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Help your students view any political debate — local to national, historical to live broadcast.
Help your class apply their candidate evaluation skills with this election season activity. Students will select the issues and qualities they care about, then research candidates…
Students can track the states as they report election results. Who will make it to 270 first?
Make your students’ game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed specifically for Win the White House. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give…
Impeachment really is only half the story! Follow the processes and powers of impeachment in this easy to follow printable infographic.
In case of emergency, declare it! Help your students understand what it means when a state of emergency is declared with this printable infographic.
In this lesson, students will learn how political campaigns work and all the steps a candidate has to take to get to election day.
Every election, candidates spend a lot of money on their campaign. Do you know where the candidates get the money and what they spend it on?
Public opinion polls can give insight into people's priorities and opinions, and give candidates and the media a sense of the whole picture.
This mini-lesson examines the Supreme Court case that pitted the interests of government economic projects against the religious rights of American Indians. Students learn about…
The period of Reconstruction was complicated. The federal government’s efforts were a mixed bag of accomplishments and missteps. In this lesson, students examine the progress…
Take a peek into the electoral process with this lesson - from party primaries to the general election.
Check out George Mason's role in the founding of the U.S. Even though he never served as a president and refused to sign the Constitution, Mason's work in Virginia and with the…
Help students learn about the duties and powers of the three branches, the amendment process, and the role of the Constitution as the supreme law of the land.
This mini-lesson digs into the 41 year political career of James Madison. Considered the author of the U.S. Constitution, Madison was a prime architect in creating a strong…
Every community needs leaders. But how do we choose them, and what makes someone a good leader?
Article II of the U.S. Constitution creates the office of the President, determines how they are selected, and states the oath of office.
Article II of the U.S. Constitution gives powers to the president with the responsibility to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed.”
El Artículo II de la Constitución crea el cargo de presidente de los Estados Unidos, determina cómo se lo selecciona y establece el juramento al cargo con el que promete “sostener,…
Explore how the 20th, 22nd, and 25th Amendments of the U.S. Constitution affected the office of the president.
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