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Theodore Roosevelt

For Students 9th - 12th
For this online interactive history worksheet, high schoolers respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Theodore Roosevelt. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet. 
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Worksheet
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Strangled by Special Interests

For Students 8th - 12th
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about special interests groups and respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Visual Idiom, A Lame Duck

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about lame duck sessions and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Family and Social Policy

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
Review main topics relating to family and social policy using this resource. Learners answer eight questions related to the theories behind certain social policies.
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Debating in the House of Commons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils order the stages of a debate in the House of Commons. They review the rules of debates using a printable worksheet. They form groups of proposers and opposers to host a debate.
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Child poverty in Argentina

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read the story "Argentinean kids march 4,500km for rights." they are introduced to the phrase "human rights" and are asked for a working definition. They discuss how the students were made to live and how would they feel if...
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"My Hero"

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate heroism through the ages. They complete an online Webquest, explore various websites, compare/contrast different types of heroes, answer discussion questions, and locate newspaper articles about someone they consider...
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Assembling the Best Possible Cabinet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students organize a list of qualities that a person must have to become a Prime Minister in Canada, and in groups discuss the quality of choices made by each group. They compare/contrast the list with the current Prime Minister.
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Lincoln, Patriotism and Protest

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore arguments surrounding Abraham Lincoln's opposition to the Mexican War. They compare the arguments surrounding Lincoln's opposition to war with those surrounding war protestors during the Persian Gulf War in 1991.