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Save yourself a couple of hours prep with this slide show that can introduce Civics, give an overview or review important concep... ByKathleen Applebee
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This is not a complete unit plan. It is a 93 page series of four comprehensive lectures that covers the most important topics of the AP Government ... ByJoseph Tusing
An interactive computer file that has the speech written down. Computer based. Excellent reinforcement activity
Students read the text and fill ... ByGavin Frost
This is an organizer that I created to help with note taking while discussing The Supreme Court's power of judicial review and its two opposing beh... ByBrooke Travers
This is a 2-page note sheet over Civil Liberties: Protecting Individual Rights that go along with the powerpoint presentation on this site.... ByKen Norman
This lesson plan is an excellent anticipatory set for a government unit (or even an entire government course). Student play Rock-Paper-Scissors wit... ByMiranda Bailey
This document is a chart for students to record details about three different types of communities: urban, suburban, and rural. Students will recor... ByChrissy Beltran
This PowerPoint/Keynote goes was made to coincide with the Newseum lesson called "Would you fight for all 5?" You can download it for free on the N... ByMake History Fun
This is a summary and analysis sheet for a political cartoon. This sheet will help students connct political cartoons to current events. There ar... ByMrs. Miller
This is a five slide interactive PowerPoint presentation that displays the various checks and balances within the three branches of the federal gov... ByBissy
A young high school student applies for and gets hired as a waitress at a local restaurant. She is reminded by the owner to report her tips to the... ByInteractive Education
Students will research a current event and prepare a summary and class discussion. This is designed to promote higher level thinking and class par... ByJenn
Committee simulates the interaction of key congresspersons, lobbyists, and the president during the process of considering the president's legislat... ByTammy Raiton
This product utilizes primary source documents to analyze the type of work that the US House of Representatives handles on any given day. It compar... ByJefferson Adams
This is a detailed assignment for a short documented persuasion paper on the issue of oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The ass... ByGail Pearlman
Students come up with scenarios to go along with the 8 exceptions to the warrant rule such as Search After Legal Arrest. "John is arrested while t... ByMrs. Miller
Many of us are finding the increased presence of military recruiters in our schools disturbing, especially given the one-sided nature of their mess... ByGrammargator
This is a PowerPoint presentation of the Declaration of Independence. It gives the process that the Congress went through to determine whether or n... ByDaniel Jones
This powerpoint document summarizes seven different careers pertaining to wildlife - animals or plants - in kid-friendly terms. These careers can b... ByBecky Brumm
The study guides, known in teacher-talk as graphic organizers, are designed to cover the material essential to a real understanding of U.S. governm... ByJoseph Tusing
A simple circle map template. These maps could be used to brainstorm specific things we're Thankful for and/or being helpful in specific settings.... ByThe Kinder Queendom
A seven question introductory quiz on Thomas Jefferson and may be used as an anticipatory set. A powerpoint presentation in a quicktime movie form... ByMr. Harms
Wishing to find a way to help your students work towards future goals? This is a simple graphic organizer that will help students to think beyond g... ByS Mann
Students make a locker decoration on an independent, Republican, or Democrat background. The locker decoration includes personal qualities and int... ByMrs. Miller
Job Hunting Etiquette Quiz is a set of 20 True/False questions involving certain rules or protocols that should guide a job-seeker's conduct. See ... ByBruce Wentzell
Based on William Upski Wimsatt's book, No More Prisons, and an article on WireTap.com (http://www.wiretapmag.org/stories/14122), this lesson asks s... ByNatasha Salinas
Smatboard Kooshball game for high school economics. Topics include The fed, banking systems, government finances, inflation, budgeting, functions ... ByJoel Allen
Understanding Consumer Contracts, Terms & Definitions is a quick and easy glossary and useful guide for anyone. When people are involved in busine... ByBruce Wentzell
This is a great lesson plan that my students deeply enjoy!
Objective: Students will create a storybook/scrapbook to explain and apply the inform... ByHistory Wizard
This is an ongoing activity for middle school or early high school. It encourages students to compare varying perspectives of local, national and g... BySarah Gavan
This project asks students why there have been political uprisings in the Middle East. They are given the opportunity to design a thesis, annotatio... BySkylar Van Steenis
A two-page document on political cartoons that uses Barack Obama as the subject matter.
On the first page students are introduced to "political... ByMark Aaron
Students will gain a comprehensive knowledge of the Articles of Confederation through this lesson plan. First they will learn to distinguish the di... ByMiranda Bailey
Use this 13 page download to create a colorful bulletin board to celebrate Veterans Day (November 11th)!
** Includes a student page also to disp... ByL Ackert
This activity is designed for AP Government and Politics students to work in groups to determine the validity or public opinion polls. Students are... ByJefferson Adams
This is a list of about 45 current books that relate to the study of U.S. Government. They are books of comparable length (200-400) words and most... ByLarry B.
This project includes two parts: first, student groups research and present information to the class on a current political party in America, incl... ByJenn
In this COMPLETE lesson from InspirEd Educators, students will participate in a simulation that demonstrates the difference between open and closed... ByInspired Educators
Neo-Nazi, Dennis Newland, arrives at a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood. He begins speaking on a public sidewalk praising Adolf Hitler and defam... ByInteractive Education
My desire with this play was to make the people and the debates involved in the Declaration come alive for students. The “play” includes vario... ByCatherine Jaime