John Meeks

Make the grade on the Florida Middle School Civics End of Course exam. These benchmark-based activities (with answer keys) are designed to teach or reinforce basic concepts in Middle School Civics and/or Law Studies. Perfect for school or home practice

Local government curriculum for civics and law studies is here! It's easy to find material for teaching about the federal government and it gets challenging finding state government lessons. Local government? That is where we scratch our heads the most. Here is new material that can help you teach local government in Duval County middle school civics and law studies classes. It is a work in progress, though, so please feel free to share your constructive input with the author. These lesson

Take learning about the lawmaking process higher on the Depth of Knowledge (DOK) chart. With this activity, students will apply what they know about the lawmaking process to various scenarios. A word bank is available to help students.

Art is not a luxury, it is an integral part of teaching social studies from a humanities angle. I have created these simple activities to promote art in the classroom and to afford students the chance to be creative as well as incorporating higher level thinking skills in the classroom.

This activity is designed to help students differentiate between delegated, concurrent, and reserved powers. It is helpful for reviewing the lesson as taught earlier. It is also helpful as remediation.

What are the obligations and responsibilities of citizenship? Middle school law studies and civics teachers in Duval County, Florida will benefit from this material that directly complements their current lessons and curriculum.

Three simple rotation activities to help teach SS.7.C.1.6 (Interpret the intentions of the Preamble of the Constitution) in Florida Seventh Grade Civics.

Students learn about the types of propaganda through the context of political advertising in this activity.

This activity is useful for seventh grade civics in Florida. This activity is directly related to SS.7.C.2.12 (Develop a plan to resolve a state or local problem by researching public policy alternatives, identifying appropriate government agencies to address the issue, and determining a course of action.

Art is not a luxury, it is an integral part of teaching social studies from a humanities angle. I have created these simple activities to promote art in the classroom and to afford students the chance to be creative as well as incorporating higher level thinking skills in the classroom.