Foundations of Democracy Teacher Resources

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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Impeachment

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the process of impeachment. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Multiple Points of Influence Due to Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the points of influence from the separation of powers and checks and balances. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses,...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Federalist No. 51

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the Federalist No.51. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the separation of powers and checks and balances. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ratification of the Us Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions over the ratification of the US Constitution. These questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Article Vii of the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the Article VII of the Constitution, the process by which the Constitution was ratified. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Article Vi of the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses Article VI of the US Constitution. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Federalist No. 10

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the ratification of the Constitution. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Founding Principles: Congress

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn more about Congress and why it's so important for a healthy democracy. Through a study of foundational documents like the Constitution and completing a careful analysis of lawmaking (and lawmakers!) students learn why Congress is...
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Instructional Video
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Federalist No. 10 (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
This video lesson from Khan Academy discusses the Federalist No. 10. This lesson is intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP Government course. This is Part 2 of...
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Handout
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: The Supreme Court: Landmark Cases: Marbury v. Madison (1803)

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS features a summary of the landmark Supreme Court case of Marbury v. Madison, which deals with the principle of "judicial review." Opinion written by Chief Justice John Marshall.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Public Opinion: Voice of the People

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine public opinion and the various means in which to collect it as well as how the government uses the opinions collected. This resource offers video, readings, web resources, and activities.
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Unit Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: The Rule of Law

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students examine primary source materials including the Book of Laws, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and the Magna Carta in order to understand their meaning and to compare them. They then prepare an argument on...
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Website
Utah Education Network

Uen: Civics: Government

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides basic information about our government.
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Instructional Video
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Government and Politics: Controlling Bureaucracies

For Students 9th - 10th
In which we learn how bureaucracies are kept in check. In prior episodes, we discussed what bureaucracies are, and why they are formed. In this episode, we finish our discussion of bureaucracy by looking at methods that other branches of...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Battle to the Death: Adding Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The goal of this lesson is for students to use manipulatives to add integers, creating concepts rather than memorizing rules. This lesson will be related to the 300 Spartans who battled the invading Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae,...
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Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Colonial Williamsburg: Politics in Colonial Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores the politics involved in Colonial Williamsburg, leading up to the American Revolution. Content focuses on famous speeches, documents, and influential people.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed article defines the term republic, discusses the characteristics of a republican government, examines significant republican governments throughout history, and looks at different types of republican governments in the...
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Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Part 25: Individual Rights and the Common Good

For Students 9th - 10th
Democracies must weigh very carefully the common good and the basic rights of the individual. [1:11]
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Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: New Constitutions

For Students 9th - 10th
On today's episode, we discuss which countries have drafted new constitutions since 1991.
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Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: Frequent Recurrence to Fundamental Principles

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of the paragraph of the Virginia Declaration of Rights that has arguably been the most influential. [1 min. 2 secs.]
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Constitution as Supreme Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the history and structure of the U.S. Constitution as the "supreme law" of the land of which state and federal laws may not conflict and can only be changed by the American people.
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Principles of Government

For Students 9th - 10th
Outline of the man principles of U.S. government under the constitution.
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Audio
Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics:we the People:the Ideal of Self Government Spreads to the World

For Students 9th - 10th
How have American ideas about self-government spread to the world? Find out on today's 60-Second Civics.