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The Constitution and the Bill of Rights
$3.00Whether you are searching for that Constitution Day lesson or beginning a unit on the Constitution, this assignment is ideal! The resources includes a paraphrased version of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, as well as a series of 21 questions based...$3.00 -
Guided Practice Primary Documents of the Greatest Enlightenment Philosopher
$5.00Created by Lori (Curriculum) Sheets - Visit My Store Guided Practice Primary Documents of the Greatest Enlightenment Philosophers What did Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau and Montesquieu have to say when it came to law, government, natural rights, civic...$5.00 -
American Gov't / History Cabinet Battle Close Read Using the musical 'Hamilton"
$3.00Using the lyrics from Lin-Manuel Miranda's musical "Hamilton" students will be engaged in a close-reading activity that allows them to see the historical perspective and arguments behind our founding father's rationale surrounding our nation's creation...$3.00 -
Economics - Scarcity Production Possibilities Curve
$2.00Created by Lori (Curriculum) Sheets 4 page handout that offers reading and 8 questions over Scarcity, Opportunities Cost (Production Possibilities Curve)$2.00 -
DBQ The Development of Democracy in Colonial America
$6.00Created by Lori (Curriculum) Sheets - Visit My Store Presented in both a power point presentation as well as a pdf format, these primary source documents help students examine the influence of America's English heritage. Can be used as a full DBQ or...$6.00 -
Flipped Executive Branch / Bundle Unit
$25.00Are you interested in FLIPPING your classroom? Would you like to save yourself an entire week's lecture? Are you students always on the internet? Would you like a guided lesson detailed enough to cover all of the essential pieces? If you can answer yes...$25.00 -
Executive Orders - The Good, the Bad and the Weird
$6.00Critics call them "legislation by other means." Supporters defend them as a necessary tool for leading the country especially in the face of a Congress unwilling or unable to make tough choices. Whatever your position, the Executive Order has been used...$6.00 -
Economics - Supply and Demand Through Television
$7.00Are You An Economic Nerd? is a fun interactive writing exercise that will certainly engage your class. I have designed this particular lesson to focus on identifying Economic Principles and applying concepts of Supply and Demand through the...$7.00 -
AP GOV Flipped Bureaucracy Complete Unit - "Our Nation's Fourth Branch"
$25.00Are you interested in FLIPPING your classroom? Would you like to save yourself an entire week's lecture? Are you students always on the internet? Would you like a guided lesson detailed enough to cover all of the essential pieces? If you can answer yes...$25.00 -
First Day of History Activity (Think Historically)
$5.00A very simple exercise that can be presented on the first few days of class. Activity includes student handouts, video clip, power point (with teacher directions). Students are broken into groups and asked to analyze a visual from history. There...$5.00 -
Economic Principles - Using Children's Books to Teach Economic Thinking!
$4.00In this activity students are given a guide sheet to each of the economic principles: (Scarcity Forces Tradeoff, Costs versus Benefits, Thinking at the Margin, Trading Makes People Better Off, Markets Coordinate Trade, Incentives Matter and Consequences...$4.00 -
Constitutional Underpinnings Flipped/Bundle Unit
$23.00This high-interest flipped unit includes 50+ power point slides, video clips, visual links, primary source documents embedded into the unit. The focus directs students to understand the foundations of our nation's past by reading excerpts from primary...$23.00