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Equal Rights Amendment
$5.50This activity allows students to debate the issue of an equal rights amendment to the Constitution. After studying the background of the E.R.A. and both sides of the issue, students are asked to support or oppose a constitutional amendment. They are then...$5.50 -
Economics | Business Organizations | Simulation & Activities | Distance Learning
$2.99In this 12 page activity, your students have everything they need to learn about the various types of business structures/organizations (sole proprietorships, franchise, partnership, corporation) that exist and the advantages/disadvantages of...$2.99 -
Current Event: News Clips ~Current Event Activities~
$1.50This resource includes 8 Creative Activity prompts that students can choose to complete while watching current event video clips such as CNN 10- Student News, Fox News, Opinion pieces etc. Also included is a Graphic Organizer (worksheet) for students to...$1.50 -
U.S. Government: How a Bill becomes Law Graphic Organizer
$1.75This is a great 2 page graphic organizer plus student extension activity that your students can complete using their class textbook or internet research. The short internet extension activity included allows students to scan a QR code to look up a...$1.75 -
Social Studies Studio Daily Activities Pack 4
$3.00Is engagement lacking in your classroom? Do your students say, "Ugh this again?" under their breath when given a warm-up? Do you just need fresh ideas? Well, here at Social Studies Studio we got you covered! This activity pack is a must have for all...$3.00 -
Economics | 4 Types of Economies of the World | Document Based Activity
$3.49In this 11 page Economics activity, you have everything you need to conduct a lesson/student activity on the types of economies of the world (Command, Traditional, Market and Mixed). In this lesson your students will: 1)...$3.49 -
Iron Triangle Project
$5.00I have been teaching American Government for ages and I try to find new ways to engage students with certain topics. Teaching Bureaucracy and the concept of Iron Triangles / Regulations became a lot easier with this activity. Students are paired up and...$5.00 -
Write in Bureaucratese (Bureaucracy)
$5.00Using resources provided, students will be given tools in which they work to re-write a famous children's nursery rhyme into "Bureacratese" which ultimately allows them to creatively apply how bureaucratic red tape becomes part of a political system...$5.00 -
American Government DBQ (Federalism and Physician-Assisted Suicide)
$4.00A complete Document-Based Question that includes 7+ documents, charts, visuals that lead students to write an essay as to whether the national government should legitimize physician-assisted suicide. Contributor: Lori Sheets Pages: 8 Key: N/A$4.00 -
Economics | 21 Economics Videos with Worksheets! | Student Activities
$3.75This Economic video collection contains 21 public access video links (QR Codes and web addresses provided) and corresponding worksheets for various economic topics. Most video activities (video and worksheet) can be completed in 10 minutes or...$3.75 -
Economics | Business Structures | Want to own a franchise | Web-Quest Activity
$1.99This is an Economics web-quest activity, a perfect addition to a lesson on business structures. Specifically students will answer the following: What does it take to start a franchise? How is this business structure unique? In this...$1.99 -
U.S. Government | 6 Basic Principles of the Constitution | Student Activity
$1.75This 2 page graphic organizer/worksheet is a great short activity to introduce or review the 6 Basic Principles of the Constitution (Limited Government, Checks and Balances, Popular Sovereignty, Judicial Review, Separation of Power, and...$1.75