AP Government and Economics
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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 -
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 -
AP Govt Complete Vocabulary Terms / Quizzes / Review Activities
$25.00In order for students to be successful in AP Government, they must be successfully incorporate vocabulary into their skill set. This curriculum is highly driven by vocabulary. In this full vocabulary bundle each unit (divided by topic) contains the...$25.00 -
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 -
AP Government / APUSH The United States Presidents - Tournament of Presidents
$20.00Created by Lori (Curriculum) Sheets - Visit My Store The United States Presidents - Tournament of Presidents. I have included 28 presidents with a printable form for students to research a specific President and assess their success in their assigned...$20.00 -
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 -
AP Government FRQ Example Project Book
$12.00Teaching AP Government students how to successfully complete a FRQ is the key to them earning a "5" on the exam. This project book is set up for students to work in "teams" and individually to work on 25 different FRQs that I have collected over the...$12.00