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Electoral Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine electoral systems and reach conclusions and judgements about the extent to which these requirements are met. The Canadian electoral system be examined as one other electoral system.
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What Does Respect Look Like in School?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss why everyone needs and wants to feel respected. As a class, they share what respect looks like and what disrespect looks like. They pretend they have to leave their most valued object with a secret agent and what...
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Lower the UK voting age?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the designs of the voting age in UK. Students relate the topic to their own legal rights to vote. Students take a quiz to poll all the answers. Students present findings to the class.
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Gender Shouldn't Limit You!

For Teachers K - 6th
Students examine political gender biases. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students participate in a mock classroom election which requires them to vote for a boy or a girl. Students discuss the election results and gender bias.
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Gender Shouldn't Limit You

For Teachers K - 5th
Students decide what gender should be their classroom president.  In this gender role lesson, students debate on the roles of the genders, and if they ever intertwine.  
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Government Bingo

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students play a Bingo game to review the facts and concepts of the Canadian System of Government.
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One Word Substitution

For Students 4th - 8th
In this word matching worksheet, learners match the words in column one with their definitions in column two. Students complete 10 matches.
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Hike Preparation

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine hiking preparation.  In this hiking lesson plan students plan and pack a bag for a day hike, explore wildlife safety, and investigate the teamwork involved in a group hike.
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Electronic Elections

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate the role of voting in democratic societies and the potential of voting on the Internet.
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Constitution Day: The 1965 Alabama Literacy Test

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the United States Constitution.  In this American Government lesson, 10th graders read excerpts from President Johnson's speech to Congress and parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. ...
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Government and Parliament

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discover how the government works in the United Kingdom and the functions of the Parliament. They hold a mock election and campaign.
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Iraq: The Challenge of Securing the Peace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, are assigned a policy option. One of the other groups assumes the role of the President and his advisors or of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Yearbook Interviews

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students apply interview techniques for yearbook articles. They interview the teacher and classmates. They must write questions that are grammatically correct in order to have them answered by the teacher.
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Voting Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view many viewpoints on Britain's voting systems. Students compare/contrast various forms of electoral systems. Students trace the steps to proportional representation.
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State of Michigan: Mi Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Kids don't have to be residents of Michigan to enjoy this site! There is lots of information as well as fun activities contained in six sub-categories: Yikes! Central (safety), sightseeing, way back when, you.gov, our backyard, and map it.
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Mi Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Kids don't have to be residents of Michigan to enjoy this site! There is lots of information as well as fun activities contained in six sub-categories: Yikes! Central (safety), sightseeing, way back when, you.gov, our backyard, and map it.
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Mlksb: Why We Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn why we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a holiday. Also gives a brief description on the life and work of Dr. King.
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The Nlrb: The Wagner Act of 1935

For Students 9th - 10th
College student paper outlines the Wagner Act and the National Labor Relations Board set up by that act which addresses union collective bargaining and secret-ballot elections.