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Lesson Plan November 04 2024

Choose one: 7 engaging civics lessons

Check out these 7 video lessons on voting rights, political parties, media bias and more

Vice Presidential debate between Walz and Vance in New York

Daily News Lesson October 02 2024

Key moments from the Walz-Vance debate

Vice presidential hopefuls focused their criticism on the top of the ticket

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Lesson Plan August 10 2016

Fun facts about Clinton and Trump - Lesson Plan

Here’s some information on where the candidates stand on the issues as well as some fun facts you probably didn’t know.

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Daily Video July 18 2016

Trump picks Indiana Governor Mike Pence as running mate

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump chose Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice president, despite the two disagreeing on a number of political and social issues. Pence has served as governor of Indiana since 2012, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years.

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Lesson Plan May 25 2016

Who said it? Presidential candidates' quotes activity

Start your class off with this fun election activity! Using PBS' Election Central interactive map, students can test their knowledge of candidates' policy stances by matching quotes with the candidate who they think said it.

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Daily Video December 21 2015

Democrats square off in third presidential debate

Both domestic and foreign affairs played a role in the Democrat’s last presidential debate of 2015.

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Lesson Plan December 08 2015

Meet the presidential candidates in Election 2016 - Lesson Plan

Subjects Social Studies, Government, Civics Estimated Time Two to three 45-minut…

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Post October 14 2015

First Democratic presidential primary debate: How did the candidates do?

Have your students read the following article and watch some of the highlights from the debate. The…

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