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Elections - voting Common Core RI.9-10.1 resources
Political Party Poster & Essay Project
Help your students understand the key differences of the two major political parties as well as four minor parties (Libertarian Party, Green Party, Constitution Party, & Modern Whig Party). Students will use the party platforms to help them understand the perspectives of the political parties on twelve major societal issues such as healthcare, immigrant, taxes, etc. Then, they will create a poster in groups. Ultimately the assessment for this project is the essay the students will write at t
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9th - 12th
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Bundle_10 Politics Current Events Articles & Activity Packet / Jan - Mar 2024
Enjoy 50% off current events articles from the Politics section. Content addresses actions of the Executive, Legislative, or Judicial Branch that occurred from January - March, 2024. Each lesson plan includes target vocabulary practice, graphic organizers, literacy strategies, open-ended discussion questions, and a lesson extension for additional enrichment. Routine reading helps students build metacognitive skills. These skills enable students to think deeply, reflect often, and formulate origi
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6th - 12th
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Donald Trump's Victory Speech Rhetorical Analysis
PRINTABLE independent work packet with rhetorical analysis activities. You will have a rigorous and engaging lesson aligned to standards on reading informational texts. Students will love analyzing Donald Trump's arguments and persuasive techniques. A great lesson on current events.In this activity, students will...1. Compare Donald Trump's word choices to past presidential speeches2. Read and annotate Donald Trump's victory speech3. Analyze and criticize Donald Trump's arguments through key wor
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8th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Politics_Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address_Current Events Reading_2024
Current events lesson plan. President Joe Biden delivered his third State of the Union Address on Thursday March 7th. Joe Biden attempted to rally against his presidential campaign opponent during the State of the Union Address.Articles and long reading passages of recent news stories for middle and high school students in grades 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Includes literacy strategies and graphic organizers to support struggling readers. Also great for independent readers or gifted learners to use
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6th - 12th
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Election Reading
Do you see any similarities between the 1968 Election and the 2016 Election? Through this lesson, the students will see the similarities between the 1968 Presidential Election & the 2016 Presidential Election. They will be able to see how the candidates compare to the candidates in 1968. This would be a great homework assignment, in-class assignment, or substitute plan! Check out the Election Bundle with all my Election Products all in one place!
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9th - 12th
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Boris Johnson Speech
General Election 2019 lesson that explores Conservatives leader Boris Johnson’s first speech as Prime Minister. Students analyse the opposition leader’s use of tone in order to try and influence his audience and then supports students in comparing two different political speeches (Paper 2 Q4). Includes differentiated activities and worksheets throughout. A useful lesson for English teachers and students preparing for English Language Paper 2 Question 5, as well as teaching speech writing.
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7th - 10th
Teaching Hilary Clinton's 2008 Democratic National Convention Speech
Teach students how to analyze current events with this resource. This is ideal for general education secondary classrooms that focus on ELA, government and politics. I have used this resource in the past and my students loved it! Here are some suggestions that you can use to teach this resource in your classroom:
Before Reading
*Build background knowledge by teaching the historical significance of the DNC.
*Use a word web, a context clues activity, or a Frayer model to review challenging word
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
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Liberal Democrats 2019 Speech
General Election 2019 lesson that explores Jo Swinson’s first speech as Liberal Democrats leader. Students analyse how Swinson uses structure in order to best influence her audience. Includes differentiated activities and worksheets throughout. A useful lesson for English teachers and students preparing for English Language Paper 2 Question 5, as well as teaching speech writing.
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7th - 10th
RNC and DNC Convention Speech Analysis - 2016
In this extended assignment, students will choose speeches from each of the conventions of 2016 in order to analyze their platforms and the rhetorical techniques used in public and persuasive speaking. This product includes daily grades, a quiz grade, and a test/project/presentation assignment.
Lab and research
Analysis of persuasive speaking techniques
Viewing and audience response
Analysis of rhetoric - repetition, parallelism, personal anecdote, connotation, biographical analysis, ethos, p
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9th - 12th
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