Civics & Government

State Government Roles Interactive Notebook

This 3-page interactive notebook assignment helps 8th graders understand the key roles and responsibilities of various state government officials, including the Attorney General, Secretary of State, and others. Students will define each role and consider their impact on citizens.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Government Structures and Interactions

This 5-page packet provides a station rotation activity for 7th graders to explore how governments are structured and how countries interact through conflict and cooperation. It includes reading passages, discussion prompts, and activities to build understanding of civics and global relations.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

American Government Station Rotation

This packet is designed for 8th graders to explore key concepts in American government through a station rotation activity. It aims to build critical thinking and understanding of governmental structures.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Branches of Government Interactive Notebook

This 5-page packet provides interactive notebook pages for 4th graders to explore the three branches of government, including their powers, responsibilities, and key figures. It's designed to be a hands-on resource for building knowledge about civics.

Social Studies

Grades 3-5

Civics: Rights and Responsibilities

A 2-page worksheet for 6th graders that introduces the concepts of rights and responsibilities within a civics context. It includes a short reading passage and questions to check for understanding.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

The Legislative Branch Explained

This packet provides an in-depth look at the Legislative Branch, suitable for advanced high school students. It aims to build understanding of governmental structures and critical thinking skills through its content.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

US Government Station Rotation

A 5-station assignment designed for 7th graders to explore the US government, aligning with South Carolina's social studies standards. This packet helps students build critical thinking and analytical skills as they rotate through different learning activities.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

The Bill of Rights for 9th Grade

This 3-page packet introduces 9th graders to the first ten amendments of the U.S. Constitution, also known as the Bill of Rights. It focuses on understanding the core protections offered by each amendment, with an emphasis on the five most crucial for an upcoming test.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Constitution Day Reading and Questions

This 3-page packet for 7th graders explores the significance of Constitution Day. It includes a reading passage and questions to build comprehension and critical thinking skills related to American civics.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Forms of Government Task Cards

This 10-card packet for 6th graders helps students compare and contrast autocratic and democratic governments, focusing on citizen participation and the roles of citizens in selecting leaders. It also explains parliamentary and presidential democracies, with built-in scaffolding for struggling readers and discussion prompts.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Forms of Government Guided Notes

This 5-page guided notes packet helps 8th graders learn about different forms of government. It includes fill-in-the-blanks and short answer questions to reinforce understanding.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Limited and Unlimited Governments Bellringers

This 5-day bellringer packet for 7th graders introduces the concepts of limited and unlimited governments. It helps students compare their characteristics and identify real-world examples, aligning with learning goals about different forms of governance.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Citizenship Timeline Project

This 1-page packet guides 11th+ graders through the history of citizenship in America. Students will create a timeline of key laws and court decisions related to citizenship, building understanding of constitutional citizenship, the 14th Amendment, birthright citizenship, and the naturalization process.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Constitutional Amendments 11-27 Study Guide

A 1-page printable study guide for 5th graders, presenting a colorful chart of Constitutional Amendments 11-27 with brief descriptions. This resource aims to help students understand key aspects of American government and civics.

Social Studies

Grades 3-5

Civic Analysis Organizer for Government

This 4-part study guide helps high school students analyze the purpose of government, characteristics of a state, forms of government, and the U.S. federal system. It includes vocabulary activities, constructed response questions, and fill-in-the-blank and multiple-choice exercises.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Path to Citizenship for 7th Graders

This 10-page interactive packet guides 7th-grade students with emerging academic skills through the process of U.S. citizenship. It covers key terms like naturalization, citizenship by birth, and the oath of allegiance through hands-on activities such as cutting, gluing, and coloring.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Foundations of Self-Government

This 5-page packet introduces 8th graders to key concepts of American civics, including self-government, the rule of law, due process, limited government, and individual rights. It is designed to be completed in a single class period and includes discussion prompts to deepen understanding.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Government Elections Station Rotation

This 5-station packet guides 9th graders through key concepts in political campaigns, including lobby groups, special interests, endorsements, media, and propaganda. It incorporates real-life examples and primary resources to foster critical thinking about civic engagement.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Checks and Balances Activity for 8th Grade

This 1-page activity helps 8th graders understand the concept of checks and balances within a government system. It includes a brief reading and a short response question to check comprehension.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Civics Study Guide for 10th Grade

This 1-page study guide reviews key civics concepts for 10th graders, including separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, civil liberties, and different forms of government. It's designed to support student review and discussion.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Civics Entrance Slip for Emerging Readers

A short, 1-page civics assessment designed for 7th-grade students reading at the K-2 level. This quick check helps gauge understanding of recently covered civics topics.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Bill of Rights Scenario Analysis

This 10th-grade packet provides a graphic organizer for each amendment in the Bill of Rights. Students will analyze real-world scenarios to understand how each amendment applies in practice.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Citizen Participation in Government

