ADDING TEXT REMIX of Remix: Election Day: Our Civic Duty & Why ...
ADDING TEXT REMIX of Remix: Election Day: Our Civic Duty & Why It Matters: Grade 3-5 Students will build background and show understanding about government elections at the local, state, and national levels in the United States.
Students will write, revise, and edit an informational piece to demonstrate mastery of the topic of elections incorporating key academic content vocabulary.
Students will create a PPT with a teacher's model to demonstrate understanding and mastery of key content area vocabulary words.
Students will complete activities during independent work time or literacy stations. Provides a QR code for students to listen to stories (2 non-fiction and 1 fiction) about elections. After they listen to the stories they choose one of the non-fiction texts to write facts about, find the main idea and key details, and define new words
Students will explore the various ways they can ensure their voices are ...
Students will explore the various ways they can ensure their voices are heard regarding issues they care about. To help students appreciate their own value, intelligence, and potential as political actors (Anyon, 2005, p. 179) students will role play different ways of taking political action and reflect on ways to more effectively lobby for change.
Students will examine changes in African American voting rights throughout North Carolina's ...
Students will examine changes in African American voting rights throughout North Carolina's history. This lesson begins by reviewing key vocabulary. Students then independently research the history of African American voting rights in North Carolina using a primary source web quest or jigsaw activity.
Students will learn about North Carolina's little known eugenics program, as well ...
Students will learn about North Carolina's little known eugenics program, as well as explore the constitutionality of state mandated sterilization by reviewing the NC Supreme Court case, In re Moore. Stidents will culminate this lesson by making recommendations on how the state should make amends for the program's past controversial actions, as well as examine actual consolation recoomendations recently made by the North Carolina's General Assembly.
Students will explore the Age of Enlightenment through a Power Point presentation ...
Students will explore the Age of Enlightenment through a Power Point presentation and class discussion. Students will then further explore this period of history and its prominent figures by designing a dinner party for 12 Enlightenment thinkers. This project will encourage students to learn more about the period and the philosophers associated with it, as well as synthesize what they have learned while utilizing higher order thinking, group work skills, and creativity.
Albion W. Tourg spent his lifetime (1838--1905) dedicated to fighting for equality ...
Albion W. Tourg spent his lifetime (1838--1905) dedicated to fighting for equality and justice, during a period when rights for many were severely restricted or entirely denied. In this lesson, students will learn about the life and contributions of Albion Tourg through class discussion, reading, and group work.
In this lesson, students analyze the arguments used by Alexander Hamilton and ...
In this lesson, students analyze the arguments used by Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson regarding the role of the government in managing the economy.
In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the ...
In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Allegheny County v. ACLU and the 1st amendment. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.
In this unit, students examine the powers of the executive branch with ...
In this unit, students examine the powers of the executive branch with careful analysis of the president's war powers. Primary documents are used to establish arguments for and against the expansion of presidential prerogative.
After Sept. 11, 2001, the federal government created the Department of Homeland ...
After Sept. 11, 2001, the federal government created the Department of Homeland Security and tasked it with preventing future terrorist attacks on American soil. The creation of this massive and expensive bureaucracy resulted in a dramatic expansion of government scrutiny over individual Americans' behavior and, critics argue, a decrease in civil liberties. The degree to which these trends have made Americans safer is unclear.
This activity encourages students to review principles of the U.S. Constitution and ...
This activity encourages students to review principles of the U.S. Constitution and determine whether these principles are reflected in their school. Through researching their own school policies and reviewing constitutional principles, students will better understand the functions of their school and any constitutional connections. Through deliberation, students can review why certain principles are found in the school system and why others are not, and if any principles need to be better incorporated.
This resource briefly introduces the institutions of the Athenian democracy during the ...
This resource briefly introduces the institutions of the Athenian democracy during the late 5th century BCE through the end of the racial democracy in the late 4th century.
Students will gain an understanding of the role money plays in the ...
Students will gain an understanding of the role money plays in the US economy. The lesson begins with a simulation of a barter economy and discussion of the need for money. The students will then learn about the characteristics, functions, and types of money through discussion and reading an informative comic book about money.
In a guided reading activity, students will gain an understanding of how ...
In a guided reading activity, students will gain an understanding of how the economic concepts of supply and demand can be used to explain the drastic increases in the price of oil. Then, assuming the roles of General Assembly representatives or lobbyists, students will participate in a committee simulation debating and voting on a proposed gasoline tax suspension bill.
In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the ...
In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Bethel v. Fraser and the 1st amendment. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.
This divide over gun control is animated by different interpretations of the ...
This divide over gun control is animated by different interpretations of the Constitution: specifically the Second Amendment, its meaning, and its applicability in 21st century America. In this eLesson your students will explore some of the constitutional issues and policy proposals that make up the gun control/gun rights debate.
Students will explore the Supreme Court case Board of Education v. Earls, ...
Students will explore the Supreme Court case Board of Education v. Earls, in which high school sophomore Lindsay Earls challenged her school's drug testing policy. Students will watch a documentary on the case, apply the Fourth Amendment to the case, and further their understanding by participation in activities such as creating an anti-drug campaign and a moot court or mock trial.
This resource is designed to assist students in understanding the differences of ...
This resource is designed to assist students in understanding the differences of the 3 branches of U.S. government. It should take about 30 mintues to review the article and complete the graphic organizer. Answers to questions not found in the article can be completed as an internet research activitiy.
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