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Electoral College Map Game Simulation & Activity | Presidential Election 2024
The Presidential Election is always an exciting time for students. As students watch the Democratic Party candidate and Republican Party candidate campaign to become President, teachers love the opportunity to join in the intrigue and successfully teach about the political process.One common unknown in this race for the White House, is the mysterious electoral college. Many students are surprised to hear that the President is not necessarily the candidate with the most popular votes, but rather
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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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Government Adapted Book with Comprehension Checks Autism and Special Education
This Levels of Government adapted book with “wh” questions includes a definition of government, rules, Local, State, and National Government responsibilities, and government leaders. Topics are “Special Education” friendly and are not extremely in depth. This is a great way to expose students to Government while working on communication skills- answering “wh” questions and comprehension. Each page has 2-3 informative sentences with a picture(s). After each page (or a few pages), there is a “
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PRESIDENTS DAY PROJECT: Summarize the Life and Biography of a President
Students will create a slide presentation, video, or any project format about a President of their choice. This project explains what students must research and includes a grading rubric for the teacher. Students will research both personal and executive events of their chosen Commander in Chief. It's great for a President's Day activity, a substitute teacher, or for any unit that studies the United States Presidents. Helpful websites are even included to help students find appropriate informati
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Conspiracy Theory? Kennedy Assassination- AWESOME INQUIRY LESSON-3 days
With this lesson students play detective, look at suspects and theories, and rule out those theories relating to the Kennedy Assassination.
This includes 11 Documents and videos to help students question suspects and rule out theories to have them develop their own belief as to who killed JFK.
I LOVE this inquiry lesson because I had my students use posters and create web links similar to most detectives on crime shows.
THEY LOVED THIS!
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Guns Legislation- 2nd Amendment: Can Gun Control laws reduce violence?- Project!
Guns Legislation Assignment
Can Gun Control laws reduce violence?
“A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a Free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed…”
- Second Amendment to the US Constitution (1791)
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After 45 school shootings in 2016, many Americans are wondering: Why haven’t we done more to prevent this kind of horrific tragedy?
Americans possess more than 200 million firearms. Each year about 640,000 violent cr
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10-Week Complete Citizenship Program Curriculum
10 Week Citizenship Program CurriculumDesigned for 2-hour classes that meet twice a week for 10 weeks (can be modified accordingly)Each week contains: A detailed lesson plan, interactive PowerPoint lesson, quiz reviewing pwerpoint materials and featuring the relevant civics questions (from the USCIS 100 possible civics questions), dictations (to practice USCIS sight words), and other interactive readings and activities.Curriculum also includes:-pre- and post- USCIS practice tests-N-400 form prep
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UN 2030 Sustainable Goals Lesson Plans + Activity BUNDLE
This UN 2030 Sustainable Goals Bundle includes the following products:-Multi- day lesson plan: Introduction to goals, graphic organizer, local and international action -Infographic Activity: Students create their own infographic of an SDG of their choice-SDG Commercial: Students create a commercial of the SDG of their choice
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Multi-Day Lesson Plan: UN 2030 Sustainable Goals (E Learning Friendly)
This multi-day lesson plan introduces, instructs, and connects the UN's 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to students' own daily lives. This lesson plan includes: -Step by step instructions and links to follow for online resources - Student-friendly videos/resources for introduction of sustainability and the 17 SDG's-UN 2030 SDG's PowerPoint (1 slide per goal with sample goals) -Activity: Graphic Organizer: a) What are the 17 goals? b) What do they mean? c) What can you do? -Follow up Activity:
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Also included in: UN 2030 Sustainable Goals Lesson Plans + Activity BUNDLE
Economics Activity: What is Money? A Create Your Own Currency Activity
Overview:Students are in charge of designing new money or currency for a current nation or a fictitious country of their own. The currency will need to be detailed, creative, not able to be counterfeited, and meet the six characteristics of money as outlined in the student directions.What's Included:- Student directions including the 6 characteristics of money- Explanation of visual representation and written description of their currency- 10 specific details must be met (i.e. - symbols, anti-c
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Political Participation: VOTING Lesson Bundle! 5 No-Prep Lessons
CIVICS / GOVERNMENT LESSON BUNDLE5 No-Prep Lessons - PowerPoints Included - All Editable!01: INTRODUCTORY LESSONDefinition of Political Participation and discussion questionsFill-in scaffolded notes (follows PowerPoint) on types of Participation: voting, protest, town hall meetings, contacting public officials, sign a petition, contribute money, campaign, run for and hold public office, join an interest group, discuss and share.What is political participation important? ReadingExit Slip: How can
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Constitution Day -- U.S. Constitution Overview and Fun Scavenger Hunt Activity
Get ready for Constitution Day with this easy to implement lesson plan complete with all the materials you need to communicate the broad range of topics covered in our nation's written constitution. PERFECT FOR DISTANCE LEARNING OR A PAPERLESS CLASSROOM -- CAN BE DONE FULLY ONLINE AS A TPT DIGITAL ACTIVITY!Many teachers start off study of the U.S. Constitution with the Preamble. This is a logical place to start, certainly, but why not back up a step and begin instead with helping students unde
