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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 -
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