Political Parties & Elections - Common Core Lessons & Activities

Political Parties & Elections - Common Core Lessons & Activities

<b>How to Use this Book:</b><br /> Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations. <br /> Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills. <br /> Include technology, collaboration, presentation, and discussion in the activities as you desire you can decide how in-depth to go. <br /> Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes! <br /><br />The <b>Political Parties & Elections - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> is designed to supplement your Social Studies resources, adding new Common Core rigor, analysis, writing, inference, text-dependent questions, and more into your daily instruction.<br /><br />How to Use The <b>Political Parties & Elections - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book: <br /> Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations. <br /> Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice These new skills. <br /> Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go. <br /> Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes! <br /><br />Tips: <br /> Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs. <br /> Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge it to 125% on your copy machine. <br /><br /> Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson. The <b>Political Parties & Elections - Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> book includes: <br /> Reading for Information<br /> Higher-Order Thinking<br /> Writing Problems<br /> Primary Source Analysis<br /> Vocabulary<br /> Graphic Organizers<br /> Map Activities<br /> And More! <br /><br />The Table of Contents for the <b>Political Parties & Elections Common Core Lessons and Activities</b> include: <br /><b>Purpose of Political Parties: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>The Democratic Party: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>The Republican Party: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Republicans and Democrats: </b>Compare and Contrast GO1<br /><b>The Role of Third Parties: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Political Parties and Elections </b>Vocabulary: Vocabulary GO10<br /><b>Electoral College: </b>Map Activity<br /><b>Summer Schedule: </b>Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Electoral College: </b>Problem-Solution-Results GO9<br /><b>Steps to Elect the President: </b> Chronological Order GO8<br /><b>Campaign Poster: </b>Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>The Role of Media in Elections: </b>Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Requirements to Become a U.S. Politician: </b>Graphic Analysis G<br /><b>Voter Turnout: </b> Data Analysis<br /><b>Campaign Slogans: </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>2000 Presidential Election: </b> Reading Informational Text<br /><b>Importance of Voting: </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Campaign Costs: </b>Data Analysis<br /><b>Why Elections Matter: </b>Cause and Effect<br /><b>Right to Vote for Women: </b> Primary Source Analysis<br /><b>Common Core Correlations</b><br /><br /><b>GO: Graphic Organizers