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36 Public Policy Questions to Energize Your Government/History Classroom Debates Lesson Plan36 Public Policy Questions to Energize Your Government/History Classroom Debates Lesson Plan
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36 Public Policy Questions to Energize Your Government/History Classroom Debates

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Need topics that are sure to engage your debaters? This list of public policy questions includes such topics as school mascots, regulation of major league baseball, physician-assisted suicide, and violence in video games. A great resource to add to your curriculum file.

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critical thinking, debate, public speaking, public policy

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Options for Affecting Public Policy

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Letter-writing, e-mail and telephone campaigns, petitions, marches, meetings, with lawmakers. Options for influencing elected representatives are the focus of resource that details how to craft each of these approaches to influencing...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
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Federal Policy and Immigration

Constitutional Rights Foundation
How is federal policy established? To gain insight into this complex and often messy process, class members read an article that uses information on attempts to establish public policy in immigration to illustrate the role proposed...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
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The Formation of Public Opinion: Ch 8

Curated OER
After reading about the formation of public opinion, the class can complete this quiz. They answer 5 true/false statements regarding public policy, political attitudes, and public opinion. Then they answer 5 multiple-choice questions...
10th - 12th Social Studies & History
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Step Five: All about Public Policy

iCivics
Public policy is important to understand because it affects everyone. The resource tells middle schoolers how the government uses policy to accomplish goals in the administration. It includes a reading, true or false worksheet, a...
6th - 8th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
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Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

ProCon
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal? Using a debate topics website, pupils prepare to discuss the morality and legality of euthanasia. Scholars discover historical case studies involving assisted suicide, explore state-by-state...
9th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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Debating the Issues: Ralph Bunche and Civil Rights

Curated OER
Synthesizing information from a PBS documentary Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey, its companion website, and several other resources (links to which are provided), high schoolers evaluate whether Bunche did all he could to advance the...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
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Khan Academy: Public Policy and Economic Growth

Khan Academy
Practice what you've learned about growth policies in this four-question exercise.
9th - 10th Social Studies & History
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Policy Brief

University of North Carolina
Not all writing assignments take the form of an essay. When it comes to politics, it's all about policy briefs. This type of writing is the topic of an informative handout, which is part of a larger series on specific writing...
9th - Higher Ed English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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Considering the Role of Values in Public Policy

Brown University
Strong opinions come from deeply held values. Young citizens explore the values that are most important to them in a class discussion and activity. As they prioritize a list of values cards that include freedom,...
9th - 12th Social Studies & History
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Debates

C-SPAN
How do the presidential debates of 2016 compare to the debates from the 1980's? What about the 1960's? Evaluate a chosen candidate or issue from the 20th and 21st centuries with a lesson plan focused on political debates. Middle and...
7th - 12th Social Studies & History
CCSS: Adaptable
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