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Majority Rules

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars color code a map of the United States and label the amount of Electoral votes each state has. In this Electoral College lesson plan, students conduct a vote of their own.
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Citizenship Worksheet 4 - Selecting Leaders

For Students 8th - 9th
For this United States citizenship worksheet, students learn the process for how leaders are elected in the United States. Students are challenged with discussion and research questions and exercises that support the information they...
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Creating Hate: The Power of Words

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore why authors choose to use hate words in literature. In this power of words lesson, students complete group participation, journal entries, and written assignments to investigate the use of inflammatory language. Students...
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Lose a Vote, Gain a Vote

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the issues behind close Senatorial races. They investigate the qualities of political leaders, the 2002 senatorial elections and the differences and similarities between the Republican and Democratic parties.
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Election Vows

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the topic of same-sex marriage as a campaign issue, by reading and discussing "Gay-Marriage Fight Finds Ambivalence From Evangelicals." students evaluate the top five issues of importance to them;.
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Covering the Campaign Trail: Technological Progress or Temporary Chaos?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study the changes in reporting and journalism techniques that have evolved due to advances in technology by reading an online transcript. They debate whether the technological advances are positive or negative in the reporting...
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Education: Activities for Multiple Intelligences

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore the various types of intelligences and develop strategies to include them in their classrooms. In groups, they research multiple intelligences and create posters about them. Students present their posters to the class...
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Assessment Strategies in the Elementary School Classroom

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders in a teacher education program research various assessment strategies to use in an elementary classroom. In groups, they use the internet to discover different types of rubrics. Using this information, they create their...
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Primary Elections & Caucuses

For Students 5th - 8th
In this online interactive primary elections and caucuses learning exercise, students respond to 10 fill in the blank, true or false, and multiple choice questions regarding the information included in the provided paragraphs.
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Creating a Literacy-Rich Learning Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students in a teacher education program use a jigsaw method to identify the six areas of language arts to be taught in an early childhood classroom. They describe their vision of a literacy rich environment and practices uses a KWL...
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Reading Comprehension Volume 5, Number 11 : Campaign Finance Reform

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about campaign finance reform. Students fill in the missing words with choices from a word bank.
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Condorcet Method

For Students Higher Ed
For this Condorcet method worksheet, students answer 4 questions involving concrete examples, minority rule, and applying the Condorcet method.
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Leveled Problem Solving Percents and Fractions

For Students 5th - 6th
For this percents and fractions worksheet, students learn to solve problems percent problems using fractions. Students solve six percent and fraction word problems.
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Using Current Events to Understand Elections

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the the major phases of the electoral process for president.  For this US Government lesson, 11th graders compare and contrast the delegate system of nomination and the electoral college. 
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Campaign 2000

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research newspapers and the Internet to learn about the election. Students work in groups and choose a state that they want to compare to Florida. Students organize the data they have found into a graph labeling an "x" and "y"...
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U. S. Constitution - Elections and Terms in Office

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore American elections and terms in office. In this U.S. government lesson, students respond to questions about voting rights. Students  then write position papers on the existence of the Electoral College.
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Un-Presidented Election

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the results of the 2000 presidential election. They look back at important issues in the campaign and write newspaper articles which cover specific angles on the election.
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Bush Re-Election Campaign Revisited

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the direct role played by George W. Bush in the 2004 election campaign. They compare these campaign conditions and tactics with those in the 1992 presidential election, and present information in the form of a Powerpoint...
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Assessing Public Opinion Polls

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to the purpose of public opinion polls. Using recent polls, they determine the demographics of who was interviewed and when and where the interview was conducted. In groups, they develop their own public...
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The Presidential Election Process

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine the presidential election process and discover that presidential elections are decided by the electoral college and not popular votes. They see that each state has a number of electors, and understand how this number is...
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Choose or Lose: The Electoral Process

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners examine the local and national election process. In groups, they brainstorm a list of the issues important to them and compare them to an overall list of issues present in the election. They analyze graphs and complete...
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Rainforest Counting

For Students Pre-K - 2nd
In this rain forest counting learning exercise, students look over a picture of the rain forest and count how many frogs, butterflies, ants and weeds they see in the picture. Students write their totals in the boxes next to each mini...
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Word Meanings From Context

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this word meanings worksheet, students utilize context clues to assist them in choosing the appropriate multiple choice meaning of each underlined word in ten passages. Students interact with skew, legitimate, manipulate and embittered.
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Worksheet 16: Plurality

For Students 9th - 11th
In this plurality worksheet, students study a given set of voting statistical data. They use the plurality method to determine the election results. This two-page worksheet contains four multi-step problems.

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