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Government Common Core CCRA.L.5 resources
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Activity: Primary Source Analysis and Questions
The Declaration of Independence can be a daunting document for teachers to explain to students, but this primary source lesson will help students understand the major themes and concepts within the document itself. Though Thomas Jefferson's Declaration was written in the 18th century, this worksheet has proven to be a fantastic, big-picture way for today's students to study such an important writing without becoming overwhelmed. The Declaration is really just a big "break-up letter" from the co
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7th - 12th
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CURRENT EVENTS: News Article Summary, Main Idea, Reading Comprehension | NEWSELA
This Current Events Summary is an excellent tool for students to get involved with the news and the current events of the week. A simple writing format helps students find, summarize, and write opinions about current news stories and events. I find this activity to be a practical filler for various social studies courses. What's Included:Teacher directions with ideas for implementation and useSimple student directions: Find, Highlight, Summarize, Importance, OpinionGuided student writing temp
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Not Grade Specific
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8th Grade U.S. History: Constitution & Bill of Rights COMPLETE Lesson Plan Unit!
This 8th Grade U.S. History Lesson Plan Unit comes with EVERYTHING that you'll need to teach your 8th graders all about the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights! These amazing resources are 100% completely ready to use for both in-person and online digital learning via Google Apps, and have been successfully used by thousands of students!The incredible resources in this U.S. Constitution Lesson Plan Unit can easily be used with any textbook, or no textbook at all!!BE SURE TO CLICK THE PRODUCT PR
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8th
Also included in: 8th Grade U.S. History YEAR-LONG Curriculum Bundle!! | Google Apps
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Poor Richard's Almanac & Research Project
Ben Franklin had many pithy sayings and quotes in his publication entitled Poor Richard's Almanac. Study the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin by analyzing and explaining 18 different quotes from his writings. Students will learn more about Ben Franklin's life, and benefit their own lives as they apply these pithy life principles. Also included is a graphic organizer for students to research the personal life and historical events of Ben Franklin.What's Included:20 different segments with quotes
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5th - 12th
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Also included in: American History U.S. History Bundle: Beginnings through the 1850's
Colonial America to the American Revolution VALUE BUNDLE! (for 5th-8th Graders)
The Colonial America to the American Revolution VALUE BUNDLE for 5th to 8th Graders comes with all of the AMAZING resources you'll need to teach your 5th to 8th grade U.S. History students all about European exploration, Colonial America, and the numerous important factors that led up to the outbreak of the American Revolution and the Revolutionary War itself! The fantastic social studies resources you'll receive with this lesson plan unit come completely ready to use in printable PDF, PowerPoin
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5th - 8th
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AP® US Government -- Unit 5 Bundle (Political Participation)
This comprehensive bundle contains the 13 printable worksheets that accompany the full AP® US Government Unit 5 curriculum. Your students will benefit from daily activities that include Short Answer, Fill-in-the-Blank, True/False "Match-'Ems" and more! The bundle also includes a free 40-question multiple choice test that covers the material from Unit 5.Our bundle is the perfect companion to help prepare for the AP® Exam. -- All worksheets contain annotated answer keys with full bibliographic i
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP® US Government - Comprehensive Full-Year Accompanying Curriculum
This comprehensive full-year curriculum bundle contains the 66 printable worksheets and daily activities that accompany the complete AP® US Government curriculum. Your students will benefit from daily activities that include Short Answer, Fill-in-the-Blank, True/False "Match-'Ems" and more! The bundle also includes a free multiple choice test to accompany each unit.Our bundle is the perfect companion to help prepare for the AP® Exam. -- All worksheets contain annotated answer keys with full bi
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Just Mercy (nonfiction book)
