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The Election of 1912 ActivityThe Election of 1912 Activity
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Constitutional Rights Foundation
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7th - 12th
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The Election of 1912

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The Election of 1912: an election with four competitive opponents. Pupils get to know the candidates with informative reading passages that provide context to the election. Then, the class engages in a debate and answers questions as one of the candidates to show what they know.

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Concepts

elections, the bill of rights, american history, theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, the republican party, socialism, the democratic party, american democracy

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Extend learning by asking scholars to manage a social media profile of one of the candidates from the Election of 1912
  • Flip the class by assigning some of the readings as homework

Classroom Considerations

  • Amount of reading time varies depending on literacy level of your class members

Pros

  • Learners better understand the intensity of debate by engaging in their own 
  • Includes comprehension questions to test for learning

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.2.6 SL.9-10.1.a SL.9-10.1.d SL.11-12.1.a SL.11-12.1.d SL.11-12.3 SL.11-12.6 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.10 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.10 WHST.9-10.1.a WHST.9-10.2.a WHST.9-10.4 WHST.9-10.7 WHST.9-10.10 WHST.11-12.1.a WHST.11-12.2.a WHST.11-12.4 WHST.11-12.7 WHST.11-12.10

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