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7th grade government projects for Easel Activities
Three Branches of Government Activity
This activity includes a cut and paste activity on the three branches of government.The first page includes labels for the three branches with pictures, duties and jobs of each branch, and a title label. The second page includes parts of a tree. The students will cut along the dotted lines provided and paste on construction paper. The students will match the job/duty to the correct branch of government.
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2nd - 7th
Duties & Responsibilities of Citizenship Centers Activity & Project
Teaching Civics and looking for a lesson on the Duties and Responsibilities of American Citizenship?Want a fun and engaging lesson for your Government students on our rights and responsibilities as American citizens?This is a great lesson for a U.S. History or Government class, providing students Centers to learn about the duties and responsibilities of citizenship in the United States.In addition to the various Centers, students can practice key vocabulary with the matching card sets, and they
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7th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: Custom Bundle for AT
The Battle of Lexington and Concord: Mysteries in History
The students will try and solve the mystery of who fired the first shots at Lexington by looking at Primary sources, finding the main idea of the documents, making judgements and then writing up a detective report to explain what they discovered.
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Founding Fathers Biography Poster Project for US History and Government
Looking for Founding Fathers activities? Students will research specific facts about one of the Founding Fathers that established United States democracy and create a poster about them for American History or Government class. Students will complete a scaffolded research project about George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin. This is also a great project for Constitution Day! Students will research how these Founding Fathers influe
Grades:
7th - 10th
Exploring Empires! World History Research Project
In this fun and engaging project, students will explore every aspect of an empire in history by conducting research, creating a visual representation, and presenting their findings to the class! This project can be modified to specific needs and can be adapted for use with any time period that you’re studying in class. Examples of empires/civilizations may include: River Valley Civilizations (Mesopotamia, Egypt, Indus Valley, China)Classical Empires (Persia, Greece, Mauryan, Gupta, Qin, Han, Rom
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6th - 12th
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Revolutionary War Project, Culminating Timeline Scrapbook
The "American Revolutionary War Scrapbook" project will provide you with a NO-PREP authentic and creative way to culminate your Revolutionary War unit. By researching important dates and key events and then organizing the information in to a scrapbook, your students will display their understanding of this historical war.Perfect for distance learning as well.The project calls for the twenty top events, but you may choose to have then ten or less, depending on your instructional timeline.Every ye
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5th - 7th
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Also included in: American Revolutionary War Bundle, Projects, Book Reports and More
American Revolution: Founding Fathers Tiered Lesson Plan
Revolutionary War/ Founding Fathers Lesson Excellent thought provoking lessons for the American Revolution Founding Fathers and the signing of the Constitution. There are three tiers of lesson plans, from beginning concept to challenging; in which students research and display their knowledge of these important concepts. The main objective of the lesson is to: identify the contributions of significant individuals during the Revolutionary War period, including Thomas Jefferson and George Washin
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5th - 8th
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Also included in: American Revolutionary War Bundle, Projects, Book Reports and More
Design Your Own Political Party
Design Your Own Political PartyGet your students thinking about political parties, voting, and government with this Design a Political Party project. This project is ready for immediate implementation in the classroom, or can be edited through the accessible Google Drive link obtained on the teacher instruction sheet. In groups of 3-5, students will be challenged to create their own political party through the development of a party platform, press release, candidate speech, party slogan and par
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Create Your Own Society Activity!
This lesson works great for both Middle AND High school students. With this activity, students will create their own government, constitution, society, and social class system. It can be really fun to see what the students come up with. I allow my students to utilize their full CREATIVITY by creating their own futuristic colony from scratch! I have used this lesson when teaching Psychology, Sociology, Government, Civics and World History. This is E-Learner and Distance Learner Friendly, Enjoy!
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6th - 12th
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Collaborative Project with PEGS (Politics, Economics, Geography, Social)
PEGS is a great way to teach your students Social Studies. It is a straightforward way for students to analyze civilizations based on four main components: politics (government), economics, geography, and society (culture). Knowing these key aspects of a certain society gives students an anchor for learning about historical events.This project can introduce your students to PEGS, or can be used as an assessment. The students work collaboratively in groups to create their own society using PE
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4th - 8th
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A Rising Sun - The U. S. Constitution
A Rising Sun traces the evolution of democratic thinking through revolutionary times.As we find ourselves defending our system of democracy at this time in the history of our country, we see that student test scores for understanding the Constitution are low. Nationwide surveys continue to show lack of knowledge about Constitutional laws that secure liberty and freedom for “We the People” in America. This is a major concern. The Constitution serves to deepen students’ understanding of current ev
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6th - 8th
The Division of Federal and State Power Foldable, Hands-on Activity
This hands-on activity, has students create a foldable on the division of powers between the state and federal government. This is a perfect activity for a chapter on Federalism in government and civics. Provides a reading for students to formulate the needed information for the foldable.
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Also included in: Federalism Unit Bundle
U.S. Presidents Research Project
Let’s research and learn about the Presidents of the United States. This research project helps students practice reading and comprehending non-fiction materials, using the internet to find information, creating a visual representation, and presenting the information to the class. Included:· Teacher Directions· Student Directions· KWL Worksheet· List of Presidents· Sample Poster Format· Research Form· Note For Parents· Student Self-Assessment Rubrics for Report and Presentation· Teacher Assessme
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2nd - 8th
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The Bill of Rights - What It Means To Me!
Students often can/will recite the basics of SOME of the Bill of Rights but often do not know how they apply to their personal life. They believe that it was written years ago and does not have any relevant meaning to the HERE and NOW. With this interactive activity, my US History and Government classes dived into the Bill of Rights and learned how to apply each of the Amendments to their personal life. This brought about outstanding debates in class (and online) about civil rights and liberties
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4th - 12th
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Also included in: Bill of Rights NO PREP Bundle
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