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The Election of 1912

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The Election of 1912: an election with four competitive opponents. Pupils get to know the candidates with informative reading passages that provide context to the election. Then, the class engages in a debate and answers questions as one of the candidates to show what they know.

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CCSS: Designed
Concepts
elections, the bill of rights, american history, theodore roosevelt, woodrow wilson, the republican party, socialism, the democratic party, american democracy
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Additional Tags
social studies
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Instructional Ideas
  • Extend learning by asking scholars to manage a social media profile of one of the candidates from the Election of 1912
  • Flip the class by assigning some of the readings as homework
Classroom Considerations
  • Amount of reading time varies depending on literacy level of your class members
Pros
  • Learners better understand the intensity of debate by engaging in their own 
  • Includes comprehension questions to test for learning
Cons
  • None