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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Who Gets to Be President?

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: For the President, All in a Day's Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the primary responsibilities of the president and how those duties connect to the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive Branch.
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Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Mini Lesson: Succession

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the opening activity, students are challenged to create a succession plan for their school principal. The class then reviews the official presidential line of succession and reads about its origins.
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Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: The Reagan Tapes

For Students 9th - 10th
What happened at the White House in the hours following the Reagan assassination attempt? NPR provides audio of recently released tapes that capture the events of the day. Website provides a retrospective 20 years after the event.
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Activity
Other

Succession to the Presidency a Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is put together by a medical doctor with an interest in the line of succession to the presidency. Although not a constitutional expert, the author has documented source material and has read extensively in the field.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Terms and Succession

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this interactive timeline that documents the history of terms of succession in the United States.
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Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Presidential Succession

For Students 9th - 10th
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of Presidential succession.
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Activity
US Senate

United States Senate: Presidential Succession

For Students 9th - 10th
Article which discusses the controversies of the establishment of the Presidential Succession Act of 1792. Contains links to related historical information.
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Activity
Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Twenty Fifth Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of the twenty-fifth amendment as its worded in the U.S. Constitution. Annotations can be found at the bottom of the page along with a footnote.
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Handout
Siteseen

Siteseen: Government and Constitution: 25th Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, simple summary with the full text of the 25th amendment detailing changing what happens if a President or Vice President dies, resigns, or is unable to do the job.