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Grade Range
6th - 12th
Rating
5 Stars

Students research current world political leaders, as well as the opinions of their supporters and critics, in order to create a "Present Political Leaders Hall of Fame" display for the classroom. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 12th
Rating
4 Stars

Students explore political topics and issues that often involve discussions of race or ethnicity. They develop campaign speeches voicing their stances on their assigned topics and explore how their racial and/ or ethnic backgrounds shape their views. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students discuss the history and pitfalls of human use of power and explore the relationship between human nature and democratic political culture. They role-play various scenarios and discuss the ethics of behavior involved. Full Review »

Grade Range
4th
Rating
3 Stars

Students create a database of major political leaders from Tennessee, the symbols, and events associated with them. They complete a test using the database information. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students analyze social and economic beliefs to determine where individuals are located on the matrix as well as identifying social and economic issues in the statements of political leaders and citizens. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 12th
Rating
5 Stars

Students consider how political candidates' backgrounds and characteristics factor into public perception and election results. They define what factors are important to them when considering presidential candidates and work in groups to write short biographies of trailblazing political candidates. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 12th
Rating
5 Stars

Students examine their own political party affiliations and political beliefs. After reading an article, they discuss how students at Duke define their political philosophies. They brainstorm events, people and experiences that have shaped their own political philosophies and write an essay outlining their philosophy. Full Review »

Grade Range
6th - 12th

Students consider the problems and issues that arise when a government has more than one person at the head of the government and explore the possibility of China's military chief's resignation by reading and discussing the article "China Ex-President May Be Set to Yield Last Powerful Post." They write a letter to one of China's current political leaders with a suggestion of how to remedy the current power issue, grounded in historical background Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students compare and contrast the perspectives of those living in the United States and Croatia in regards to living in a democracy. In groups, they use the internet to research the different social issues affecting the two countries and how it lead to the rise of political parties. Full Review »

Grade Range
9th - 12th
Rating
3 Stars

Students compares Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, and Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson's Vice President. They use the duel between the two as an opportunity to contrast two early political leaders that have stark similarities as well as definte differences. Full Review »