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Higher education government resources under $5
The Declaration of Independence: BREAK-UP LETTER Activity
The Declaration of Independence: Break-up Letter and Rewrite Activity! Good for any ELA or Social Studies classroom!
The Declaration of Independence is modernized! In this product you will get TWO different activities that will help your students better understand our nations most important document! The lesson includes an activity of a re-write- taking passages from the document and putting them in your own words. Also there is a two-worksheet activity on writing a break-up letter to King Geor
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Bill of Rights Scenarios
This is a great activity for a unit on the Bill of Rights and/or the U.S. Constitution. In this activity/ assignments students are assigned to read 12 different scenarios. After reading each scenario they are to figure out if the individual in the scenario had their Constitutional rights violated or not. All scenarios deal with the first 10 amendments. This product comes complete with an answer key. This product WILL generate interesting debate and in-class discussion. Product could also
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Checks and Balances | Digital Learning Activity
A comprehensive and engaging lesson on the principle of Checks and Balances and its influence on the shaping of the American government. Students will test their knowledge with real and made up scenarios. Digital and Paper copies included!This "Checks and Balances" Distance Learning Activity Includes1) A graphic organizer-based activity that assess your students's comprehension of the branches of government and the impact that it has on the history of as well as the modern United States governme
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Foundations of America | Digital Learning | Unit Activity Bundle
Twelve Angry Men / 12 Angry Men Video Guide Original Questions
This video guide helps to capture the important vocabulary and central ideas that make this video such a valuable tool for use in any government course. I firmly believe this is a video that every high school student should see and this video guide will help ensure they are productive, engaged and gain valuable knowledge from one of history's greatest films!This product is also sold as part of the Judicial Branch Unit Bundle and the Individual Rights, Law and the Internet Unit Bundle! Each bun
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Three Branches Government Bundle
Political Parties| DEMOCRATS V REPUBLICANS | What are the Differences? | Digital
This is an easy and comprehensive way to teach the differences between the Democrat and Republican political parties. Both printable and digital versions are included!Buyer Feedback:Easy to use, comprehensive, and versatile with options for print and digital. This purchase includes a 3-page reading about the differences between the two major political parties; the Democrats and the Republicans. It reviews the different ideologies on the following issues:the economytaxessocial issuesforeign polic
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Hamilton the Musical Guide + Answers | Hamilton Movie Worksheet (2020) Disney
Hamilton movie questions (released 2020) help keep students engaged throughout the film by providing 29 questions (plus 4 critical thinking questions after viewing) for them to answer to keep them on track. Hamilton worksheet comes with a key that has suggested answers provided at the end.Hamilton Movie Guide follows the original Broadway production of the award-winning musical that tells the story of Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, blending hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadw
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Create Your Own Country Project-Step by Step Guide-Editable
In this project, students will be working in pairs to create their own country from scratch. They will also choose a type of government for their country. Their final product will be a brochure and a PowerPoint presentation.This resource includes:PowerPoint presentation with complete project detailsStudent Handout following the Power Point Presentation (PDF and MSWORD)Rubric for grading the brochure and presentation (PDF and MSWORD)PowerPoint Presentation Images are flattened but all titles and
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
Ethics in Journalism and Yearbook Lesson, Complete Teaching Unit
Prepare your students to be responsible journalists as they create your school's yearbook, newspaper, or magazine. You'll have everything you need to teach your students how to avoid bias, copyright, and other ethical violations with plenty of examples of what to do and what not to do. Sometimes students cross these lines without meaning to, but this teaching pack will help them understand what's right from wrong without being too heavy and technical. Lesson Contents:-Lecture (PPT and digital fo
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: Yearbook Curriculum BUNDLE+ for Student Journalism Publications
Government: Political Party Handouts and Activities
There are many activities and handouts that will surely get students more acquainted with the American political party system! Many of these are web-based, while others do not need a computer.
Here are the activities:
1. Web activity: find out what each political party believes in regard to 10 key issues.
2. Partner activity: groups will receive strips of paper, which each has a party's stance on it. They then need to glue or staple each stance in the student handout table (box) provided. Thi
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Bridge of Spies Movie Guide
This is a 45 question worksheet and key to accompany the movie Bridge of Spies, a 2015 American historical drama-thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay written by Matt Charman and Ethan Coen and Joel Coen. The film stars Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan, and Alan Alda. Based on the 1960 U-2 incident during the Cold War, the film tells the story of lawyer James B. Donovan who is entrusted with negotiating the release of Francis Gary Powers—a pilot whose U-2 spy plane was sh
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Engaging Sociology Simulation! (Activity, worksheets, directions, suggestions)
I believe this to be the best lesson I have ever created! I hope you enjoy it, too.It includes a slideshow to guide students through the 4 day simulation, 4 worksheets (1:1/Google compatible), a teacher instruction guide, and a printable map of the hypothetical island.The simulation asks students, divided into life rafts, to crash land on an island and attempt to start a society from scratch. Who will govern? What will the rules be? How are they enforced? Who enforces them? How will students res
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: Psychology Full Course Bundle- Everything you need for an engaging year!
