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8th grade civics rubrics
Create Your Own Government Project
Students will compose a project that will help them understand the foundations of government. Students name their country, create a flag, define their government, analyze 7 characteristics of their government, & create rules/consequences. Lots of fun & creativity! Great for assessments & project based learning.FULLY EDITABLE to adapt to your specific needs!Directions & Rubric IncludedPairs perfectly withTypes of Government Gallery Walk for students to learn about different types
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6th - 12th
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Speech and Debate Bundle of Year-Long Materials and Assessments
This bundle contains resources and assessments for teaching the following units of Speech and Debate assignments/ projects:Impromptu SpeechesOriginal Oratory SpeechesInformative SpeechesImpromptu DebatesPublic Forum DebatesCongressional DebatesProse Interpretation PresentationsPoetry Interpretation PresentationsPassion Project PresentationsThis bundle also contains a few general Speech and Debate which can be used during any unit.Resources include various assignments, daily grades, and major ass
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Create Your Own Government Project: Google Product
Teaching about Government? Want a fun project? Creating your own government? Create Your Own Government Project is designed for success in middle school or high school. The lesson includes detailed step by step project for students to Create their own government. The comprehensive Project guides rigorous instruction allowing students to research, organize, understand, and create their own countries government. Boost students' knowledge on Governments and allows them to have a more creative take
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6th - 12th
Model United Nations Simulation
This simulation has been one of my favorite activities in my freshmen Geography class. Freshmen are typically an energetic bunch, but they really stepped it up with this simulation. They wrote fantastic short essays, presented their resolution ideas, and dressed professionally. Best of all, they had to use critical thinking skills while debating one another over the summit's chosen global dilemmas. This activity and handout includes the following: 1. UN Simulation and Essay overview2. Resolution
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5th - 12th
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Introduction to Law: Lesson Plans & Activities
The Introduction to Law packet is the first part of a multi-packet law studies course created by a licensed attorney and middle school teacher who was named 2020 Teacher of the Year for Broward County, Florida. The packet includes:Seven (7) complete lesson plans;Three rubrics;A student interest survey that can be used at the beginning of the year;A 25-question mock LSAT (law school admission test) with a writing sample question;An escape room constitutional review game; Answer keys for the mock
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Public Forum Debate Bundle of Resources and Assignments
This bundle contains materials necessary to conduct structured public forum-style debates in class.Bundle includes:Speech and Debate Assignment DescriptionsPublic Forum Debate Procedures20 Public Forum Debate TopicsDebate Video Guided QuestionsPublic Forum Debate Research AssignmentPublic Forum Debate Packet AssignmentPublic Forum Debate RubricANDBONUS: Debate Research SourcesDuration of teaching this unit on a 90-minute block schedule with a class of 20 students takes roughly one school week.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Create your own country project
This is an engaging project that requires very little internet access/usage. Students must create their own country and government. They must also use their creative side to create art projects (flag and nation seal) as well as create a national anthem and pledge. I personally use this at the end of the year for my Civics class once they have seen how the American Government was formed and works. Rubric and checklist are included! This gives students a fun way to express themselves and show what
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6th - 12th
The Amendment Project: Directions and Rubric
This is a quick project that can be completed during a unit on the Constitution. I limited the options to 11-27 as most students would select the First Amendment as being the most important. This encourages them to explore the lesser known half of the Constitution and form opinions. This project often facilitates great class discussion regarding human rights.I recommend providing students with this article to aid them in their selection: https://newsela.com/read/primary-source-amendment-constitu
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6th - 12th
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Mock Trial Rubric
This rubric is for a summative assessment for a classroom mock trial! It also includes a group evaluation rubric for students to evaluate one another's performance and contributions at the end of the trial. Lines up with ELA Speaking and Listening Standards.
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6th - 12th
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Congressional Debate Bundle of Assignments and Resources
Assignments and materials needed to conduct a whole-group, intensive mock congressional debate using bills written by the students.Completing all assignments and whole-group debate on a 90-minute block schedule takes roughly 3 weeks to complete.
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Democracy Debate Bundle
This Bundle provides both the Debate and Essay version of this projec.t I used the debate for the main class, and for any accommodations or absent students, the essay was assigned as an alternative Summative.If students attend some of the days of debate prep but miss the debate day (on purpose or due to illness), the essay uses their same work from class to build the essay, so they are a natural pair.
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8th - 11th
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Citizenship Project
This project challenges students to define an "ideal" citizen and connect their definition to an actual person and his or her accomplishments. There is a provided list of citizens from all over the world but with a focus on US citizens.
Outlined goals of the project:
• Your definition of an “ideal” citizen
• Short biography of your person (their background)
• Analysis of their accomplishments and their impact on their community, country, etc.
