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How We Elect a President in the United States
In this United States government worksheet, learners learn how a president is elected in the United States. They then answer the 11 definition questions and complete an activity in which they create a platform for a presidential...
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The Cold War: Planning for Survival
Students prepare a documentary-style dramatization about government and personal measures taken to ensure survival in the event of nuclear war.
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The Cold War: Civil Defense or Nuclear Disarmament?
Students research the positions of civil defense and nuclear disarmament during the Cold War era. They participate in a class debate to support a given position.
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WWII: The War Effort at Home
Students explore the different ads used by the military. They use media reports and the internet to research the war effort at home during World War II.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates, John Edwards
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about John Edwards and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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"Political Polls"
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students, after reading a short article called "Political Polls," fill in a crossword puzzle utilizing the highlighted words from the article to answer the clues going across and down.
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Graphically Speaking
Students discover the links between population and Congressional representation. In this government instructional activity, students research population statistics and create spreadsheets that compare population to the number of Congress...
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Breaking News English: Kuwait Elects Its First Female Politicians
In this ESL/EFL comprehension lesson, learners read or listen to an article entitled, "Kuwait Elects Its First Female Politicians." They discuss the article and complete a variety of comprehension activities such as true or false, fill...
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Breaking News English: Teenage U.S. Mayor
In this teenage U.S. Mayor instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates - Fred Thompson
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about about 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates: Barack Obama
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about Barak Obama and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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No Name-Calling Week
Your can help reduce bullying in the classroom and on the playground with this activities during No Name-Calling Week.
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18 Year Old Elected Mayor in U.S.
In this ESL worksheet, students first read an article about an 18 year old student who was elected mayor. Students complete 7 pages of exercises about the text. Included are questions, vocabulary, discussions, synonyms and completing...
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Jackie Steals Home
Students read articles relating to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the racial barrier in professional baseball. This leads to a deeper exploration of racism in the United States. They use a variety of worksheets imbedded in this plan to...
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Creating and Maintaining a Budget
Students explore the videogame, Sim City to create functioning cities. They develop and maintain a budget for their cities, and present their city using a Powerpoint presentation.
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In Praise of Political Parties
High schoolers research a political party and prepare a report about its history, philosophy, and the party's position regarding two major political issues. They complete a variety of additional creative activities regarding their party,...
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Religion and the Environment
Students consider the role of environmentalists in the United States. In this political issues lesson, students compare and contrast the evangelical vote in the U.S. with the liberal vote as they read selected articles and watch Moyers...
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Breaking News English: University Fees
In this University fees worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Breaking News English: Aung San Suu Kyi
In this Aung San Suu Kyi learning exercise, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Act of Sabotage?
Students examine animal cruelty laws in Great Britain. In this health lesson, students visit selected websites to research animal cruelty laws as they consider animal rights and hunting rights.
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Hi - I Am!
Seventh graders examine the 13 members of the Canadian Parliament. They research regional issues and concerns and how they are addressed in the Parliamentary system, and present it to the class in the form of a Powerpoint presentation or...
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Breaking News English: Iran Resumes Nuclear Work
In this English worksheet, students read "Iran Resumes Nuclear Work," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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CANDIDATE COMPARISON
Students identify the names of major contemporary political parties. They explain why a person might choose to vote for one candidate for President of the United States over another candidate. They identify the two major political...
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Voting
Students participate in a role play where they run for office and address the issues they want to fix. In this voting lesson plan, students then vote on which candidate they want to run their classroom.