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LADOE High School Civics | Unit 5: Elections and Politics

748 minutes

28 Items

Electing a President

Lesson

5 Activities

90 Min

Handout B: Background Essay: Voting Rights Amendments

Activity

Lesson

4 Activities

60 Min

Voting Rights and the U.S. Constitution

E Lesson

20 Min

Electoral College

Resource

Appraising the Electoral College

E Lesson

20 Min

Gerrymandering, Representation, and the Consent of the Governed  

E Lesson

45 Min

Baker v. Carr | Homework Help from the Bill of Rights

Video

5 Min

Shaw v. Reno | BRI’s Homework Help Series

Video

5 Min

Elbridge Gerry (1744-1814)

Lesson

3 Activities

45 Min

Political Parties

Lesson

4 Activities

Handout D: Founders, Factions, and Virtue

Activity

Handout C: Tocqueville’s Observations about Political Parties in America, Democracy in American, Chapter 10

Activity

Freedom of Speech: Campaign Finance

Resource

Campaign Finance: PACs and SuperPACs

Lesson

4 Activities

45 Min

Handout F: The Filibuster

Activity

Presidency, Populism, & the Decline of Parties w/ Sidney Milkis | BRI Scholar Talks

Video

28 Min

Interest Groups at Work

Lesson

2 Activities

90 Min

Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010)

Lesson

5 Activities

How Officials Use the Media

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Media as a Watchdog

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

How the Media Presents Information

Lesson

2 Activities

45 Min

Freedom of Speech: Campaign Finance

E Lesson

20 Min

Understanding the Nomination Process

E Lesson

20 Min

Voting Rights in America

E Lesson

20 Min

Voters Make History with State Ballot Initiatives

E Lesson

20 Min

Debating Voter ID Laws

E Lesson

20 Min

Louisiana’s Congressional Districts

Lesson

60 Min