The purpose the electoral college and its role in the 2000 US Presidential Election is the focus of this animated video. Use this film as the basis of a class debate about the need for the electoral college.

Students read excerpts of the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution. Using the documents, they identify the ideas of how the government should be run. In groups, they develop a skit that encourages people to be...

Students review the roles and responsibitlies of members of Congress. After reading excerpts of a book about one member, they write their own version about the same representative. They also identify the challenges and benefits of begin...

High schoolers identify the roles and responsibilies of a member of Congress. In groups, they brainstorm a list of qualities senators and representatives should have. They also work together to develop a brochure for someone to examine...

See various examples of connotations in phrases and semantics. Speech acts are displayed along with their contexts and meanings.

Students examine laws that have benefited the nation in a variety of ways. The congressperson in the legislative branch of the government primarily responsible for the passage of the law and the current representatives are sought in this...

Students identify key representatives in the legislative and executive branches of the Federal and State governments

In this elected officials worksheet, students write the names of those who represent them on the city, state or national level. Students write the names of their: chief of police, senators, representatives, governor and mayor.

In this US government instructional activity, 4th graders answer 7 question about the United States President, senators, and representative. They identify their mayor and write a short essay telling whether or not they would like to be...

In this bias instructional activity, students solve and complete 4 various types of problems. First, they identify the source of bias. Then, students reword the question in each to remove the bias. They also solve a word problem by...

Students identify and interpret traditional historical points of reference in U. S. history through 1877. Then they identify the foundations of representative government in the United States. Students also identify the American beliefs...

Fourth graders explore online information about the United States Congress, focussing on their local state representatives. Then they identify an issue that is important in their community and write to their local Congressman or woman...

Students find out who their national, state, and local representatives are and write and mail a letter to one of them. The letter should be persuasive and should attempt to influence their representative's vote on a given issue.

Students use the Internet to identify the representatives and senators for the state of Texas. They search for specific information using their home address and complete a worksheet.

Young scholars name some interesting backgrounds of Members of Congress, identify their current representatives in the legislative branch of the national government, and describe the background of one local representative or senator.

Seventh graders explore their local, state, or federal governments. They write a letter to one of their governmental representatives about a "problem" and "solution" of their choice.

Students, using what they know about what influences a representative's decision-making, solve current issues/problems provided by the teacher.

Students identify issues of concern to them and examine how legislators communicate with their constituents. They discuss ways to solve an issue by communicating their concerns with elected officials. They write a persuasive letter to a...

Second graders create rhymes in order to remember the names of representatives and executives in our government at the state level.