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Environmental Voting Records of Legislators

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students collect and record data on the environmental voting record of their local and state legislators using the Internet. They identify examples of environmental problems or endangered species in their state.
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Daruma

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study the significance of the daruma through history since the sixth century. Students discuss good luck symbols used by other cultures. Students make a paper mache daruma, filling one eye and setting a goal.
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Weather Wonders

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the weather through a role-playing game.
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Changes in Groups

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify changes that can occur in groups and recognize whether change can be good or bad.
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Let's Debate - Demonstrating Effective Communication Skills

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore and engage in the art of debate. When both sides have been presented each pair have a few minutes to prepare a rebuttal based upon what the opposing side has said. A rubric imbedded in this plan is used as an...
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The Insurgency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a documentary about the Iraqi insurgency. They discuss the documentary and comment on what they feel the United State's response should be in a debate format.
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Opportunity for Students in the Parliamentary System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore youth programs which promote Canadian citizenship and democracy. They study Canadian parliamentary institutions.
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Who To Believe?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret meaning from opposing views on the same topic, and discuss that there is often so much "spin" and "hidden agendas" in the media.
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Focused Learning Lesson: American History

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders use a chart to compare and relate events that have happened in the past to ones that are occuring now. If an event is unclear, they research it and add it to their chart.
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California Primary 2000

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the open primary system and the candidates that appeared on the ballot in California's Presidential Primary in 2000. A variety of issues and sites are explored and form the focus of this instructional activity.
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Social Studies: Public Sector Spending

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students watch a Powerpoint presentation on public spending. After a discussion, they compose a written comparison of the public sector spending plans of the three major British political parties.
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An Extraordinary Woman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research a famous woman from a previous lesson. They develop a chant about her and her accomplishments. They share their findings with the community.
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Presidential Campaigning

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a simulated presidential campaign by conducting research on the Internet. They define a party platform, run a campaign and write and deliver speeches in teams. Students can then act as the electoral college...
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The Inaugural Speech: Setting The Tone For The Administration Of A President

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the Inaugural Speech of the President of The United States while comparing two speeches. They conduct research to find the two speeches on the internet and look at them side by side. The lesson includes background...
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A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION: A SIMULATION

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discuss two computerized options to change the current U.S. government. In this Constitutional Convention lesson, students write a statement advocating for one of the choices and participate in a mock modern Constitutional...
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Measurement and Problem Solving

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students solve problems using a calendar. In this calendar instructional activity, students complete a worksheet of math story problems. Example problems are provided. 
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Breaking News English: Iran Resumes Nuclear Work

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Iran Resumes Nuclear Work," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Election Collection: Election Central 2016

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a collection of classroom resources to engage students during the 2016 Presidential elections. These include links to news, debates in the classroom, the election process, lesson plans, historical presidential speeches, etc.
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Cyberbee

Cyberbee: Election Lessons

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These Election Lessons contain a variety of activities to use in your classroom, including a history of campaign buttons. Many of the links use primary sources from the Library of Congress.
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Pbs Learning Media: Election Central 2016: Debating in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This link from Election Central 2016 focuses on debating in the classroom by providing several activities, lesson plans, teaching materials, and video clips of Presidential debates and how to hold classroom debates.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Election Choices: 2008

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Usa.gov: Presidential Election Process

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow the path to being elected President of the United States. Each step is highlighted and explained with examples if applicable. Also, contains a downloadable infographic that can be used in the classroom to explain this unique process.
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C-SPAN

S Span Classroom: Gerrymandering

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete learning module provides students with multi-media information from which they examine and debate the gerrymandering process, debating who should control the redistricting process. Site includes lesson plan, vocabulary...
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Annenberg Classroom: Popular Election of the Senate

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline documenting the history of popular election of the senate in the United States.

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