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Presidential Inauguration Speech Analysis and Discussion Questions
$3.75Students read and analyze excerpts from 13 inauguration speeches by completing one of 2 styles of graphic organizers, answering 6 questions, and making a word cloud. In each speech students look for items related to foreign affairs/military, social...$3.75 -
Campaign Project for Any Election
$3.75Students will create an election campaign (for president, governor, senator, etc) using one of three project options. This includes teacher information, 4 extension tasks, 5 websites for research starting points, 3 project options, points distributions,...$3.75 -
Presidential Debate Analysis and Graphic Organizer
$3.50Students will learn more about presidential debates, the topics covered, and the policies/stances of both parties by answering 12 questions, completing a graphic organizer, and completing 3 creative tasks. The graphic organizer has students identify the...$3.50 -
Presidential Election Map Activity
$3.00Students will complete this election results map to track voting results during any election for the electoral college votes and popular vote (each map has additional instructions for students). They will also answer 7 questions--5 before the votes are...$3.00 -
Constitution Point of View Analysis
$3.25Students will read 12 quotes in support of or in opposition to the Constitution and answer one question per quote. They will also identify if the quote supports or opposes the Constitution and will provide evidence from the text supporting their answer...$3.25 -
3 Branches of Government Mini Projects
$3.50Students will review what they learned about the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative Branches by making trading cards, a cube, or both. Both options balance academic requirements with personal choice and creativity. There are 8 requirements for the card...$3.50 -
Constitution and Government Card Sort Review Game in English and Spanish
$3.00This U.S. Constitution and American Government Unit Card Sort Review Game will help your students match vocabulary terms to definitions, important dates to events, and important events to significant figures. There is an English and a Spanish version...$3.00 -
Researching Landmark Supreme Court Cases, Judicial Branch American Government
$5.25This project is designed to allow students to research multiple landmark Supreme Court Cases regarding the U.S. Judicial Branch. Objective Students will research multiple Supreme Court Cases. Students will have the option of completing the activity in...$5.25 -
US v. Nixon Primary Source Analysis
$3.25Students will read excerpts from Chief Justice Burger's unanimous opinion on US v. Nixon regarding Executive Privilege as related to the investigation surrounding Watergate. They will then answer 15 questions of varying degrees of difficulty (one has...$3.25 -
Hernandez v. Texas Primary Source Analysis
$3.25Students will read excerpts from Chief Justice Warren's unanimous opinion on Hernandez v. Texas regarding the 14th Amendment and Mexican-American civil rights in 1954. They will then answer 16 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. The answers are...$3.25 -
Texas v. Johnson Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read excerpts from Justice Brennan's majority opinion and Chief Justice Rehnquist's dissenting opinion on Texas v. Johnson regarding flag burning and whether it is protected under freedom of expression. They will then answer 24 questions of...$3.50 -
Lochner v. New York Primary Source Analysis
$3.50Students will read excerpts from the majority (Justice Peckham) and dissenting opinions (Justice Holmes) of Lochner v. New York and answer 15 questions of varying degrees of difficulty. There are then 5 additional questions/tasks for students to complete...$3.50