Written by lawyer Bryan Stevenson, the book is an account of his experiences as a young lawyer working in the Deep South and is a powerful argument not only for criminal justice reform and racial and economic justice, but also for finding the humanity in every person and in ourselves.These resources include guided reading questions for each chapter of the book, including the Introduction, Postscript, and Epilogue. They also include Bell Ringer questions and several culminating writing prompts. T
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10th - 12th
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Also included in: Just Mercy (nonfiction book) & 13th (documentary film) Bundle
Checks & Balances: Legislative, Executive, Judicial Branch Station Activity
In this activity students will rotate between five stations all centered on Constitutional Checks and Balances of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branch. Students will complete the following at the 5 stations :+watch a video clip that recaps checks and balances with a video guide+create a visual simile/metaphor for Checks and Balances with a caption+complete a matching game of what power belongs to which branch+research current news articles and identify what branch they are connected t
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9th - 12th
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The Constitutional Convention – New Jersey / Virginia Plan Comparison Grid
When delegates from the twelve attending states gathered in Philadelphia during the Summer of 1787 (Rhode Island sent no representatives), the convention's outcome was far from certain. Its official purpose was to reform the Articles of Confederation. However, for many of the men who came, mere reforms would not be enough.This side-by-side comparison grid explores the chief ideological conflict of the US Constitutional Convention: Big States vs. Small States. By exploring the New Jersey and Virg
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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AP® US Govt Unit 4 Bundle -- (American Political Ideologies & Beliefs)
This comprehensive bundle contains the 11 printable worksheets that accompany the full AP® US Government Unit 4 curriculum. Your students will benefit from daily activities that include Short Answer, Fill-in-the-Blank, True/False "Match-'Ems" and more! The bundle also includes a free 30-question multiple choice test that covers the material from Unit 4.Our bundle is the perfect companion to help prepare for the AP® Exam. -- All worksheets contain annotated answer keys with full bibliographic inf
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Declaration of Independence Letter Project -- Break up Letter with King George 3
I love three things: History, writing, and horrible pop music. This assignment combines all 3 of those things! After learning about the Declaration of Independence, students make their own Declaration of Independence by using the actual Declaration as a format. What will make this assignment better than others that can be found on the internet, is that I provide the examples that Jefferson uses and how they turn into real-life examples. The assignment provides for a Preamble, Natural Rights,
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4th - 12th, Higher Education
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Politics and the English Language by George Orwell: Practice with Argument
Students will read George Orwell’s classic essay, “Politics and the English Language” and will apply the concepts of the essay to Donald Trump’s 2016 acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. The Los Angeles Times provides extensive annotations for the speech. A link is provided. The resource works well with a study of the politics, speech, or George Orwell. Students will close read and annotate both texts, view supporting video clips, and listen to an NPR story on Ge
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: George Orwell Bundle
AP® US Government -- Unit 3 Bundle (Civil Liberties & Civil Rights)
This comprehensive bundle contains the 13 printable worksheets that accompany the full AP® US Government Unit 3 curriculum. Your students will benefit from daily activities that include Short Answer, Fill-in-the-Blank, True/False "Match-'Ems" and more! The bundle also includes a free 45-question multiple choice test that covers the material from Unit 3.Our bundle is the perfect companion to help prepare for the AP® Exam. -- All worksheets contain annotated answer keys with full bibliographic in
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP® US Government -- Unit 1 Bundle (Foundations of US Democracy)
This comprehensive bundle contains the 10 printable worksheets that accompany the full AP® US Government Unit 1 curriculum. Your students will benefit from daily activities that include Short Answer, Fill-in-the-Blank, True/False "Match-'Ems" and more! The bundle also includes a free 25-question multiple choice that covers the material from Unit 1.Our bundle is the perfect companion to help prepare for the AP® Exam. -- All worksheets contain annotated answer keys with full bibliographic informat
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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IBDP Global Politics: Is Hamas Legitmate?
