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Voter Behavior
Transform your government students into informed voters with this straightforward activity. Five matching questions and five multiple choice questions test students' knowledge on voter behavior and political parties, and the format lends...
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What are the 13th,14th, and 15th Amendments?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments are outlined in this PowerPoint. Each amendment is noted on its own slide, with a summary of its purpose and important sections of the actual document. Tip: Have students choose an amendment and write...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Turnout or Burnout?
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about voter turnout and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Registering to Vote
Eighth graders register to vote. In this registration lesson, 8th graders complete the first step of the voting process by completing a form. Students use this lesson to prepare for a mock election. The lesson is part of a unit.
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U.S. Constitution - Selecting the President
Students study how the electoral college works to select a U.S. President. In this history lesson, students examine the U.S. Elector College methods then answer questions and write an essay that relate to the state where they live.
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Youth Voter Campaign
Students examine the voting data for the state they where they live. In this voting instructional activity, students research possible ways to increase the number of people that vote then create a campaign to share an idea of their own...
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The constitution and Our Republic
Young scholars record and interpret data. In this constitution lesson, students discuss voting and making bar graphs. Young scholars practice voting and do a bar graph activity. Students make visual representations of votes on the board.
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Suffragists and Their Tactics
Students research the fight for voting rights. In this women's history lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the strategies employed by the suffragists to gain voting rights.
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Suffrage Strategies: Voices for Votes
Students discuss the history and importance of voting. In this voting lesson, students research the women's suffrage movement and the methods used to change people's beliefs about suffrage for women. Students also create posters to...
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Class Book Awards
Students create a class book award. In this book award lesson, students review the book awards already created (Caldecott or Newbery) and look at books that have received these awards. They come up with their own award and nominate new...
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How Women Got the Vote: The Story of Carrie Lane Chapman Catt
Students participate in a simulation and compare and contrast the arguments for and against womens' right to vote. In this civil rights lesson, students simulate disenfranchisement of women by allowing only half of the class to vote on a...
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Take a Stand
Students explore the importance of taking part in our government. In this government lesson, students decide between several families as to who will recieve a goat. Students try to convince each other who to vote for.
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 1
Students examine voting rights in the South during the 1950s and 1960s. For this civil rights lesson, students examine legal rights and the opportunity to cast votes. Students research primary documents regarding the topic and share...
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Nonviolence as a Tool for Change Lesson 2
Students explore nonviolent protest. In this Civil Rights lesson, students read the essay "Nonviolence and Racial Justice." Students present the information they gleaned from the essay to their classmates in order to consider how...
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Vote
In this following directions worksheet , students follow a series of specific instructions when coloring a large bubble letter word, "VOTE". This sheet is to encourage voting in U.S. elections.
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Voting And Elections
Students examine the voting practices of the past several presidential elections while using data to determine the influence of different factors. They identify the reasons for high or low voter turnout and then display the outcome of...
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How a Bill Becomes a Law
High schoolers engage in the democratic process and to learn how a bill become a law. Then they write a bill they would like as law in their classroom. Young scholars also form committees that will review the list of bills to determine...
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Growing Voters and Election 2004: Get Out the Vote
Students examine the voting process, the reasons citizens should vote, and participate in a community drive to sign up new voters. After looking at websites, students create a poster that outlines the reasons to vote, participate in a...
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What is a Democracy?
Students identify what makes a country democratic and compare United States and Indian political party symbols. They create their own political party and party symbol. They create a campaign speech, participate in the voting process...
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My Country, My Country: To Vote or Not to Vote
Students view a film about elections in Iraq. They examine the story of a doctor and his decisions to vote. They work together to complete a worksheet about voter turnout.
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Voting
Students investigate voter participation in the U.S. They watch and discuss a Bill Moyers video, complete a handout, and develop a plan to help a community overcome obstacles to voter participation.
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Our Constitutional Connection Lesson 3: To Vote Or Not To Vote? That is the Question!
Students design colorful posters to "get out and vote" after studying the three amendments to the US Constitution that extend voting rights. They analyze the importance of voting to a healthy democracy.
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Mid-term Elections: The Impact of Local and National Issues
Students discuss the right to vote and the significance of mid-term elections. They research and discuss mid-term issues and the importance of voting in these elections.
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All Those In Favor
Learners share opinions about measures recently passed in their school, vote on and argue for and against hypothetical school policies, and respond to a "president's" decision to pass or veto the measures.