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Government Common Core RI.6.8 resources
Presidential Election: Passages - Distance Learning Compatible
With this resource, students will learn all about the presidential election process through reading engaging passages on differentiated reading levels. Students can respond to short-answer questions after reading. The questions are aligned to informational text reading standards. Teaching notes and lesson plans are included. This resource can be printed or shared digitally. What is included?+ Printable and interactive digital versions5 reading passages – (See topics below.)5 differentiated readi
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3rd - 8th
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CNN 10 Student News Reflection & Analysis - Easy Printable!
*UPDATED WITH NEW HOSTS - NEW SEGMENTS COMING SOON!*Help your students learn more about current events and the world around them with this engaging analysis and reflection activity and CNN10 (formerly CNN Student News)My students LOVE CNN10 and these forms are the perfect way to help keep them engaged and focused during these news segments - there are over 20 different versions, with a variety of questions, prompts, and reflection activities, which help to create variety!These templates are perf
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5th - 12th
Time for an Equal Rights Amendment?
During the 1970's both houses of Congress approved an Equal Rights Amendment that would prohibit discrimination based on sex.The amendment needed 38 states to ratify it in order to be added to the Constitution. It was ratified by 35. Almost 50 years later the debate still continues.This year for woman's history month ask your students:Should the Equal Rights Amendment be ratified?Students will analyze arguments from both sides. They will reach a conclusion and write a solid argument using the
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6th - 8th
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Love Letter to a US Amendment: Government Civics Valentine's Writing Activity
This fun Valentine's Day writing activity allows students to show their creative or funny side without getting behind in content. This writing activity requires students to use historical claims to write a love letter to their favorite amendment. Suitable for Civics, US Government, or Comparative Government.IncludesScaffolded instruction page and resource websitesThree Differentiated pages: one scaffolded for ELL/IEP/504 with checklist rubric, one with lines and checklist rubric, and one with a
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6th - 12th, Higher Education
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Close Reading: The Secret Service-Life in the White House Set #1
How much do your students know about the Secret Service and the nuclear football? This close reading informational text resource will challenge your students and teach them interesting information at the same time. Close reading strategies, annotation symbols, vocabulary sheets and text dependent questions are provided in this no prep resource. Did you know about the weight sensitive pressure pad underneath the carpet in the Oval Office? Students will read with pleasure as they discover the secr
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5th - 8th
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Journalism Investigative Reporting Activity *online teaching ready*
In Journalism class, we have a lot of “did you hear about…” moments where students share what they have heard in the news. As issues in the news become more polarizing, I felt that it was important to ensure students were not just jumping to conclusions about the issue or event, so that is how the Investigative Reporting activity came to be. It is a simple to use worksheet that would help guide students to research ANY topic from a legal and journalistic standpoint. My students love this acti
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6th - 12th
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US Constitution Teacher Resource Guide - 40+ Lesson Plans!
U.S. Constitution Teacher resource guide! In this lengthy resource guide, you will find:40+ Lesson Plans, Multi-Lesson Units, and Resources to support instruction related to the U.S. Constitution, Civil Rights, Voting, and other important topics!Lesson plans and Resources specifically tailored for US History, Government, Civics, English, Visual Arts, and Performing Arts Grade 6-12 classroomsEach resource has a link to the materials, suggested grade level(s), brief overview, related topics/concep
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6th - 12th
Race & Racism in America - How did We Get Here? (Mini-Curriculum)
"How did We Get Here" is a mini-curriculum devoted to investigating the roots of institutionalized racism in the modern United States. "The Enduring Catastrophe of Reconstruction" is the series' 1800-word first installment, which begins with the Civil War's end in 1865. What were the "Civil War Amendments" and "Radical Reconstruction?" When did the last Union Army troops withdraw from the South? Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? What was the Jim Crow Era? This 17-page learning packet seeks to p
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Pres. Barack Obama 2016 Speech at the Democratic Convention-Rhetorical Analysis
This resource includes the Common Core annotated text and marginal notes for President Barack Obama’s Speech at the Democratic National Convention delivered in Philadelphia, PA on July 28, 2016. This resource includes 85 marginal notes aligned to Common Core standards and elements. Reading and annotating informational texts is a critical component of the Common Core State Standards, and analyzing informational texts is a key skill that students will need for college and the jobs of the future. U
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6th - 12th
Close Reading Informational Text: A President's First Day in Office
Have your students ever wondered what happens the morning a newly-elected president wakes up in his bed in the White House on his very first day in office? How does the president order breakfast? How does he find out what is going on around the world? What happens if he needs to leave the White House? Who protects him? Students will follow the president through his first full day in office and learn what a typical day for a newly-elected president is like. Topics include: ordering breakfast, the
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5th - 8th
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Rhetorical Appeals (Ethos, Pathos, Logos) in the Gun Control Debate
This notetaker provides a YouTube link to a discussion (11m25s) featured on the TODAY show between a survivor of the Pulse nightclub shooting and a member of the NRA. Students watch the video, taking down notes in the graphic organizer for when they hear statements made using each of the rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos). Students then process what they watched by writing a scaffolded statement summarizing a key argument by each speaker. This will undoubtedly inspire some rich discussion
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
BRINGING DOWN A PRESIDENT by Andrea Balis & Elizabeth Levy - Teacher Guide
A middle-grade retelling of Richard Nixon’s downfall, Bringing Down a President: The Watergate Scandal is an inventive and timely look at one of the biggest scandals to ever rock our nation, by Andrea Balis and Elizabeth Levy, featuring graphic novel–style illustrations by Tim Foley. Composed almost completely of primary source quotes (good thing Nixon’s recorder was on) and interspersed with contextual narrative, this captivating account of the trials and tribulations of the Nixon administratio
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4th - 8th
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