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Democratic Values
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A writing prompt regarding diversity in the United States.
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Writing exercise in which students write three rights and explain why they are important. Includes lines for writing.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("civilian control of the military" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("federalism" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Civilian control of the military is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Federalism is briefly explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("patriotism" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("popular sovereignty" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Freedom of religion is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Popular sovereignty is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Six of seventeen core democratic values are explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of each democratic value. More sets coming soon!
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The system of representative democracy is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Separation of powers is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Diversity is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("diversity" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("freedom of religion" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Patriotism is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("representative democracy" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("separation of powers" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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Full page report format for students to write a report on the U.S. Constitution.
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of freedom of speech? What do you think of this right in terms of its importance?
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Seventeen democratic values and their definitions. These word strips can be hole-punched and stored on a key chain for easy study.
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Color posters with core democratic values, from "checks and balances" to "pursuit of happiness". Each value is briefly defined on the poster.
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The system of checks and balances is explained, and students are asked to define the advantages and disadvantages of this democratic value.
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Students are asked to look at a fictional situation, determine which democratic value would apply ("checks and balances" is the expected answer) and why, and explain their answers.
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The text to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about the U.S. Constitution.
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Make as many words as you can from CONSTITUTION.
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Make as many words as you can from GOVERNMENT.
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[member-created with abctools] From "bus" to "segregation".
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Begin each line with a word that starts with the letter on that line.
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Oh no! The words to the Constitution Preamble have been all mixed up. Can you put them in the correct order?
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From "checks and balances" to "separation of powers", these narrow word strips can be used for word walls, folder dividers, quiz cards, etc.
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Uses "The Sneetches" as a launch-point for a lesson about the importance of diversity.
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Write the letter of the correct core democratic value on the line next to its definition.
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Acrostic writing activity where the first letters of every line spell "Bill of Rights". Great for a poem or short essay.
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A fact-filled reading comprehension about the Bill of Rights.
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The text to the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Constitution Day is September 17th.
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This mini-unit focuses on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Context clue questions help students to better understand the world's oldest (in continual use) Constitution.
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