10th Grade Elections & Voting Google Apps

This Digital Google Slide lesson explains the non-biased basics of Voting and the Presidential Election. It provides a strong base of knowledge introducing students to the US government's election process and their civic duty to vote. The presentation has been carefully created just for children and what children want to know!

The presentation has been created in 8 Question/Answer Format slides making the information extremely simple to comprehend.

• When is election day?
• How often is the presidential election?
• Who can vote on election day?
• Where do you vote?
• How do I decide for whom to vote?
• How do they decide who's on the ballot?
• Why are states important on election day?
• Does the winning candidate start on election day?

In addition, there are 8 Visual Vocabulary slides providing the term, part of speech, bold photo, and easy-to-understand meaning.

• ballot
• political party
• Republican Party
• conservative
• Democratic Party
• liberal
• independent
• media

Enjoy!

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A perfect conversation starter for Election Day or any time during your course on government or current events, this product features a thought-provoking lesson to help students articulate their current views on the definition of democracy. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about democracy and explain why the quote aligns with their own perspective. It is a great way to gain insight about your students' current attitudes in the midst of a higher level thinking activity. A digital version of the Democracy Talk worksheet is included to support distance learning and cut down on paper.

Product includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan
• "Democracy Talk" Worksheet
• 6 Corresponding "Democracy Quote" signs to hang up around your room
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive
• Detailed instructions for accessing digital resource

This lesson is perfect for using during the 2020 Election, President's Day, or during any unit on current events, civics, or history!

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What does it mean to be patriotic in this day and age?

The perfect supplement to any unit on history or current events, this product features a thought-provoking lesson to help students articulate what patriotism means to them and to see how it varies widely (and often passionately) from person to person. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about patriotism and explain why the quote aligns with their own perspective. It is a great way to gain insight about your students' current attitudes about what it means to be patriotic in the midst of a higher level thinking activity. A digital version of the Patriotism Talk worksheet is included to support distance learning and cut down on paper.

Product includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan
• "Patriotism Talk" Worksheet
• 6 Corresponding "Patriotism Quote" signs to hang up around your room
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive
• Detailed instructions for accessing digital resource

This lesson is perfect for using during the 2020 Election, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Veteran's Day, President's Day, or during any unit on current events, civics, or history!

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Now with digital worksheet to support distance learning!

This product features an engaging back to school Government Talk activity that will have your students thinking, writing, speaking, and moving all in one class period. A perfect conversation starter for the 2020 elections, the activity prompts students to choose between 6 different quotes about the role of government and articulate why the quote aligns with their perspective on the government. Use this lesson every year to set the tone for what you expect in class; it is a great way to gain insight about your students' current attitudes toward government while getting to know one another with a higher level thinking activity. We have also recently added a digital version of the Government Talk worksheet to support distance learning and cut down on paper.

Product includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan
• "Government" Worksheet
• 6 Corresponding "Government Quote" signs to hang up around your room
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive - newly added!
• Detailed instructions for accessing digital resource

This lesson is ideal for sparking conversations about the role of government during the 2020 elections!

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A perfect conversation starter for Election Day or any time during your course on government or current events, this product features a thought-provoking lesson to help students articulate their current views on the definition of democracy. In this activity, they must choose between 6 different quotes about democracy and explain why the quote aligns with their own perspective. It is a great way to gain insight about your students' current attitudes in the midst of a higher level thinking activity. A digital version of the Democracy Talk worksheet is included to support distance learning and cut down on paper.

Product includes:

• Comprehensive Lesson Plan
• "Democracy Talk" Worksheet
• 6 Corresponding "Democracy Quote" signs to hang up around your room
• Digital Worksheet to support distance learning for use with Google Drive
• Detailed instructions for accessing digital resource

This lesson is perfect for using during the 2020 Election, President's Day, or during any unit on current events, civics, or history!

____________________________________________________________________________

Also, check out these great products by Language Arts Excellence:

⭐History Quote Posters

⭐ Letter to a Member of our Military

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This resource will have students explore the arduous journey of how women came to have the right to vote in the United States. The Slide Presentation is full of interactive visuals, discussion & debate topics, and engaging video clips from the movie 'Iron Jawed Angels'-- all of which will encourage students to delve deeper into examining the events & factors that led to the passage of the 19th Amendment. The core of this lesson involves cultivating critical reading skills by having students compare two different portrayals of how women gained suffrage (American History textbook, V. the film 'Iron Jawed Angels').

Materials Include:

• Teacher Reference Guide
• Slide Presentation (61 slides) with video clips from the movie 'Iron Jawed Angels'
• Guided Notes, Venn Diagram & Answer Key
• American History Textbook PDF

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⭐️This unit is for General Ed Students, ELLs & Special Education Students⭐️

Are you searching for engaging and interactive learning opportunities for your higher level secondary students that are FUN and that you can use and scaffold with multilingual learns/ELLs and SpEd students at different levels? This VOTING & ELECTION UNIT includes enough lessons to last you 1-2 weeks! Your secondary students will have the chance to gain valuable knowledge about SOCIAL STUDIES content vocabulary all while working on developing skills such as vocabulary, speaking, reading, writing and much MORE!

This unit is a _⭐️_NO PREP***⭐️** with* TEACHER SLIDES & A PRINTABLE PDF WORKBOOK for students and teachers! Great for small group OR whole group!

Your Students Will:

• Develop vocabulary
• Learn about voting rights
• Learn about the electoral college
• Understand how to vote
• Understand the process of voting
• Understand voting systems and laws in the U.S.
• Analyze text
• Have scaffolds for ALL levels of students (tons of language frames, visuals, speaking practice, etc)
• Apply knowledge
• Practice speaking and listening skills while completing the activities
• Work on developing writing skills
• Discuss topics together with language frames
• Have great visuals on the screen as they go through with the teacher slides

This unit is PACKED with activities to engage your secondary Social Studies students. You will have everything you need to complete an AMAZING unit!

What’s Included:

• 75 pages of Teacher SLIDES!
• 52 page Student Workbook--PDF Printable--linked in slide 3 (also what the teacher will use)
• TONS of vocabulary & visuals
• Writing scaffolds
• QR Codes for reading comprehension activities
• Social Studies Content Vocabulary (voting, government, rights, citizenship)
• Writing, Reading & Speaking practice
• Scaffolds for multilingual ELL ESL students and special education students
• Engaging topics of citizenship and the voting process

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