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US Government Teacher/Sub Activity: Intro to US Government DBQ
DBQ: US Government This 45-60 minute lesson plan is appropriate for teachers or to use as emergency sub plans. Brief short readings are included in the packet for students to analyze and complete a final activity about the United States Government. Everything is included for this lesson.Students will be required to read and analyze each document. They will show their understanding by answering a series of questions related to the documents that they read. Historical Context: The writing of the U
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Famous Important Landmark US Supreme Court Cases PowerPoint Slideshow
A well-designed slideshow detailing basic facts of 21 Famous Important Landmark US Supreme Court Cases. A great way to introduce or review for your History, Civics, Law or Social Studies classes. File opens in Microsoft PowerPoint and you can edit it to your liking. List of Landmark US Supreme Court Cases included in this slideshow:1. Marbury v. Madison, 18032. McCulloch v. Maryland, 18193. Gibbons v. Ogden, 18244. Dred Scott v. Sandford, 18575. Plessy v. Ferguson, 18966. Korematsu v. U
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Constitution Bundle: 8 Activities, Games, Projects, & Resources for Grades 5-12
This bundle includes a variety of lessons, projects, and games for students to deepen their understanding of the U.S. Constitution. By access the Google Drive folder, you will have the following:Teacher Lesson PlansStudent Project Guide(s)Student ActivitiesStudent Reflection Project Planners and more!Skills developed and enhanced:Vocabulary & conceptsCritical & reflective thinkingDigital literacyCollaborationSpeaking Click the following links to learn more about each:Vocabulary Building
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PowerPoint of President, Governor, Mayor
PowerPoint is done for the state of Georgia, but pictures and names can be changed to fit any state. All information except pictures and names are specific to the actual job not the person.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Liscence is per user. One teacher can distribute to one class.
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The American Revolution- An Era of Revolutions
In this Google presentation, students will get an overview of the American Revolution, how it began, how Americans won, and the government establishments made afterwards. This will lead us into the revolutions of Europe. Included are 4 class discussion/review questions at the end.
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Also included in: An Era of Revolutions Unit Bundle
The Rise of Totalitarianism
In this lesson, students will learn about totalitarianisms and the different ways to achieve total control. This lesson focuses on forms of control such as police terror, propaganda, indoctrination, censorship, and religions persecution. We will learn how Joseph Stalin used each of these methods to transform the Soviet Union into a totalitarian state.
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Reconstruction Gallery Walk/ Stations Activity: Mega Pack
Two gallery walks? That’s right! This MEGA PACK is a bundle of my two best-selling Reconstruction-era gallery walks. COMBINE these two assignments into one LARGE gallery walk/stations activity with 16 STATIONS OR DIVIDE them up into two to three days of highly engaging instruction. Check out the individual product listings for specific information about each! Questions, comments, or suggestions? Feel free to contact me at americashistoryteachershop@gmail.com. Happy teaching! Enjoy this deal!
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The Federal Budget and Taxation in America Analysis Activity
Calling all Government teachers!Do you want your students to understand the Federal Budget? Do you want them to think critically about where their tax dollars go and how our tax code works? If you answered yes to either of these questions, this is the perfect lesson for you.In this lesson, students complete a brief warm-up assessing their knowledge of the federal budget/taxes. Then, the teacher walks the students through some notes that explain the differences between mandatory spending and di
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VOTING: How To Vote, Register to Vote, Voter ID Debate
UNITED STATES CIVICS LESSONS: VOTING - HOW TO VOTEFull Lesson with PowerPoint PresentationSee Preview!Lesson Summary:Discussion Questions to spark conversation:Do you know what your local polling place looks like? Where is it? What do you do when you get there? Do you need to show ID before voting? Video link: First Time Voters Registering to Vote: information by state Visit Vote.Org to learn about registration and other policies What to expect at your polling place – Types of Voting Machines
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Also included in: Political Participation: VOTING Lesson Bundle! 5 No-Prep Lessons
Civics & Government: Connecting the Court & the Constitution
Canva presentation that provides background knowledge on what is considered a landmark court case, explains how court cases connect to the United States Constitution, and has a matching activity with explanations and answers.
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Constitution & Government Vocabulary Activities & Games (4 Resource Bundle)
This bundle is a combination of resources to help students demonstrate their understanding of various terms and apply their knowledge.Students engage in three types of matching activities within this bundle:They match words with their definitions.They match words with their scenarios.They match words with their definitions and scenarios.This permits students to not only understand the meaning of words, but also apply their knowledge by determining which scenarios match with terms.Students can wo
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AP Government Unit 1 Section 2 PowerPoint (5 Lessons Total, AP 1.4)
This detailed PowerPoint is for you to use however you want!I have prepared it so that if you need to present a lesson but do not have anything ready, this PowerPoint is as simple as just downloading and ready to present! All slides have been formatted as well!This series of lectures/lessons also aligns with AP Standards 1.4If you are teaching government, you might need some help on your first few lessons. This PowerPoint teaches lessons 7-11 and covers all of the basics of:Our First Form of Gov
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