Curated OER
Teaming Up on Health Care
Use this political cartoon handout to help pupils understand the role the Blue Dog Coalition plays with regard to Health Care Reform. Football is used metaphorically to represent a player (Blue Dogs) tackling someone on his team (Obama)....
Curated OER
Healthcare Reform Lessons
Lesson plans about healthcare reform can help students get a better sense of the issues, and people involved.
Frontline
Obama's Deal
Government classes benefit from examining how a bill passes through Congress, while they focus on the compromises made by Obama's administration regarding health care reform. This includes an online video and a couple of handouts. The...
Curated OER
Cartoons for the Classroom: Bipartisan Filibusters
There is no doubt many changes or lack of changes are due to bipartisanism in the capital. Learners analyze a political cartoon that describes the issues surrounding changes to the current health care system, and consider whether...
ProCon
Obamacare
Former President Barack Obama reformed the United States' health care system with Obamacare, but is the new legislation good for America? Scholars read a historical timeline about the passage of health care reform laws and compare United...
Curated OER
Cartoons for the Classroom: Bipartisan Reconciliation
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about bipartisan reconciliation in America and respond to 3 talking point questions.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Democrats Push Through Historic, Controversial Health Care Bill
President Obama signed into law a historic health care bill; making the most dramatic changes to the American health care system in four decades. Follow the details of the bill, its history, and the controversy behind this historic bill,...
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Fixing the Health Care System
This Online News Hour page provides an overview of President Barrack Obama's interests in health care reform. Links are also provided to five health care related stories in addition to class resources suitable for grades 7-12.
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Should All Americans Have the Right (Be Entitled) to Health Care?
Website with comprehensive resources on the debate over the right to health care. Presents research, studies and arguments surrounding the topic.
Bill of Rights Institute
Bill of Rights Institute: Healthcare Act, Federalism, and the Commerce Clause
Utilize a lesson plan focused on cases brought against the federal government based on part of the Affordable Healthcare Act.
Siteseen
Siteseen: American Historama: Obama Care
Learn details about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obama Care) that was passed on March 23, 2010.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Hope and Change
In 2008, American voters, tired of war and dispirited by the economic downturn, elected a relative newcomer to the political scene who inspired them and made them believe that the United States could rise above political partisanship....
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Affordable Care Act
A learning module on the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered include identifying who was not...
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom Deliberations: Teaching About Medicaid
Learning module with lesson plan for teachers in which students learn about arguments from Democrats and Republicans, for and against the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Students use C-SPAN videos, read related articles and participate in...
C-SPAN
C Span Classroom: Teaching About King v. Burwell
Learning module with lesson plan in which students learn about the various for and against positions of the A.C.A. (Affordable Care Act) by watching C-SPAN videos and reading related articles, then participate in a classroom deliberation...
ProCon.org
Pro Con: Obamacare: Is Patient Protection Affordable Care Act Good for America?
Website outlines the debate over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act also known as Obamacare. Presents research, studies, videos and list of pro con statements.
CNN
Cnn: 10 Ways a Government Shutdown Will Affect Your Daily Life
With the deadlock between Republicans and Democrats over Obamacare, the government had to shut down in 2013. This article explains the ramifications of this for the average American. (Published: October 1, 2013)