Worksheets and No Prep Teaching Resources American Government

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American Government

American Government

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Very Quick Readers
     Why Do We Have Laws? (Very Quick Reader; Grade 1-2 Readability)
     By Law or Birth (Very Quick Reader; Grade 6-8 Readability)

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Short Readers
     How Laws Are Made (Short Reader; Grade 2-4 Readability)

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Reading Comprehensions
     Why Do We Need Laws, Anyway? (Grades 2-3)
     How Laws are Made (Grades 3-5)
     Fugitive Slave Laws (Grades 4-5)
     Fugitive Slave Law (Grades 4-5)
     Jim Crow Laws (Grades 4-6)
     Draft Law and Riots (Grades 4-6)
     Law Enforcement and Fire Fighting (Grades 5-7)
     It's Dynamic! Laws of Motion and Speed (Grades 5-7)
     The Corn Laws (Grades 5-8)
     Texas Law Men, Part 1 (Grades 6-7)
     Texas Law Men, Part 2 (Grades 6-7)
     Newton's Three Laws of Motion (Grades 6-8)
     How a Bill Becomes a Law (Grades 6-8)
     Jews in Germany (Nuremberg Laws) (Grades 6-8)
     The President's Role in Passing Laws (Grades 6-8)
     Slavery and the Law (Grades 7-8)
     United States Immigration Laws 1900-1960 (Grades 7-9)
     United States Immigration Laws in the 18th and 19th Centuries (Grades 7-9)
     United States Immigration Laws 1960-2001 (Grades 7-9)
     From an Idea to a Bill to a Law (Grades 9-12)

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Reluctant Reader Books
     Strange but True: Wild and Wacky Laws (Grade 2-3)

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What Would You Do?
     It's Against the Law (Grade 6-8)

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Read and Color Books

Independence Day

I'd Like to Be a Judge

A History of Father's Day

Coming To America

Our President Read and Color

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Reading Comprehension Lesson Ideas

Miscellaneous (Grades 3-5)      A Changing Workforce      African Elephants      Alexander McCall Smith      America's Library      Aye-ayes      Bengal Tiger      Black Codes      Bosco's Manners      Chester A. Arthur      Children Go to Work      Eight Days of Light      Fourth of July Sister      Franklin Pierce      Freedmen's Bureau      Helicopter Heroes: Heroes of Hurricane Katrina      Helicopter Heroes: Heroes of Hurricane Katrina      Ingrid and the Minimum Wage Battle in Germany      Jean Finds Out About the Requirements for U.S. Citizenship      Keisha Suffers from Animal Cruelty      Keith Interviews Glenn Gorilla      Keith Interviews Mei, the Giant Panda      Lost Treasures      Martin Van Buren      Myli Learns About Social Security      Police Officers Protect Us      Rosa Parks      Sea Otters and Manatees      Stinky Air, Get Away from There!      The Canine Heroes of 9-11      The Mysterious Colossal Squid      The Real McCoy: The Life of Elijah McCoy, Inventor      The Start of the Ku Klux Klan      Ulysses S. Grant as President      Who Cares About School?      William Taft (Grades 6-8)      A Brief History of Hygiene      A Day Without Immigrants      A Little Mountain Escape      A Revolver and a Showman      Alex Flinn      All About Apples: A Brief History of Apples      Anna Marie Jarvis: The Mother of Mother's Day      Another Day Older and Deeper in Debt: Working for a Living in the 1890s, Part 2      Anti-Slavery Movement      Attorney General      Barack Obama      Be a Comparison Shopper      Benjamin Harrison      Best Friends Animal Society      Calvin Coolidge      Captain Maher's Job: Is the Hudson River Safe?      Charlotte Hawkins Brown      Commander-in-Chief      Confederate Flag Controversy      Cultural Casualties of War      Deadwood, South Dakota: Legendary Black Hills Landmark      Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.      Dwight Eisenhower      Edwin Hubble: Father of Observational Cosmology      Elephants Never Forget Animal Cruelty      Elizabeth Cady Stanton      Frank Hamer      Gerald Ford      Gravity      Gun Control      Hillary Clinton Elected Senator      Hillary Rodham Clinton      How a Bicycle Works      How Do People Protect Plants and Animals?      How Does a Traffic Camera Work?      Indian Territory Becomes the State of Oklahoma      Inertia      James Buchanan      James Madison      Jean Learns About Rights and Responsibilities of Citizens      Jean Studies for his Citizenship Test, Part 1      Jean Studies for his Citizenship Test, Part 2      Jean Studies for his Citizenship Test, Part 3      Johannes Kepler and the Mystery of Six-Cornered Snowflakes      John Adams      John F. Kennedy      Jumping, Leaping Horses!      Kade's Story in Indonesia: Work in a Sweatshop      Karl Marx      Leaded Gasoline Becomes a Thing of the Past      London      Michelle Obama      Minimum Wage in Germany      Moliére      Monopolies, Cartels, and Trusts      Mystery of the Missing Gold, Part One      Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker of the House      Nancy Pelosi, Lady of Power      Napoleon Bonaparte      Napoleon's Wars      Noise Pollution Near Home      Office of Management and Budget      Our Economy and the U.S. Constitution      Parents Demand Schools!      Pharmacist      Poinsett: the Man Behind the Flower      Pompey the Great      President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and the Environment      President George W. Bush      Prohibition in Kansas      Rainforest Logging Banned in New Zealand      Really Down on the Farm - "Sockless Jerry" and the Populist Party      Reconstruction      Recycling: Something Old Is New Again      Richard Nixon      Robert Newton Peck      Sanitary Fairs: Civil War Fundraisers      Secretary of Homeland Security      Secretary of Housing and Urban Development      Secretary of Labor      Secretary of Veterans Affairs      Social Sciences      Soft Money      Stinky Air Pollution and the Great London Smog      Surrender      Sweatshops in Indonesia: Kade's Story      Tasmanian Devils      The Age of Enlightenment      The Apache Kid: Outlaw Legend of the Southwest, Part 1      The Apache Kid: Outlaw Legend of the Southwest, Part 2      The Bone Fires, Part 2      The Chinese Exclusion Act      The Civil War and Inflation      The Cree      The Easter Lily      The Endangered Species Act      The Fifteenth Amendment      The Fourteenth Amendment      The Fourth of July      The Gang's All Here!      The History of the Bear Flag of California      The Monster of Lake Champlain      The President's Staff      Thurgood Marshall      Trail of Tears, Part 2      Two Earth Days?      Urban Planning      Urban Planning      Velma Bronn Johnston - Wild Horse Annie      Victoria Woodhull      Water Pollution in the Hudson River: Captain Maher's Story      What Is Energy?      What Is Wicca?      What Makes You a Good Citizen?      When Is Presidents Day?      Whom Do You Honor on Veterans Day?      Why Did Russians Come to America?      Why Do We Have Earth Day?      William Clinton      William McKinley      Woodrow Wilson      Yellowstone Buffalo      Young Immigrants and Crime in Germany - What Is the Connection? (Grades 9-12)      Crime and Young Immigrants in Germany - What is the Connection?      Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American Doctor      Ernest J. Gaines      Fighting For Their Livelihoods-Labor Wars of the 1890s      Grace Abbott: Child Labor Activist      Harper Lee      Kate Thompson      Lorraine Hansberry      Misguided Fanatic or Hero? John Brown      Myanmar Cyclone Relief: Ler Shee's Story      Roger Williams: Founder of Providence, Rhode Island      The Brooks and Baxter War      The Old Man of the Mountain Stories (Grades 3-5)      Amish Barn-raising      Mission Implausible Geography (no assigned grade level)      Iraq      Iraq      Modern Egypt - Traditions and Daily Life (Grades 3-5)      Delaware and the Underground Railroad      Old Hickory      The Star-Spangled Banner (Grades 6-8)      Canada--History      Finland - Culture      France - History      John Grisham - Author      Lithuania - History      Minnesota      Noah Webster      Paraguay - Culture: Camilo Soares Machado      Pennsylvania      Poland - Culture (Nicolaus Copernicus)      Rosa Parks – A Woman of Courage      Spain - History      Supreme Court Justice – Thurgood Marshall (Grades 9-12)      Ancient Greece - History      Madagascar - History

