Congress for Kids

Tour of Federal Government

Independence

Democracy
Democracy vs. Autocracy
The Original Thirteen Colonies
Declaration of Independence, Part 1
Declaration of Independence, Part 2
Articles of Confederation

Constitution

Delegates to Constitutional Convention
The Work Begins
Writing the Constitution
The Great Compromise
Signing the Constitution
Ratifying the Constitution
Bill of Rights
Powers of Federal Government
Three Branches of Government
Checks and Balances
Amendments
Women-Right to Vote

The Legislative Branch

House of Representatives
The Senate
Making Laws
The Veto

The Executive Branch

The President
President's Job, Part 1
President's Job, Part 2
President's Cabinet
The President and Congress
Impeachment
The President has Fun

The Judicial Branch

The Supreme Court
The Justices
Dealing with Segregation

Elections

Election Day
Voting
Election of the President
Candidates
Political Parties
The Primary Election
National Conventions
National Conventions-Inside View
Candidates at the Convention
The Campaign
Polling Places
The Electoral College
The Electoral Map
The Inauguration

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Elections: Election Day

Congressional Election and Organization: Sharing the Power
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/
patterson/olc/stu/sa12.htm
Self -Assement Quizzes -- Do your students understand the nature and relationship of congressional elections and organization? Find out by introducting these self-assessment multiple-choice and true-false quizzes.

Election Activities
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/activities.htm
Ideas for classroom election activities.

Election Bookmarks
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/bookmarks.htm
Run off on cardstock or laminate.

Election Fun Coloring Page
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/color2.htm
Print and color.

Election KWL
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/kwl.htm
Printout -- What do you know? What to you want to know? What have you learned?

Election Math Problems
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/ELECTION%
20MATH%20WORD%20PROBLEMS.pdf
Read each problem carefully and look for keywords to help you know how to work the problem.

Election Reading Comprehension
http://www.abcteach.com/Reading/comps/electing%20out%
20president.pdf

Election Scavenger Hunt
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2085.shtml
Lesson Plan - Hunt through newspapers for a list of election-related news.

Elections...The American Way
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/election/home.html
How have American elections changed over time? What similarities can we see in elections yesteryear and today? Find out!

An Election Town Meeting
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/education/
projects/webquests/election/
WebQuest - Learn about election process by taking on role of a citizen or candidate in a town meeting.

Election Unscramble
http://www.abcteach.com/Elections/unscramble.htm
Print and unscramble the words that are related to elections.

Election Word Search
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/WordSearches/
election.htm

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Election: Editorial Cartoons
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/
lp2100.shtml
Lesson Plan - Create an editorial cartoon "museum" and explore the many meanings of those cartoons and create cartoons of your own.

Track the Polls
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/00-2/lp2108.shtml
Lesson Plan - Track poll results before Election Day.

USA Elections
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/Crosswords/elections.html
Printable crossword puzzle

USA Elections Interactive
http://www.abcteach.com/wordpuzzles/onlinepuzzles/election.html
Interactive crossword puzzle

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