The Hunger Games Movie Viewing Guide & Worksheets (Government and Economics)
Add an element of fun to your government and economics classes with this "The Hunger Games" Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheets!This movie can be used as a review of the basic principles of government and economics and the viewing guide is designed to help insure that students are paying attention and thinking about the information presented in the film.The Pre-Screening Guide should be completed before viewing the film and includes basic questions relating to government and economics.The Viewin
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
Also included in: ★ GROWING BUNDLE ★ All Social Studies Lessons (30% Discount)
Political Parties | Lecture, Notes, Cartoon Analysis | Print & Digital | Civics
This is an engaging and informative presentation about POLITICAL PARTIES in the United States. Students take notes on the creative Cloze/Cornell notes template. To check for comprehension students complete a political cartoon analysis activity about political parties. Includes both print and digital versions.Buyer Feedback:Fantastic resource - love the Cornell format with question prompts! Nice touch to reveal the political cartoons a piece at a time in the PPT. Thanks!Topics include:What are
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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All The Presidents Men - Movie questions, terms, explanations and key
All the President's Men is a 1976 American political thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post. The film starred Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Woodward and Bernstein, respectively; it was produced by Walter Coblenz for Redford's Wildwood Enterprises
This assignment contains video questi
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Federal Court System | Lecture Presentation | The Judicial Branch | U.S. Court
This engaging presentation reviews the U.S. Federal Court System. Both printable and digital versions are included. Buyer Feedback:"This presentation is loaded with information that is easily modifiable to whatever needs you may have." Mathew"Great engaging PPT with opportunities to check for understanding!" VictoriaThis editable presentation (both Google and PowerPoint) includes information about the structure of the creation of a National Judiciary, the structure of the Federal and State court
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Types of Government - PowerPoint Presentation
This is a GREAT - 19 Slide PowerPoint Presentation on the types of government.
Topics Covered:
- What is a Government?
- What is a Citizen?
- Limited vs. Unlimited Government
- What is a Constitution?
- Anarchy (What is it? Pros? Cons? Examples?)
- Types of Autocracies
- Dictatorships (What is it? Pros? Cons? Examples?)
- Monarchy (What is it? Pros? Cons? Examples?)
- Theocracy (What is it? Pros? Cons? Examples?)
- Oligarchy (What is it? Pros? Cons? Examples?)
- Democracy
- Direct Democracy (
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Sacco and Vanzetti: Cold Case Files
Essential Question: How did the political climate of the United States post WWI lead to the outcome of the Sacco and Vanzetti trial?Nativism, Red Scare, Anarchy, they're all bleeding into the justice system as we dissect the case of Sacco & Vanzetti. Were they innocent or guilty? Did the justice system get it right? Using case files, evidence analysis, and crafting opinions, students will be able to analyze the case for themselves, identify the justice, or lack thereof, served. This analyt
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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VOTING & VOTING BEHAVIOR - Presentation - Reading Activity - Print & Digital
This creative product for the secondary civics/U.S. The government classroom includes everything you need to teach about voting and voting behavior. Topics include - the history of voting rights, voting amendments, voting requirements, motor voter law, who votes, why some choose not to vote, and how to vote. It also includes a debate activity, "Philosophical Chairs" and a fun review activity, "Who Can Participate". Includes both print and digital versions.Buyer Feedback:This is great to add as a
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Stamp Act Activity
This simulation is awesome. Teach kids about the benefit of uniting together for a common cause "peacefully." Teach them about ways of standing up for their rights. This activity will enhance their learning experience outside of the classroom. Your students will learn that there is strength when they are united, they are going to learn correct ways of protesting (Petitions, Peaceful Protests, Etc.). They are going to value one another's opinion. See what they can come up with. Collaborate
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4th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Inside Job Documentary movie worksheet and key
Charles Ferguson shines a light on the global financial crisis in the documentary "Inside Job" that lead to the real estate housing crash. Narrated by Matt Damon, Ferguson addresses the spectacular rise and cataclysmic fall of banking and real estate loan deregulation in the United States. This narrative centers around interviews of dozens of players including authors, bank managers, government ministers, and even a psychotherapist, who speaks to a culture that encourages Gordon Gekko-like beha
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9th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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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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The Powers of Congress | The Legislative Branch | Digital Learning Activity
This objective for the powers of Congress will help your students understand the expressed and implied powers of Congress. Students will get the opportunity to examine these powers and think critically about why the Framers of the Constitution included these powers. Give your students everything they need to master this topic with this great activity. Digital and Paper Copies Included!This "The Powers of Congress" Distance Learning activity includes:1) 4 pages of engaging graphic organizers t
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The Legislative Branch | Digital Learning | Activity Bundle
American Imperialism Map Activity (Google Comp)
American Imperialism Map Activity Is your class learning about the Gilded Age or Imperialism during the 1900s?In this activity, students will use the map to color and label the important areas of American Imperialism during the 1900s. Map activities help students to understand the impact of American imperialism around the world. Lesson Includes:American Imperialism Mapping PDFAnswer KeyLink to editable Google Drive resourceWith this resource, your student will be able to understand and master c
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: The United States Gilded Age Unit (Google Compatible)
My Community State and Local Government Project (Google Compatible)
My Community State and Local Government Project Is your class learning about local politics and your local community? In this hands-on project, students will create a local community profile on their town, city, or county. The students will research their local government officials, compile demographic data on their area, interview local citizens, attend a local government meeting or event, and perform a community service. Through this project students will be able to better understand the funct
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5th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: State and Local Government Unit Plan
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