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Civics
Citizenship Participation – Lesson Plan on how to be a good citizen.
P Is For President – Using Picture Books to Support Civics Education.
What Makes America Special? - Introduces important American symbols and their origins and allows for students to come up with their own symbol for America.
Let’s Vote – Everyday Learning – Teaching Civics - In this 2 minute video, students (PreK-1), taste three different apples, vote for their favorite, and tally the results.
More Lesson Plans – civiced.org
Voting and the Common Good – What is voting?
Our Government Citizens: What is their Part? – Responsibility of citizens
Neighborhood Good: iCivics – interactive game
What Does Washington DC look like? - Use cardinal directions, scales, and legends for your students to conduct a map of Washington D.C., could be a take-home project
You’ve Got Rights! Lesson Plan; Constitutional Bill of Rights - Describe the circumstances and debate that led to the Bill of Rights.
Anatomy of the Constitution; iCivics - Explain the structure, function, and powers of the U.S. government as established in the Constitution.
Brown vs. Board of Education - Civics Related Game teaching about how rights we have today were only recently granted.
The Constitution EXPLAINED series - Teaching Civics Another interactive lesson regarding an in-depth explanation of the constitution.
Virtual Escape Rooms - Teaching Civics Virtual Escape Room. where you take quizzes relating to civics material, and progress if correct
Building Democracy: The Story of Legislatures - Teaching Civics 6 part podcast series covering areas of American History and how the government functioned during those times. (starts with Virginia as the first podcast example)
Taxation - Teaching Civics Introduces why we have taxes and what taxes fund in our communities, also has a function of teaching students about the calculation of taxes.
So You Think You Can Vote? - Teaching Civics Video that explains the complicated history of voting.
Gerrymandering Tilts Political Power. How Redistricting Affects Democracy – Teaching Civics -short documentary which allows students to examine historically districted maps and compare them to the maps of today, introduces the idea of the possibility of political corruption or advantages
State of the Union Addresses - Teaching Civics Allows students to watch historical State of the Union addresses, then to fill out a worksheet stating what they believe the most current State of the Union address will cover, and then proceed to watch the said address.
Building Democracy for All: Interactive Explorations of Government and Civic Life – Teaching Civics - Supplementary and free text, which can be used alongside typical U.S. Government or History curriculum, which showcased primary sources, interactive resources and other learning materials.
Advanced Placement Supreme Court Cases organized by Era of History - Teaching Civics Very concise resource which showcases the Supreme Court cases organized by the era which they occur in.
Lesson Plan: To Vote or Not to Vote - Teaching Civics 3 videos which further emphasize the importance of voting, which is especially important to students who are nearing the age to vote.
Federal Budget Simulation - Teaching Civics Simulation that implores students to design a budget for the year of 2021, with the supplement of the budget from 2020.