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Elections - voting rubric pdfs
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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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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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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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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Candidate Brochure Checkbric
Students use this checkbric to check off the completed parts of the "Candidate Brochure", offered by Teacher's Clubhouse. Teachers then use the checkbric when scoring students' "Candidate Brochure" projects.
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