bill of Rights
TOPICS COVERED: Old GrievancesThe Amendment ProcessSummaries and Examples of Amendments 1-10, and moreThis product is a great way to help your English language learners eliminate that feeling of being lost in class and not knowing what to do. The information is presented in chunks and short summaries so that your students can have immediate access to the content you are teaching. Students who are fluent in their native language have enjoyed completing this packet because it can boost their
Grades:
8th
Harrison Bergeron - Reading Protocol & Questions
Read the story of Harrison Bergeron in any ELA or Government class. Comes with a reading protocol to help students through the reading in small groups and highlights necessary aspects of using this reading for any Government or AP Government or Economics course.
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7th - 12th
The Last Newspaper Boy in America (by Sue Corbett) Reading Group Packet
This packet guides students through their reading of The Last Newspaper Boy in America, by Sue Corbett, in three parts while focusing on literary reading standards from the Common Core.
The Last Newspaper Boy in America is a great book for middle grade students. It is assessed as an 830L level. This book also pairs well with economic and government studies as the main characters are using democratic and capitalist means to try to save their newspaper route as well as promote economic growth in
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Grades:
4th - 6th
The Extraordinary Life of Michelle Obama by Dr Sheila Kanani - 10 Worksheets
This resource is a twelve page PDF document with activities to do based on the book The Extraordinary Life of Michelle Obama by Dr Sheila Kanani and Sarah Walsh. This document contains ten worksheets for students.The activities allow the students to reflect on the story and extend their understanding of the themes within this text. There are two pages of comprehension questions, an index activity, a word definition task and research activities plus writing activities. There is also an easy three
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Grades:
3rd - 6th
Also included in:Â Michelle Obama Book Bundle - Worksheets for 2 Books
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