A 3-station learning activity for 7th grade Special Education students, designed for learners new to the material. This packet explains citizen participation in autocratic and democratic governments using accessible language, repetition, and varied activities like readings, multiple-choice questions, sorting, and scenario analysis.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

US Citizenship and Government Practice Exam

A 50-question practice exam designed for 10th graders, covering U.S. citizenship, immigration, the American Revolution, and the U.S. and North Carolina Constitutions. This resource helps students review key concepts and prepare for assessments on foundational American civics and government.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

7th Grade Civics Midterm Review

This 10-page study guide for 7th graders reviews the foundations of government, national government, state and local government, and judicial systems. It is designed to help students prepare for their midterm exam and build critical thinking skills about civic structures.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

The Bill of Rights Guided Notes

This 2-page guided notes packet helps 8th graders learn about the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. Students will fill in key details as you teach and practice applying the amendments to real-world scenarios.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Amending the Constitution

This 2-page handout for 8th graders explains the process of amending the U.S. Constitution. It builds understanding of civics and government structure.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

AP Government FRQ Cheat Sheet

This 2-page cheat sheet provides a concise overview of the different types of Free Response Questions (FRQs) for AP Government students. It aims to help students understand the structure and expectations of each FRQ type, building their analytical and argumentative writing skills.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

American Government Station Review

This 1-page packet provides a series of station review tasks and activities for 9th-grade students studying American Government, Unit 1. It is designed to reinforce key concepts and vocabulary from the unit.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Branches of Government Scavenger Hunt

A 3-page scavenger hunt activity for 9th graders to explore the powers and responsibilities of the three branches of government. Includes a section for students to share their findings.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Comparing Governments: Fake Country Project

This 1-page assignment provides early finishers with a follow-up task to the "Create a Fake Country" poster project. Students will compare their created country's government to the United States' representative democracy, building critical thinking and comparative analysis skills.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

US Government Guided Notes

A 5-page guided notes packet for 10th-grade US Government students to study the Constitution. This resource helps students organize key information and builds comprehension skills.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Missouri Judicial Branch and Elections Guided Notes

A fill-in-the-blank guided notes handout for 10th graders covering the Missouri court system and the state's election process, following a slide presentation from slide 21 onward. Students record key facts such as judicial qualifications, term lengths, and the nonpartisan selection plan as they follow along, building civics vocabulary and note-taking skills.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Federalism: The Division of Power for 8th Grade

A practice set for 8th graders that introduces federalism and how the Constitution splits power between the national government and the states. It builds vocabulary around key terms like federalism and amendment and walks students through the categories of enumerated, reserved, and shared powers. Designed for a short social studies block or independent review.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Texas v. Johnson Guided Notes for High School Civics

A guided notes packet for 9th graders that walks through the Texas v. Johnson case, covering how court opinions are structured, how to analyze a seminal decision, and how justices use evidence to support their claims. It builds reading comprehension, close reading of legal text, and vocabulary skills, and includes a fill-in-the-blank case background passage with a word bank and an organizer for tracking each justice's claims and evidence.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Active Citizenship: Baltimore Community Data Stations

A multi-day station rotation for 7th graders that introduces active citizenship by having students gather population, demographic, and physical and human geography data on Baltimore neighborhoods to form evidence-based hypotheses about community needs. It builds informational writing, research, and map-reading skills through community profiles, walking tour notes, interview preparation, and five-paragraph profiles of community leaders and organizations, designed for a multi-day rotation within humanities and ELA blocks.

English Language Arts, Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Checks and Balances and the Bill of Rights Practice

A short practice set for 10th graders that uses matching activities to reinforce how the three branches of government share power and how the Bill of Rights protects individual liberties. It is a useful warm-up or review for a civics unit on constitutional foundations.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Articles of Confederation Guided Notes for Grade 8

A fill-in-the-blank guided notes handout to accompany a PowerPoint on the Articles of Confederation, covering its strengths and weaknesses as the first national framework of U.S. government. Students build vocabulary with a word bank and explain why the new nation's leaders feared a strong central government after escaping British rule.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Three Branches of Government Station Rotation

A station-based reading packet for 9th graders that walks students through the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches of the U.S. government, with each station pairing primary-source excerpts like Article I of the Constitution with explanatory text. It builds reading comprehension, civic knowledge, and the ability to compare how the three branches share power.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Constitutional Requirements for Federal Office Practice Set

A practice set for 9th graders that examines the age, citizenship, and residency requirements for President, Senator, and Representative as set out in Articles I and II of the U.S. Constitution. Students build reading comprehension of a summary table and practice applying formal rules to real-world eligibility questions.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Why Our Voices Matter: Voting for Grade 2

A short homework reading packet about elections and ballots for 2nd graders, with key vocabulary, a simple informational passage, and check-your-understanding questions that build reading comprehension and written response skills. It works well as an independent or family-supported homework assignment of about 15 to 20 minutes.