• Connection to your definition… explain what makes
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7th - 12th
Landmark Supreme Court Cases Student-Led Project Rubric and Instructions
Do you want a great way for students to deep dive into Landmark Supreme Court Cases? In this project, students will be assigned a Landmark Supreme Court case, research the background, case, precedent, and more, and present it to the class in a Google Slides presentation.This project covers standard SS.7.CG.3.11: Analyze the effects of landmark Supreme Court decisions on law, liberty and the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.Supreme Court cases include: Marbury v. MadisonDred Scott v. Sandf
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6th - 12th
Brochure Project - NGOs & International Orgs
This brochure project asks students to design their own brochures for the NGO or international organization of their choosing. I used this as part of civics/international affairs unit for my 6th graders.
Includes the instructions, a planning page for questions to help guide students' work (complete with sentence stems, though they can be removed if unnecessary), and a grading rubric.
In Word doc format so it can be edited to meet your needs :)
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5th - 8th
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V9 EDITABLE RUBRIC | AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM | YEAR 8 CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP
This V9 EDITABLE RUBRIC | AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM | YEAR 8 CIVICS AND CITIZENSHIP uses the CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS that are from the AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM (VERSION 9) from Foundation - Year 10.To find the CONTENT DESCRIPTIONS please follow this link to the AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM V9.This rubric is FULLY EDITABLE and customisable.ALL text can be edited.You can edit the text style, size, and colour to customise the rubric to fit your needs.(The rubric outline itself cannot be changed).This product has be
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8th
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Presidential (Executive) Roles Dream Team Draft Bracket Presentations
In a group of four, students will DRAFT four American Presidents and attempt to build the best Executive Branch ever assembled! Students will need to research and look at historical examples of 4 President’s acting in their Executive ROLES. Students will address 7 key roles of the Executive Branch plus a First Lady. They will compete in a bracket tournament and the team that creates the best Dream Team of Presidents (chosen by the class) will win!
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8th - 12th, Adult Education
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Forming a New Nation- Constitution, Bill of Rights, & Preamble One-Pager
What's a One Pager? A one-pager is a collage of pictures, quotations, and ideas to represent your knowledge of a topic.This is a fun project for students to show what they know about the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and the Preamble. Students will be required to include pictures, images, definitions, and summaries of key legal documents in US history. I used this as a summative assessment to differentiate assessments. Quizzes can get boring!
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5th - 8th
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Judicial Branch Project
Looking for a different type of assessment for the end of your chapter or unit? Want something student-centered and creative yet comprehensive? Here's your judicial branch project! Student will like the easy to read directions and the choices involved in how they would like to present what they have learned. Teachers will like how all the topics are covered in a no-pressure situation. My students have always preferred this project as an assessment over taking a traditional test. Rubric inc
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7th - 12th
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The Hate U Give Assessment Bundle CCSS Aligned Self Grading
Engage your students with the powerful themes and complex characters in The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. This assessment bundle includes a range of activities that will help your students demonstrate their understanding of the novel in exciting and imaginative ways. From writing essays and recording podcasts to creating public service announcements, these assessments will challenge your students to think deeply and creatively about the text.Not only will these assessments encourage critical thi
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8th - 11th
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Also included in: The Hate U Give Complete Novel Study Bundle CCSS Aligned
Georgia Studies - SS8CG3 Executive Branch Interactive Notebook
This is a Interactive Notebook via Google Slides that the students can do on their own or with guidance from teaching.It includes the following GSE standards:SS8CG3 Executive BranchCG3a Qualifications and Roles for Governor and Lt. GovernorCG3b State AgenciesIncluded with each sub-standard are readings, questions, at least 1 activity, and a review section.Also, included in this resource is the answer key, which is also via Google Slides, and a grading rubric, if needed.Thanks in advance for your
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8th
"What's It Like in the Middle East?" Middle Eastern Governments Project
Use: This project can be used for students to display mastery of standard SS7CG3. Students will research different aspects of the governments in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and Turkey, and they will explain what life is like in those countries for their citizens based on research.Includes: instructions and rubricTerms:This resource is intended for classroom distribution only. You are not permitted to print this resource for any class other than your own. You are not permitted to resell or claim this r
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4th - 8th
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Create Your Own Government Project
Teaching about Government? Want a fun project?Create Your Own Government Project is designed for success in middle school or high school. The lesson includes detailed step by step project for students to Create their own government. The comprehensive Project guides rigorous instruction allowing students to research, organize, understand, and create their own countries government. Boost students' knowledge on Governments and allows them to have a more creative take on this topic. This experiment
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6th - 12th
Political Parties Infograph and "I Am" Poem Bundle
This resource includes complete directions for creating an Infographic or “I Am” Poem for the first two political parties, the Federalists and Republicans.
This resource provides directions, student examples, a rubric, and a student reference guide to Piktochart that I created.
This assignment has been extremely valuable to compare and contrast the two political parties. This bundle could easily be adapted to any political party and could be used over and over again as the parties tend to c
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8th - 12th
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The Presidency Project for the Executive Branch
Looking for a creative and outside-the-box way to end your unit on the Executive Branch? Try this! This project reviews the roles of the presidency, the powers of the executive branch, article II of the Constitution, checks and balances, changes to the branch via amendments and the electoral college. Students will like the freedom of choosing how they will display their project and selecting which president to research. Teachers love the student-centered and creative nature of the project. R
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7th - 12th
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