AP Government and Economics
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Simulation: Federal Reserve Banking Simulation Economics
$3.00Product Description This simulations is designed to allow students to engage in a simulation that will emphasize open-market operations, fractional reserve banking, required reserve ratio, lending, and credit. I use these for my on-level...$3.00 -
2 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Simulations Activities for Economics!
$2.99Product Description These two simulations are designed to allow students to engage in a hands on activity to exemplify the importance of how GDP is calculated and the difference between Nominal and Real GDP. I use these for my on-level...$2.99 -
Economic Goals Poster Project Economics Economic Systems
$3.99Product Description This project is designed to allow students to be creative with the Economics course content. The nine economic goals of freedom, security, equity, growth, efficiency, price stability, full employment, and sustainability are...$3.99 -
The Framing Effect – You're Being Framed and You Don't Even Know it!
$4.00You’re Being FramedAnd You Don’t Even Know It: When You Change the Frame, You Change the Game!Pollsters are usually very careful about how they word questions either in a negative way (to elicit a desired response), or in a positive way (to...$4.00 -
I'm Green, You're Blue – Martians Adopt the Fourteenth Amendment
$4.00I'm Green; You're Blue--Equal Protection and the 14th Amendment A lesson on the Fourteenth Amendment’s (14th) Equal Protection Clause. Provides a forum to discuss and/or debate the history of discrimination in a non-threatening way (on Mars). This...$4.00 -
Is Justice Blind or Political? – The Judicial Nomination Process
$4.00"I won the election, so I get to appoint the judges." The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint U.S. Supreme Court justices with “the advise and consent of the Senate.”This power has become increasing political with...$4.00 -
Every Vote Counts – And We Want to Count Them ALL
$2.00Voting and Voting Machines – Every Vote CountsWith all the controversy about counting the ballots and the Russians hacking our election, you and your students will be creating voting machines and ballots for the 21st century, in time for the next...$2.00 -
It's Not A Salamander, It's a Gerrymander
MSRP: $4.00$2.00Reapportionment and Gerrymandering This project is very timely in light of the two US Supreme Court cases on partisan gerrymandering which were decided in June 2019. A news article on the cases is hereThis project allows you and your students to explore...MSRP: $4.00$2.00 -
Constitution in a Nutshell - FREE
$0.00Explore the Constitution: Learn Its Secrets A great resource for Constitution Day as well as and an excellent way to begin your Government/Civics, U.S. History, or Contemporary Issues class. This lesson contains a fillable outline of the U.S...$0.00 -
Time Travel and the Constitution
$4.00Time Travel Two chances for your students to have fun while giving them an appreciation for the beauty and strength of our Constitution. In one activity, your class will travel back in time to help the Founders fix the Constitution:...$4.00 -
Can't We Just Get Along?
$4.50How should we organize society? Give your student a chance to figure it out. Can they achieve equality, govern themselves by consensus and create a fair way to distribute the wealth and the work?This project provides three open-ended scenarios for...$4.50 -
Supreme Court Roleplaying Scenarios (Bill of Rights Supreme Court cases)
$2.50A Power Point that walks students through the judicial process. Students pretend they are Supreme Court justices and discuss who they side with in scenarios based on actual historic Supreme Court cases based on the Bill of Rights. Check out Mr...$2.50