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- 11th
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Students examine how Rutherford Hayes should be elected President of United States in order for the Union to continue effective Reconstruction. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students examine the Electoral College's role in the election process. They conduct Internet research, and identify the elections in which the Electoral College played a deciding role. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine genealogists and how they are all part of a family tree. They create their own family tree or for Lucy Hayes, the wife of President Rutherford B. Hayes. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students research how and why a country elects to have an executive branch of the government. They study the office of the Presidency of the US. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students, depending on grade levels, participate in different activities. They focus on history for their activities. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students take a virtual tour of the White House. They examine what the White House symbolizes and how it should be preserved. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students examine the reasons why people leave their country to live in another. In groups, they use print and electronic resources to answer questions about where immigrants came from during different time periods and advice given to African Americans. To end the lesson, they calculate the distances to America from various European and Asian countries. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students assess where the presidents of the United States were born and analyze the role of geography in determining the outcome of presidential elections. They create graphs visualizing the birth and home states of the presidents along with the elections for President of the United States. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine the type of political reform in the 1800s. In groups, they analyze the Pendleton Civil Service Act and two other economic acts. To end the lesson, they take a quiz and discuss the impact of the acts on the timeperiod. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students role play one of the Presidents between 1877 and today. Individually, they use the internet to research the President through official documents, political cartoons and various editorials. Throughout the year, they are asked to speak in the voice of that President and how they did react to the situation. Full Review »
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