This is an inquiry-based, structured, and fully scaffolded series of lessons assessing Hamas's legitimacy, both in and outof the current conflict. There is no excessive heavy reading for the students; everything is broken down into easily accessible chunks. The lesson considers many different types of legitimacy and seeks to apply them to Hamas as well as in a broader global context. There are six differentiated tasks, and all resources are provided, including reading and videos. There are plent
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9th - 12th
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Debating Topics for Middle/High School: Politics and Government
Get your middle/high school students debating topics that are both relevant and important to them while building their critical thinking skills. Students will be encouraged to develop their communication and debating skills, while opening their minds to different viewpoints.Each debate package covers and reinforces the five basic steps of the debating process: gathering information, exploring all sides of an issue, forming an initial opinion, defending the position in a debate and finally, refin
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Debating Topics- Middle/High School: Growing Bundle- Grades 8-12
Global Politics: When Is Humanitarian Intervention Justified?
This is an inquiry-based, structured and fully scaffolded series of lessons on Humanitarian Intervention, specifically focusing on the NATO intervention in Libya in 2011. There is no excessive heavy reading for the students; everything is broken down into easily accessible chunks. There are seven tasks, which are all differentiated, with all resources provided, including reading and videos. There are plenty of visual aids for EAL students. It is very discussion-based, with some research opportun
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11th - 12th
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AP® US Government -- Unit 2 Bundle (Interactions Among the Branches)
This comprehensive bundle contains the 15 printable worksheets that accompany the full AP® US Government Unit 2 curriculum. Your students will benefit from daily activities that include Short Answer, Fill-in-the-Blank, True/False "Match-'Ems" and more! The bundle also includes a free 45-question multiple choice that covers the material from Unit 2.Our bundle is the perfect companion to help prepare for the AP® Exam. -- All worksheets contain annotated answer keys with full bibliographic informa
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Global Politics: Peacemaking and Peacebuilding
This is an inquiry-based, structured and fully scaffolded series of lessons on Peacemaking and Peacebuilding; There is no excessive heavy reading for the students; everything is broken down is easily accessible chunks. There are many examples to look at, with a special focus on the Northern Ireland peace process, looking at 25 years after the Good Friday agreement and the restoration of the Assembly in Jan 2024.There are eight tasks, which are all differentiated, with all resources provided, inc
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11th - 12th
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Global Politics: How do we Define Peace?
This is an inquiry-based, structured and fully scaffolded series of lessons on defining peace, specifically focusing on the features of both positive and negative peace. . There is no excessive heavy reading for the students; everything is broken down into easily accessible chunks. There are lots of examples to look at from across Global Politics.There are six tasks, which are all differentiated, with all resources provided. There are plenty of visual aids for EAL students. It is very discussion
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11th - 12th
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AP® US Government Unit 5.2 Voter Turnout (Graph Interpretation)
Unit 5.2 of the AP curriculum explores the way that state laws, demographic characteristics and structural barriers impact levels of voter participation in the US.The United States, with its unique history of expansion, opportunity, immigration, religious freedom & racism, contains one of the most demographically complex populations on Earth. And nowhere is this diversity more clear than in the nation's varying rates of political participation.This self-contained learning packet presents st
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10th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP® US Government -- Unit 5 Bundle (Political Participation)
AP® US Government Unit 4.6 - Evaluating Public Opinion Data
Unit 4.6 of the AP® curriculum focuses on opinion polls, and how pollsters' various methods impact the credibility, reliability and accuracy of their work.This eight-question short answer worksheet is designed to help students better understand the unique place that public opinion polls hold in US politics. Working with a suggested reading from the Brookings Institution* the exercise challenges students to understand why most Americans distrust polls yet still consider them important. What funct
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP® US Government - Comprehensive Full-Year Accompanying Curriculum
AP® US Government Unit 4.3 - Changes in Ideology
Unit 4.3 of the AP® curriculum assesses the process by with political ideologies are shaped by social factors, such as age, race, nationality and socioeconomic status.This two-part worksheet is designed to help students better understand the broad range of viewpoints that exist in American politics. Part I is a seven-question political spectrum exercise that tasks them with ranking familiar political mottos on a liberal to conservative scale of 1 - 10, and then asks them to explain their answer
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11th - 12th, Higher Education
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Also included in: AP® US Government - Comprehensive Full-Year Accompanying Curriculum
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