Procedures

• Unit One: Foundations of American Democracy

  • Using the Foundations of American Democracy Key Terms Chart, students explore C-SPAN Bell-Ringer resources aligned with relevant terms from unit concepts, responding to questions and identifying connections between the terms and course concepts.

  • Students interact with a Foundations of American Democracy Quizlet to review these and other terms relevant to the unit.

  • Students play a Foundations of American Democracy Kahoot to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students play a Foundations of American Democracy Blooket to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students apply their knowledge by engaging in one or more of the below activities.

• Unit Two: Interactions Among Branches of Government

  • Using the Interactions Among Branches of Government Key Terms Chart, students explore C-SPAN Bell-Ringer resources aligned with relevant terms from unit concepts, responding to questions and identifying connections between the terms and course concepts.

  • Students interact with an Interactions Among Branches of Government Quizlet to review these and other terms relevant to the unit.

  • Students play an Interactions Among Branches of Government Kahoot to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students play an Interactions Among Branches of Government Blooket to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students apply their knowledge by engaging in one or more of the below activities.

• Unit Three: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

  • Using the Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Key Terms Chart, students explore C-SPAN Bell-Ringer resources aligned with relevant terms from unit concepts, responding to questions and identifying connections between the terms and course concepts.

  • Students interact with a Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Quizlet to review these and other terms relevant to the unit.

  • Students play a Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Kahoot to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students play a Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Blooket to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students apply their knowledge by engaging in one or more of the below activities.

• Unit Four: American Political Ideologies and Beliefs

  • Using the American Political Ideologies and Beliefs Key Terms Chart, students explore C-SPAN Bell-Ringer resources aligned with relevant terms from unit concepts, responding to questions and identifying connections between the terms and course concepts.

  • Students interact with an American Political Ideologies and Beliefs Quizlet to review these and other terms relevant to the unit.

  • Students play an American Political Ideologies and Beliefs Kahoot to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students play an American Political Ideologies and Beliefs Blooket to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students apply their knowledge by engaging in one or more of the below activities.

• Unit Five: Political Participation

  • Using the Political Participation Key Terms Chart, students explore C-SPAN Bell-Ringer resources aligned with relevant terms from unit concepts, responding to questions and identifying connections between the terms and course concepts.

  • Students interact with a Political Participation Quizlet to review these and other terms relevant to the unit.

  • Students play a Political Participation Kahoot to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students play a Political Participation Blooket to test their understanding of key unit concepts.

  • Students apply their knowledge by engaging in one or more of the below activities.

• Applying Knowledge: Review Activity Options

  • CAPTION CONTEST: Choose a variety of "action shot" pictures related to government and politics. Task students with writing captions for the pictures utilizing key terms. This can be done as either a "Gallery Walk" activity or via a GoogleDoc so students can easily see each others' captions.

  • BLIND LINE: Write six terms on scraps of paper, fold them, and place them in an open area of classroom flooring. Have two students begin an improv scene based on a government scenario that you've selected. Periodically, each student needs to reach down, pick up a term, and incorporate it into the next thing he or she says in the scene. Then repeat with new terms and different students. (NOTE: This can also be executed in groups of four, but that format works better if you have student actors who already have improv experience.)

  • CONFERENCE COMMITTEE: Write terms on index cards, stack them, and divide students into two groups. In turns, one member from each group serves as the clue giver for 45 seconds, drawing a term from the top of the pile trying to get his or her group to guess it without saying any part of the term (as in the games "Catch Phrase"), then moving on to other terms as time permits.

  • TWENTY QUESTIONS: Give a term to each student and tell them not to look at it. Students then pair up, show each other their terms, and can ask each other twenty yes or no questions to try and correctly identify their terms. If they succeed in doing so, they earn a point and get another term from you.

  • JENGOV: Write key terms on Jenga blocks. Students engage in standard game play, but after they draw each blocks, must correctly identify the definition before stacking it atop the tower.

  • Five more key terms review options are available within the other Key Terms Review Lesson

• Recalling Knowledge: Review Deck

  Create class sets of Key Terms Review Cards and answer sheets for students to use as review tools.

  Each card contains a definition and a QR code that students can scan with their phones to reveal the corresponding term. (NOTE: cards should be printed on white paper, as colored paper can interfere with the QR code readability.).

  OPTIONS FOR USAGE:

  • Review flashcards

  • Post cards around the classroom. Have students walk around the room looking at cards, recording their responses on the answer sheets, and then scanning the QR code to check their responses.

  • Post cards on your classroom door for students to test themselves with as they enter or exit.

  • Begin each class period with a few cards on each desk for students to quiz themselves with

  • Lightning rounds: At the start or end of a class period, have 5-10 students draw cards and read the definitions with the remaining students recording their answers on the answer sheet. Then have the students who read the definitions reveal what they believe to be the answers, scanning the QR code to check.

  • March Madness: Create a bracket of students in a class period. Students then face off against each other head-to-head, drawing cards and identifying terms in a "best of five" format, until one student is identified as the class champion.

  • Attach the key terms cards to the backs of standard playing cards. Students then engage in card games of their choosing, but must correctly identify vocabulary terms before putting their cards into play.

  • Five additional gameplay options are available within the Key Foundational Documents Review Lesson that can be adapted for use with the key terms review cards

  • Another five gameplay options are available within the Landmark Supreme Court Cases Review Lesson that can be adapted for use with the key terms review cards

• Recalling Knowledge: Blooket

  This Blooket includes all of the above key terms. It can be played in class, over Zoom or independently by students.