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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Wwii on the Home Front: Civic Responsibility

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Smithsonian Education presents a lesson covering the WWII's propaganda program which enforced the ideals of Civic Responsibility. Provides eight pages of poster examples, detailed background over the time period, and the goals of the...
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Project Citizen

For Teachers 7th - 8th
This project is intended to help students learn how to express their opinions, and how to decide which level of government and which agency is most appropriate for dealing with a problem they identify. They then gather relevant...
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: We the People: Project Citizen

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed lesson has students examining their community. The students then have class discussions, assignments and a portfolio to complete. A separate teacher site is available.
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Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: How Does Government Secure Natural Rights?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students to some basic ideas the Framers used in creating the kind of government they thought would best protect the natural rights of each individual and promote the good of all. At the end of the lesson, students...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Civics: Government

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides basic information about our government.
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iCivics

I Civics: Win the White House

For Students 9th - 10th
In this virtual simulation game, student will run their own Presidential campaign. Students will raise compaign funds, poll voters, launch media campaigns, making personal appearances, and monitor electoral medeals
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Presidential Communication: Foundational

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides foundational-level practice questions over types of US Presidential communication. These questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Roles and Powers of the President: Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides advanced-level practice questions over roles and powers of the president. These questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Presidential Communication: Advanced

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides advanced-level practice questions over types of presidential communication. These questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Articles of Confederation

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions over The Articles of Confederation. These questions are intended for students taking high school or college level American Government and Civics courses, including the AP...
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iCivics

I Civics: Curriculum Units

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of Social Studies units, WebQuests, and games that focuses on teaching students how government works and the importance of being responsible, informed American citizens. Units are linked to state standards. A teacher...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Finding Civic Solutions

For Students 7th - 8th
These tutorial explains what responsible citizenship looks like and ways individuals can contribute to their communities. A PDF file of the tutorial is available.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: American Government: Civil Liberties and Responsibilities

For Students 9th - 10th
Georgia Virtual Learning module on civic responsibility in the U.S. offers mult-media resources.
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iCivics

I Civics: Immigration

For Students 9th - 10th
A WebQuest on the history and process of immigration to the United States, and the reasons and forces that influence people's decisions to immigrate. Each page has a question to answer, and a link to a site with information specific to...
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iCivics

I Civics: Colonial Influences

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Where did the American colonists get their ideas that lead to a revolution and a whole new kind of government? This lesson explores the Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, Cato's Letters, and Common Sense.
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iCivics

I Civics: Voting by Mail

For Students 9th - 10th
Because of concerns over COVID-19, many states may ask people to vote by mail this year. Are you ready to vote on Election Day 2020?
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iCivics

I Civics: Mini Lesson: Gerrymandering

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will try their hand at a simplified districting exercise and learn about the common gerrymandering practices of packing and cracking districts. Students then explore the media's traditional roles as gatekeeper, agenda-setter,...
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iCivics

I Civics: Mini Lesson: Filibusters

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about filibusters and how and why senators use them, then they take a look at how news coverage of a filibuster can be transformed through neutral, positive, or negative framing.
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iCivics

I Civics: Mini Lesson: Executive Orders

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover how presidents use executive orders to wield power and how the legislative and judicial branches support and challenge these measures.
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iCivics

I Civics: Foreign Policy: War & Peace and Everything in Between

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the distinction between foreign and domestic policy and what role the executive branch plays in foreign policy and the primary tools it uses: foreign aid, the military, and treaties.
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iCivics

I Civics: Government & the Economy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how government and the economy are related and the difference between market, command, and mixed economies.
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iCivics

I Civics: Banks, Credit & the Economy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the relationship between money, banks, and lending in our economy.
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iCivics

I Civics: Mini Lesson: Midterm Elections

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will learn about the midterm election, its role as a referendum on the presidency, and how a shift in party control impacts the legislative and executive branches.
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iCivics

I Civics: Trial Court Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners learn the vocabulary and process of small claims court and have the chance to play plaintiff, defendant, judge, and jury in this simulation. The lesson is complete with witness statements, evidence, a trial script, and jury...

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