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Teaching Resources



Worksheets

Theme: Government

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  • Dear Mr. President
    Description:
          Encourage your students to voice their opinions to the President with this reproducible letter-writing activity.

  • Test Your U.S. History I.Q.
    Description:
          Challenge your students to show what they know about U.S. history and government.

  • School Years Around the World
    Description:
          Answer questions based on a graph that shows the average number of years students in various countries spend in school

  • Who's in Charge? Executive Branch
    Description:
          Find out who belongs to the Executive branch, what it does, and why it does it

  • Members of the President's Cabinet
    Description:
          Identify the role of each cabinet member and how they might be involved with responding to the Sept. 11 tragedy

  • Who's on the Job? (Cabinet positions)
    Description:
          Read about the jobs and powers of the three branches of government

  • Proud to be an American
    Description:
          Read and respond to quotations about democracy, justice and character

  • Words of a Nation
    Description:
          Read what famous Americans have said about freedom and then answer questions based on the quotations

  • Know Your Rights
    Description:
          Use this graphic organizer to learn more about the Bill of Rights

  • Military Powers
    Description:
          Read passages from the Constitution and explore military powers

  • Who Has the Power?
    Description:
          Learn about the three branches of government and their powers

  • "What Should We Do About Saddam Hussein" Teacher's Guide
    Description:
          Teach the 10/11/02 cover story: Iraq

  • Checks and Balances
    Description:
          Read a chart about the three branches of government and then answer questions

  • Military Powers
    Description:
          Read passages from the Constitution and explore military powers

  • And the Winner Is . . .
    Description:
          Analyze the results of a classroom election

  • Campaign for the Presidency
    Description:
          Challenge students to outline a mock campaign for the Presidency with this reflective-writing reproducible

  • The Three Branches of Government
    Description:
          Use this chart-reading reproducible that teaches students about the three branches of government.

  • Branches of the U.S. Government
    Description:
          A chart-reading activity on our three branches of government.

  • Proud to be an American
    Description:
          Read and respond to quotations about democracy, justice and character

  • Get Out the Vote
    Description:
          Use a graph to see how many Americans voted in recent elections and answer questions about voter turnout

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