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Finish the Story
     We the People (Grade 3-4)
     Hometown Hero (Grade 6-8)

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What Would You Do?
     Jonathon Finds Two Feathers (Grade 3-6)
     Leave Those Eggs Alone! (Grade 3-6)
     What if There Were No Bill of Rights? (Grade 3-6)
     Martin's Dream (Grade 3-6)
     The Spooky Koops House (Grade 3-6)
     Firecracker (Grade 4-6)
     Missing Book Bag (Grade 4-6)
     Stereotype or Prejudice? (Grade 5-8)
     If You Were An Immigrant in 1893 (Grade 6-8)

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Reader's Theater Scripts and Plays
     Can You Guess the Job? (Grades 1-2)
     The Wonderful World of Whales (Grades 2-3)
     The Donkey's Tale (Grades 3-6)
     A More Perfect Union (Grade 4)
     Manners Mayhem at the Movie Theater (Grades 4-5)
     How to Handle a Theft (Grades 4-7)

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Reluctant Reader Books
     Meet Martin Luther King, Jr. (Grade 3-4)
     All-Terrain Vehicles (Grade 3-5)
     Dylan and Cole Sprouse (Grade 3-5)
     Marculus Gets his License (Grade 3-6)
     Aliens: Fact or Fiction? (Grade 4-5)
     Early Years of a Leader (Grade 4-5)
     Meet President Obama (Grade 4-5)
     Mike and the Legend of St. Valentine (Grade 4-5)
     Save the Giant Pandas (Grade 4-5)
     Stop the Car! Wild and Wacky Road Trip Sites (Grade 4-5)
     The Day the Seagulls Attacked (Grade 4-5)
     Animal Outlaws (Grade 4-6)
     Anne Frank (Grade 4-6)
     CT is for Connecticut (Grade 4-6)
     Motorcycles (Grade 4-6)
     ND is for North Dakota (Grade 4-6)
     NE is for Nebraska (Grade 4-6)
     NV is for Nevada (Grade 4-6)
     T Is for Thanksgiving (Grade 4-6)
     VT is for Vermont (Grade 4-6)
     CSI: Fingerprints (Grade 5-6)
     My, Oh, My! Mummy Tales From Around the World (Grade 5-6)
     President Barack Obama (Grade 5-6)
     Thank You, Dr. Martin Luther King! (Grade 5-6)
     CSI: Careers in Forensics (Grade 5-7)
     Endangered Animals (Grade 5-8)
     Pirates: Fact or Fiction? (Grade 5-8)

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American Government

American Government

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