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Sophia: Hail to the Chief: The Presidential Election Instructional VideoSophia: Hail to the Chief: The Presidential Election Instructional Video
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Sophia Learning
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Instructional Video

Sophia: Hail to the Chief: The Presidential Election

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Video tutorial offers a comprehensive look at presidential elections that include: political parties, qualifications needed to be president, how caucuses and primaries work, the voting process, and the role of the electoral college. [20:36]

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Concepts

democracy, elections, presidential elections

Additional Tags

electing the president, election process, presidents, sophia, sophia learning, u.s. presidents

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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