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Elections - voting rubrics for Montessori
Fun Rhetorical Situation Project for AP Language or High School English
Looking for a fun project for AP Language or high school English to introduce rhetorical situation (speaker, purpose, and audience)? In this fun, multi-day writing and video project, groups of students just learning about rhetorical analysis, ethos/pathos/logos, and other essentials work together to launch a new political party, write a short speech, then adapt that speech to each of the audiences they encounter on the campaign trail! This project bundle includes a detailed teacher's guide, edit
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10th - 12th
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Debate Rubric
Having an in-class debate and struggling to determine guidelines for your students or grade them quickly on the fly? This handy rubric will enable you to grade students rapidly with content-based assessments during a debate. This file comes as a zip folder with a doc and pdf version. Feel free to modify scores and print for as many classes as you want. Please do not share on the internet. Do you love it? Let me know how you used it! Did you find an error? Let me know! Have a question? Reach out!
Grades:
6th - 12th
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Also included in: Project Rubrics Bundle
Governments Sports
My students love basketball more than any other sport we play. They have become avid students of the game, and even during recess, they play by the official rules. They demand fair play out of each other because they want the game to be as fun as possible. This demand for fair play is one of the reasons Government Basketball is so dynamic. Each team plays with different scoring rules representing the government's style. Students will realize that they will have to change their tactics based o
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5th - 8th
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Interest Group Speed Dating Activity (AP Gov Activity)
This is a fabulous AP Government activity - one of my students' favorite activities. This is a fun way to teach students how interest groups influence policy. In interest group speed dating, each student is assigned a different interest group (the project instructions have a list of interest groups). Students will research their interest group and create a resume for their interest group. The project instructions contain questions interest group resumes must answer and a sample resume to guide s
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10th - 12th
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Improving American Elections and Voting: A Project-Based Learning Experience
Engage your students in this in-depth project-based learning activity where they get to propose reforms to the American election system. In this activity, students work collaboratively to create their own interest group and develop a persuasive campaign to present before the "Presidential Commission on Electoral Reform." In their groups, students seek to identify three major areas of reform and propose solutions to these areas to help improve America's election system. This is a great activity f
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9th - 12th
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Duck for President {Close Reading Lesson aligned to Common Core}
Learning Objective:
The goal of this 2-3 day lesson is to give students the opportunity to use the reading and writing habits they’ve been practicing on a regular basis to absorb deeper understanding from Doreen Cronin’s story. By reading and rereading the passage closely and focusing their reading through a series of questions and discussion about the text, students will identify how Duck changed throughout the story.
Text Selection:
This exemplar text from Doreen Cronin has a Lexile of 680,
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K - 2nd
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Campaign Slogan Project and Rubric - The Kid Who Ran for President
This project can be used for both ELA and Social Studies. I originally created it to go with the book, The Kid Who Ran for President. During this project, students will pretend that they are running for President and create their own campaign slogans. Student directions and a rubric are included.
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3rd - 6th
U.S. Government: Elections Exam with FRQ (+ Answer Key & Rubric)
Are you teaching U.S. Government? This exam culminates a unit on Elections - one of my personal favorites!!! I have used this exam with both my AP U.S. Government students and U.S. Government students...can be split into parts as the exam is divided into topics which correlate with CCSS. This exam also includes a choice of two FRQ prompts that are often assessed on the AP U.S. Government - includes a scoring rubric. For an AP class, the True/False, matching, and fill-in-the-blank can be easily r
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9th - 12th
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3rd Grade NEW KCAS for S.S. PowerPoint Civics for Kentuckians
Presentation includes interactive fields that could easily be utilized with a whiteboard or uploaded to a Google Slides presentation for remote use. Vocabulary Content Passages Straight from the Standards themselvesCompelling Questions that lead up to a Summative Task "What rules make a country better off?"3.C.CP.1 Explain the basic purposes and functions of differing governing bodies in the world. 3.C.CP.2 Compare how diverse societies govern themselves.3.C.RR.1 Examine how the government maint
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3rd
Also included in: 3rd Grade NEW KCAS for S.S. BUNDLE Civics for Kentuckians
Fundamentals of Democracy - Three/Four Part Cards
This PDF can be used to make a set of three/four part cards useful when teaching the fundamental ideas associated with a democratic government. For each idea there is a control card (word and picture), a picture card, a word card, and a description card. Concepts included are: democracy, elections, Rule of Law, Majority Rule, public servants, Civil Rights, and representation. The set should be printed onto card stock, cut, and laminated prior to use.
Grades:
1st - 8th
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Argumentative Letter to the Editor on a Candidate or Mandatory Voting and Rubric
Are you looking for an easy-prep, argumentative essay topic to energize your students for the 2024 election? Argumentative Letter to the Editor on a Candidate or Mandatory Voting and Rubric is just what you need for your middle and high school students. This 21-page editable resource provides your students, including ELL, RSP, and GATE, with everything they need to write a letter to the editor in which they express their stance on a presidential candidate or whether we should implement mandato
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Grades:
7th - 10th
Also included in: Every Four Years...The Presidential Election Unit Bundle
United Desks of 1823
A few years ago I taught in classroom 1823, this was partially the inspiration for the name of the project. Within this package are the rubrics used to create your very own classroom government. The objectives for the unit are:
• Students will develop a presentation to teach others about the branches of government.
