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The Brief American Pageant: The Eisenhower Era
Starting with the election results of Eisenhower over Stevenson in 1952, this presentation features additional maps about the elections of 1956 and 1960, with electoral votes by state. Additional slides detail the Far East (Vietnam,...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: All Eyes on the Iowa Caucus
Explore the primary elections through political cartoons. Three talking points guide deeper thinking as pupils analyze a cartoon, which depicts the 2008 campaigning in Iowa. Analysts identify caricatures, research why winning Iowa is...
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The Right to Vote
In this voting worksheet, students identify and discuss changes in voting rights throughout American history.
Then, they identify why voting is an important right for Americans. Finally, students create voting bookmarks instead of or in...
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Using Current Events to Understand Elections
Eleventh graders explore the the major phases of the electoral process for president. In this US Government lesson, 11th graders compare and contrast the delegate system of nomination and the electoral college.
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US Election: Barack Obama
In this Barack Obama worksheet, learners read 2 pages of basic information about President Obama, then complete true/false questions, locate sight words in the selection, complete fill-in-the-blank questions and a word search.
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Chemical Interactions: Atoms and Bonding
Watch budding chemists interact with the resource on chemical interactions. In the unit, six lessons provide an overview of basic chemistry, from understanding the development of atomic theory to distinguishing between ionic and covalent...
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Where Do They Stand?
In this presidential election worksheet, young scholars research the 2008 presidential candidates and create a booklet of candidate profiles that clearly differentiate each one. They also assume the identity of one of the candidates and...
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Navigating the Road to the White House
Students explore U.S. politics by researching the Presidential requirements. For this electoral process lesson, students identify the main requirements to become a Presidential candidate and the two main political parties. Students...
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The Big Picture-Economic Security in the Country and your Community
High schoolers explore economic security at the local and national level during the time period preceding the 2008 presidential election. They fill out surveys on their thoughts and concerns regarding the US economy, and watch a video...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Tooning into the Candidates - Fred Thompson
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about about 2008 presidential candidate Fred Thompson. Students then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Leader of the Pack
Students take a closer look the 2008 London mayoral race. In this current events lesson plan, students research the listed Web sites that include information about the candidates for mayor and their attributes. Students also gather...
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Landmark Supreme Court Cases and the Constitution: Reynolds v. United States (1878)
Learners examine the impact of court decisions. For this Supreme Court lesson, students read the Reynolds v. United States (1878) case study regarding first election decided by the House of Representatives. Learners take notes on...
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Voting Ballot
For this voting process worksheet, students use the ballots to vote in a mock election or classroom election. Students may write the candidate names or initiatives in the blanks.
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Breaking News English: McCain Picks Female Running Mate
In this English worksheet, students read "McCain Picks Female Running Mate," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Curriculum
How do you affirm and negate a statement of value? What is refutation? Interested in debate? Introduce your class to the format of the Lincoln Douglas debate with 14 lessons, designed to be used in order, so that debaters learn the logic...
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Presidential Birth Requirement
Every president of the United States must be a natural-born citizen, but the definition of natural-born is not as straightforward as it seems. Secondary scholars examine two points of view surrounding the constitutional requirement and...
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You Know the Answer
In this problem solving activity, 4th graders are given an answer to a question and must solve the mathematical problems to discover the secret question. Students solve for 18 problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and...
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Election Day Cryptarithm
In this algebra worksheet, students rewrite word problems using clues, into algebraic equations. They break the code deciding between political candidates John or Barack. There is an answer key to this problem.
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Elect Me! Creating a Campaign Platform and Video Commercial
Students conduct political campaigns. In this campaign investigation lesson, students research political parties and political offices. Students choose an office to run for and create election videos that incorporate propaganda techniques.
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What Does 'Post Racial' Mean, Anyway?
Eighth graders explore where they personally stand on a post-election continuum, spanning from euphoria to despair. For this American History lesson, 8th graders read and discuss an article immediately following the election and a later...
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Voting in Violence
Students create K/W/L (Know/Want to Know/Learned) charts to study the political violence following Kenya's 2008 presidential elections. They draw connections between this and other events currently taking place around the world.
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Presidents and the Constitution: Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation
Students consider the impact of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation In this U.S. Constitution lesson, students read a narrative regarding the move by Lincoln to officially end slavery. Students take notes on the case and respond to...
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Zimbabwe
Students explore the hardships being faced by the people in Zimbabwe. In this World History lesson, students research the challenges of Zimbabwe, such as hunger, poverty, low life expectancy and political controversy. Upon completion...
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Irregular Plural Nouns Sentence Search
In this irregular plural nouns sentence search worksheet, learners connect the words using horizontal and vertical lines to form sentences.
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