English Language Arts, Social Studies

Grades K-2

How the Electoral College Works: Slide Lesson with History

A slide-deck lesson for 11th grade and up that walks students through the mechanics of the Electoral College, from how electors are allocated to why the 2000 election produced a popular-vote and Electoral College split. It builds civic reasoning, quantitative thinking about electoral math, and historical analysis, and opens with a notice-and-wonder hook before moving through a gradual-release sequence.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Constitutional Amendments Inquiry Stations for Grade 11

A station rotation packet that guides 11th and 12th graders through the amendments to the U.S. Constitution, starting with First Amendment freedoms and the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses. Each station builds close reading, inquiry, and civic reasoning skills, and includes visual supports designed for English learners.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Forms of Government and Economic Systems Review

A review worksheet for 9th graders that covers forms of government (monarchy, constitutional monarchy, democracy, republic, communism, totalitarianism, and dictatorship) alongside economic systems (traditional, command, mixed, and free market) with a globalization focus. Students build vocabulary through matching and short-answer items, and the set works well as a World Geography review before a test or unit wrap-up.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Supreme Court Case Group Planning and Progress Tracker

A two-page, printable worksheet for 9th graders in a Participation in Democracy class, used across three to four days as groups research an assigned Supreme Court case and plan their shared slide deck. It builds research, constitutional analysis, collaboration, and presentation planning skills, with generous writing space for research questions, a slide-by-slide planning table, a responsibility chart, and check-in prompts.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

Federalism Vocabulary and Government Powers Practice

A short vocabulary-based practice packet for 6th-grade ACCESS students that introduces federalism and the difference between federal and state governments. Students match terms to meanings and pictures, sort governmental powers, and build a clear understanding of how power is shared across levels of government. It works well as a single lesson block or a small-group review.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Founding Principles and Documents Study Guide for High School

A short study guide for 9th graders reviewing the founding principles and documents of the United States, built around key terms like amendment, Bill of Rights, supreme law of the land, and self-government. It draws directly from a linked test and pairs a reading on colonial grievances and the Declaration with review questions, making it a solid tool for test prep or a unit review.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

The American Electorate and Party Platforms

A short, multi-part project guide for 10th graders that examines how voting, elections, and the two-party system shape American politics. Students work through key terms like coalition, platform, and third party, then apply them to the parties' stated positions and the voters who support them.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

European Government Systems Vocabulary Worksheet for Grade 7

A vocabulary worksheet that introduces 7th graders to key European government terms such as parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, with definitions and a real-world example column. Students match each term to a specific European country, building civics vocabulary and the ability to connect concepts to real governments; it works well as a short independent or partner task within a social studies unit.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Citizen Participation in European Governments

A bilingual (English/Spanish) slide presentation for 6th graders comparing how citizens take part in choosing leaders in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Russia. It builds understanding of parliamentary versus presidential democracy and autocratic versus democratic governance, with bilingual speaker notes that support both English learners and the whole class.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

The Reconstruction Amendments Practice Set for 8th Grade

A short practice worksheet, about 30 minutes, that introduces the Reconstruction Amendments (1865 to 1870) through key terms and guided reading on how the Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Fifteenth Amendments ended slavery, granted citizenship, and protected voting rights. Written at an accessible reading level for 8th graders who need extra support, it builds historical reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Station Rotation: Civics and the Three Branches of Government

A set of station-based civics activities for 7th graders that introduces the three branches of government, separation of powers, and checks and balances through short reading passages and station tasks. It builds reading comprehension, vocabulary, and civic reasoning, and it is designed to run as a rotating small-group or partner session.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

Steps of an Election: 8th Grade Matching Activity

A short matching and sequencing activity for 8th graders that walks through the five steps of a local or state election: registration, campaigning, voting, counting, and certification. Students connect real-world scenarios to each step and then put the steps in order, building civics vocabulary and close-reading skills in a modified format suited to a single class period.

Social Studies

Grades 6-8

The Three Branches of Government: Guided Notes

A fill-in-the-blank guided notes packet for 9th graders covering the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, with a key-terms glossary (bicameral, veto, judicial review, impeachment). Students complete blanks as they read, building civics vocabulary and the ability to explain how each branch checks the others.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12

The Bill of Rights: Amendments 1-10 for English Learners

A worksheet-style activity packet that introduces the first ten U.S. Constitutional amendments to 11th grade and older English Learners, using a word bank, a theme-sorting tree map, and visual supports. It builds vocabulary around rights, freedom, protection, and due process along with civics comprehension, and works best as a guided practice set in a single class period.

Social Studies

Grades 9-12