Activities

This resource tasks students with researching various interest groups that influence the United States government with power and financial contributions. The purpose of the activity is to demonstrate how interest groups function and what role they play...

In this activity, students will complete the Federal Budget Challenge. This challenge is an internet activity that can be found at Federal Budget Challenge. Students will be learning how complex and difficult the process of governmental budgeting...

This product is designed to teach students the concepts of reapportionment, redistricting, and gerrymandering as it pertains to the United States Congress. This resource includes 2 prior knowledge questions about those important concepts and then...

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in American History. The basic ideas of the Declaration of Independence are still important today. This activity uses ideas that are important to learners/students and asks them to...

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in American History. The basic ideas of the Declaration of Independence are still important today. This activity uses ideas that are important to learners/students and asks them to...

In this document, students will create their own unique government/country. Students will be guided through the process of creating unique economies, class systems, legislatures, court systems, and many more aspects of a country.   This...

This Forms of Government Notebook is a complete resource to use for teaching a unit/chapter on the many forms of government.  In this resource, students will complete a variety of activities and tasks that challenge and assess learning. This...

Handout includes graphic organizer organizing the aspects of the Intolerable Acts and how they affected the American colonies. The following aspects of the Intolerable Acts are to be examined by students: Boston Harbor was closed until Boston...

This documentary movie was created by ESPN and is part of their 30 for 30 series. The film shows the impacts and reasons behind the large number of millionaire athletes declaring bankruptcy and becoming "broke."  This film is an excellent resource...

This bundle of writing prompts includes 8 colorful (or non-colorful, depending on your photocopying preferences) that cover 8 different topics or time periods  in World or U.S. History. The writing prompts cover the following topics: American Civil...

This document provides links to four websites about the Legislative Branch of Government in the United States. Below each of the links is a set of assessment questions to guide students and allow students to discover the true power and processes of the...