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\nC-SPAN Classroom: Middle School Civics\n

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\nIntroduce middle schoolers to the roles and powers of the three branches of the United States government, with the 21 resources in the C-SPAN Civics collection. Sorted into the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial...\n
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\niCivics: Mini Media Literacy Library\n

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\nDesigned for the high school classroom, the mini-lessons in this collection combine studies of the United States government with news literacy skills. Each lesson includes a civics reading, a news literacy feature, and a news literacy...\n
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\nA Very Big Branch\n

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\nThrough detailed secondary source reading material and an interactive \"true/false\" activity, learners discover the depth and complexity of the executive branch in the United States government. Topics covered include executive...\n
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\nExecutive Government: Executive Decision Making\n

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\nStudents make executive decisions. In this Social Studies lesson, students explore the concept of executive decisions through a game of chess. Students role play a year-level formal plan and implementation.\n
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\nMini-Lesson: Presidential Appointments\n

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\nCan the president of the United States hire anyone he or she wants for any position in the executive branch? The answer may surprise scholars! After investigating the appointment process, historians, by themselves or in pairs, analyze...\n
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\nBell Ringer: The Role of the President's Cabinet\n

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\nGet the class rolling with two short videos designed to launch research into and discussion of the role of the President's Cabinet. The first clip focusses on George Washington's vision for the Cabinet while the second looks at how the...\n
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\nThe Executive Command\n

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\nTake on the role of president of the United States with this interactive online game, which will acquaint your learners with the various responsibilities of the executive branch of government. While not an in-depth or complex resource,...\n
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\nWhat Can You Find in the Cabinet? \n

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\nLooking in the cabinet can be fascinating! Examine the various departments of the Executive Cabinet in this group research project, which jigsaws so each small group has a different department and presents to the class. Groups create...\n
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\nExecutive Government: Executive Decision Making\n

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\nStudents explore executive decision making in the federal Cabinet. They are able to explain the need for executive decisions. Students explore how executive decisions are implemented through government departments.\n
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\nAdvising the President: A Simulated Cabinet Meeting\n

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\nStudents, as Cabinet members, \"advise\" the President on one current pressing problem or concern facing their department or post. They prepare an Action Plan with possible alternative courses of action that meets budget constraints.\n
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\nMini-Lesson: Presidential Succession\n

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\nWho is in line for the presidency? Learners research the line of succession in the executive branch. They analyze the role the cabinet plays in a situation where the president and vice president are not able to serve. Along the way,...\n
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\nAbraham Lincoln Reading Comprehension—The Presidential Years (Part 1)\n

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\nHail to the Chief! Your class learns about Abraham Lincoln winning presidency and choosing cabinet advisors through a reading passage and paired multiple choice questions. The resource offers great practice for state tests and...\n
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\nBell Ringer: Identifying Roles of the President\n

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\nThree short videos introduce viewers to three of the roles play by the United States President. In his role as Commander and Chief of the armed forces, President Regan discusses the Grenada Invasion. President Trump demonstrate his...\n
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\nPrimary Source Worksheet: Letter from George Washington to the Cabinet\n

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\nAnalyze the significance of George Washington's letter to his cabinet in which he sets forth a tradition of neutrality in wartime for the United States.\n
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\nThe President’s Cabinet\n

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\nIn this presidential cabinet activity, students read the 15 descriptions of Cabinet positions and match them to the appropriate titles.\n
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\nThe President's Cabinet: Choosing the Right Person for the Job\n

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\nStudents examine the Federal Confirmation Process for filling cabinet members by completing a confirmation process flow chart. They research the process, and participate in a mock Confirmation Process.\n
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\nEngland's Cabinet\n

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\nStudents investigate the UK Parliament, its Prime Minister, members, and duties. They decide which posts would make up a cabinet to run their school. They compare this to the posts needed to run the country and select a cabinet for...\n
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\nChecks on Presidential Power\n

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\nStudents examine presidential powers. For this checks and balances lesson, students identify the constitutional and informal restraints of the president and consider the reasons for the limitations.\n
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\nWho Gets the Job?\n

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\nStudents explore the process for presedential Cabinet appointments. They determine common characteristics found in members of the Cabinet.\n
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\nWe the People: An American Government Project\n

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\nThe Power of an MP versus Their Loyalties to the Cabinet and Caucus\n

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\nStudents analyze the benefits and drawbacks that the government MP faces belonging to a party caucus and their association with a powerful executive in the cabinet.\n
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\nThe President's Cabinet\n

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\nEighth graders obtain information about the President's Cabinet by using a template, and exploring the bookmarked Internet sites.\n
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\nNinth graders research the fifteen Executive Departments. They explore and explain the structure of the federal bureaucracy. Students organize their information about the Executive Departments in a PowerPoint presentation.\n
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\nThe average American will move 12 times, which results in a lot of moving furniture! Class members consider the forces required to move objects with a creative simulation that opens with the forces required to push a filing cabinet....\n
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