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Pbs Learning Media: Personality or Politics Activity | 60 Second Presidents Unit PlanPbs Learning Media: Personality or Politics Activity | 60 Second Presidents Unit Plan
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PBS
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
1170L
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Pbs Learning Media: Personality or Politics Activity | 60 Second Presidents

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In this activity, students learn the important role that both personality and political platform have in shaping presidential elections by watching videos in groups comparing presidents who won on personality and those who won on politics. They present what they learned and then all groups watch and discuss a video of Ronald Reagan who used both personality and politics.

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ronald reagan

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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