+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scientific Approach to Forest Management

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use wireless laptop computers to collect, store, communicate, and organize data from the 1999 Jasper Fire area. They collect data in the field and compare it to student-collected data from prior years to develop conclusions...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Traverse City Trouble Makers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate how to become advocates in an authentic environmental issue, in this case the invasion of the zebra mussel invasion of the Great Lakes. They complete graphic organizers during Internet research, while reading...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Create Your Own Constitution

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the processes, purpose and components of a good and just constitution. They focus on the Constitution of the United States of America. Students discuss the purpose of a constitution and reasons why the Constitution...
+
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Government and Politics: Comparative: Public Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
AP Government and Politics learning module explores the public policy making of six core countries and the factors that influence global and domestic policy.
+
Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Public Policy and Economic Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and concepts related to how policymakers can influence economic growth. This resource is designed as a review for the AP Macroeconomics Test or a college-level...
+
Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Project Citizen

For Teachers 7th - 8th
This project is intended to help students learn how to express their opinions, and how to decide which level of government and which agency is most appropriate for dealing with a problem they identify. They then gather relevant...
+
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Democracy in Amer: Interest Groups: Organizing to Influence

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit probes into the role political interest groups plays in both complicating and influencing public policy making in America. Offers video, readings, web resources, and activities.
+
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: The Public Sphere

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discover the relationships among the concepts of public sphere, public agenda, public opinion, public policy, and how they influence the issues we all discuss and care about.
+
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Interest Groups

For Teachers 9th - 10th
students will learn how people form interest groups, and how they influence the government. This lesson uses the battle over school lunch ingredients to illustrate how interest groups and lobbying affect public policy.
+
eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 6: The Relatively Recent Arrival of Economic Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
By the end of this section, you will be able to do the following: Explain the conditions that have allowed for modern economic growth in the last two centuries and analyze the influence of public policies in the long-run economic growth...
+
Handout
Digital History

Digital History: The Military Industrial Complex

For Students 9th - 10th
Beginning with George Washington, presidents have used their farewell address to look back on their experience in office and to offer the public practical advice. In his farewell address, President Dwight D. Eisenhower said that a high...