• Students will justify the importance of three branches of government.
• Students will analyze and interpret the United States Constitution.
• Students will analyze and amend the
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5th
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No Prep - Organizing a class debate planner rubric and speaking prompts
Organizing debates can be easy with this step-by-step planning document. Students can visualize the debate and follow the instructions to prepare a debate.Included: -The steps, a timeline with graphic organizer-The rubric-Engaging debate prompts about school, technology and entertainment and ethics. Students will discuss those ahead of time to prepare arguments for the debate. Some of those you can keep secret for the final round. Students who are not engaged should still be respectful audience
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5th - 11th
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U.S. Voting Rights (Suffrage) Timeline - SLIDESHOW!
Great for distance learning! Excellent for Montessori cultural and history studies or a lesson leading up to election day!This Google Slides presentation explores milestones in United States voting rights (suffrage) from 1776 to present day. It features a description of each significant event alongside the year it occurred and a scaled timeline feature that builds with each slide to help students compare when each event took place in the scope of the whole of U.S. history so far.**Note: The pict
Grades:
5th - 8th
United States Election Matching Cards and Games
This set of 20 Montessori-inspired cards are a fun, hands-on way to learn about the upcoming United States presidential election. The multi-part cards can be used for independent study or to play a variety of multi-player games. This downloadable product includes detailed instructions for using these multi-part cards. Control cards are provided which contains all the information. These cards allow independent study to be self-correcting. Children can match the picture, information, and clue card
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Not Grade Specific
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Candidate Compare - Election prep - Civics - CHV2O
Help students decide which candidate to vote for in an upcoming election based on the issues which matter to them. Students complete indicidual research which comes together with the research from others in the group to give a more in-depth understanding of each candidate. Includes a rubric for quick evaluation
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10th
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Election words vocabulary
Are you preparing for the upcoming New Zealand election with your class? This montessori inspired activity ( with full instructions) introduces your learners to the following terms. Pick and choose the ones that meet your needsDemocracyMajoritypolitical partyballot papervotevoting boothcampaigncandidatecoalitionpolicymember of parliamentelectiongovernmentPrime MinisterPlease check the preview (the big green button) to have a look.Also check outMake a Political PartyNZ election scavenger huntPic
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3rd - 6th
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Also included in: New Zealand and Maori MEGA Store Bundle
Elections and Voting in America Test Bank
This great collection of test questions provides teachers with a wide array of options in developing a test on American elections and voting. The test bank includes three sections of matching and vocabulary (14 questions total); five binary choice sections (32 questions total); six multi-part short-answer questions; thirty multiple-choice questions; one essay with a rubric and student brainstorming guide. Questions cover a wide array of topics, such as: the role of third parties; the Electoral C
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9th - 12th
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2016 Election Unit
This is a 5 week unit that pertains to the upcoming presidential election of 2016.
*Note: This unit can be modified for future elections.
This unit contains the following:
-Activities and Projects
-Analysis of Campaign speeches (article and videos)
-Group Poster Project with Rubric
-Peer Feedback handout
-Gallery Walk
-Conduct Research
-Writing Assignment with Directions and Rubric
-Peer Edit Checklist Handout
-Debate with Graphic Organizer, Rubric, Rules, and Point System
*Feedback is apprec
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6th - 8th
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Your Right to Vote - lesson on voter suppression; grades 5,6,7, and 8th
This PowerPoint slide presentation on voter suppression has 8 slides. There are facts about the people who were involved with voting rights. After the facts are presented, there are questions that should be discussed with the class. There are group student activities that will be graded. Included with the presentation is a rubric with the criteria outlined in table form and points awarded. If there are any questions, please email me through TPT. Thank you.
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Grades:
5th - 8th
Civics: Combine Gaming & Writing
These activities are connected to the free iCivics game suites. They provide directions and rubrics for teachers to assess student summaries based on the free iCivics games. Makes giving feedback simple and fast while engaging reluctant writers through games.
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3rd - 9th
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Mock Election Poster Rubric
This product is a rubric for students to create a poster for a candidate they want to run for President in a class mock election.
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Not Grade Specific
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U.S. Voting Rights (Suffrage) Timeline - 4 part cards
These cards are designed to be used as a timeline to explore milestones in United States voting rights (Suffrage) from 1776 to present day. This set of 4 part nomenclature cards includes a picture, date label, description, and control card.Print, cut, and laminate these cards for a long lasting material your students can to use to guide their learning! Print on white card stock or glue each to a colored card stock of your choice for an extra durable final product.Excellent for Montessori cultura
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5th - 8th
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A Closer Look at the Electoral College with Argumentative Essay
This activity has students look at the original Constitution’s design for the Electoral College, how that was altered with the 12th amendment, and how the Electoral College operates today by filling in an Electoral College map based on the results from the 2016 election (although I don’t tell students which election it was until they’ve completed the map…they normally figure it out as they go). Once students understand just HOW the Electoral College works, I have them read two articles, one in s
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Grades:
9th - 12th
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