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Week 1
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In Word Format
In PDF Format
FYI: A
Lesson on The Life and Death of Diana, Princess of Wales
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Week 2
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The
Foundations of American Government (Remedial level) featuring a class-building
vocabulary exercise.
Cause
and Effect In the Confederation, Revolutionary and Constitutional Periods
A
Lesson on The Principles of American Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Human
Rights
PowerPoint:
Comparing Authoritarianism and Democracy
The presentation is available as a web page.
Collaborative
Activities On the Principles of American Democracy |
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Week 3
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The
Origins of American Government
Student's
Vocabulary and definitions for Revolutionary and Constitutional Periods.
Want to take a 15-question quiz? Here
you go!
The
Origins of American Government Part II: Featuring a web project entitled:
You
Are There: A Revolutionary On-Line Newspaper
New! The
Declaration of Independence
New! The
Constitutional Convention of 1787
Vocabulary List for the
Constitutional Convention of 1787
New!
Reviewing the important
Historical Documents of US Government and History
Introduction
to The Constitution
Web Project: Team
Pages and Essays
on American Democracy
Amending the Constitution Word 2000 Version
Adobe Acrobat PDF Version
Introduction
to The Bill of Rights |
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Week 4
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New!
Federalism
The
Big Box Three-Branch Review Worksheet
An interactive graphical version
of the Big Box Review.
Vocabulary:
Chapter 4: the Federal System (Government In America)
The
structure of American government |
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Week 5
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The Legislative
Branch
Introduction
to Congress
The
Structure and function of the Legislative Branch, featuring:
An
Interactive Worksheet on the Legislative Branch
The
Virginia Version of the Interactive Legislative Branch Worksheet
Investigating
the House of Representatives and the Senate
The
Powers of the House and Senate In The News
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Review Lesson: Creating
a Computer-based Diagram of Government Concepts |
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Week 6
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The Executive
Branch
A
quiz on Presidential History based on notes
from oral presentations. Students used two web sites: C-SPAN's American
Presidents and Internet Public Library's POTUS
database.
The
Roles of the Presidency
An Interactive Worksheet on the Roles
of the Presidency
One great resources listed there is a lesson
plan from the New York Times. |
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Week 7
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The
Judicial Branch: With Worksheets and a PowerPoint presentation.
New: A worksheet on cases dealing with the Bill of
Rights is now available here: Investigating
and Debating the Bill of Rights
Also available in Word
2000 and PDF
Format.
More on The
Judicial Branch This lesson is not very collaborative, but I
thought it should be on-line anyway. Includes separate matching exercises on judicial
branch vocabulary ( from American Civics).
More
on the Judicial Branch. Included here is a link to the ABC News site
on a Supreme Court case (Dec. 9, 1998)
Vocabulary: Our
Civil Liberties
Vocabulary: Our
Legal Rights
Vocabulary: The
Legal Process
Mock Tial: The Trial of Harry S Truman |
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Week 8
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The
Checks and Balances System (A Simulation)
New: An
interactive flow chart on the Checks and Balances System
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Week 9
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New
and Expanded:
Elections
and the Electoral Process
Check out Election Central 2008
From The PBS Newshour: Lesson
Plan on the Electoral College
The
Election of 2008: An Introduction
Using Current
Events to Teach About The Election Process
Primaries
and Caucuses
Modern
Political Parties and Elections
Special Interest Groups
The
Path to the White House
The Inauguration of Barack
Obama |
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Week 10
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A
Powerpoint Presentation (in HTML) on Sources of Information. |
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A
Lesson Plan on The 1998 State of the Union Speech
Website:
Preparing for the 2010 State of the Union of Barack Obama
From C-SPAN: The
2010 State of the Union Address
A lesson plan on the 2010 Obama State of the Union speech is available
A lengthy worksheet analyzing the President Clinton's 1998 speech
A 20-question
quiz on the State of the Union Address is now available.
This plan includes a
lengthy worksheet analyzing the President's speech
A 20-question
quiz on the State of the Union Address is now available. |
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12 |
The
Civil Rights Movement: A Web Project |
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| Week
15 |
Geography
Practice: A
World Map to edit in Paint Shop Pro
Need maps? Try
this website!
US
Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Millennium: With Vocab,
& Filmstrip
Worksheet
American
Foreign Policy, Yesterday and Today
Here is a fully-hyperlinked
version of the above lesson as it appeared in Teaching Government With
The Internet, published by Zenger Media.
American
Foreign Policy: Learning Stations and Class Presentations
The United Nations
The Future of Government: Interdisciplinary
Studies in Science, Literature,
and Government. |
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16 |
Economics
Our
Economic System (Part 1)
An
interactive version of the Circular Flow Model of Economic Activity |
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17 |
Survey
of the United States Geopolitics and related web projects |
| Week
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Chapter
Review Outlines For Government In America
The lesson plan below was posted just after the attacks
on New York and the Pentagon took place: A
Lesson Plan on the September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Class Activity: Draw an Illustration on "How Has America Changed since
September 11, 2001?" Available in
Word
2000 and
PDF
formats. Review and final Exams |
