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20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking

TeachThought

For example, the column on the left can have words and the column on the right can have definitions. Other possibilities: Left Column/Right Column: Inventors/Inventions; Forms of Government/Strengths and Weaknesses, Geometric Shape/Formula to calculate area; etc. or ‘Why was this event important?’

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The Bill of Rights

Teaching American History

In addition, seven states attached a prefatory declaration of rights to their frameworks of government: Virginia (June 1776), Delaware (September 1776), Pennsylvania (September 1776), Maryland (November 1776), North Carolina (December 1776), Massachusetts (March 1780), and New Hampshire (June 1784).

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A Conversation About School Choice

Cult of Pedagogy

There’s definitely states where over time they have increased the amount of accountability for some of these programs because of some of those issues of fraud and misuse. It’s still just not even close to what the traditional public schools go through. It’s certainly true for charter schools.

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Fun & Engaging Executive Branch Activity Ideas

Let's Cultivate Greatness

Its easy to focus on just the President when teaching the Executive Branch, but its important also to stress the role of the four million other people who make up this branch of government. Here are some of my favorite lessons and activities for teaching the executive branch in my high school Civics and Government class.

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The Week That Was In 234

Moler's Musing

We tackled the Boston Tea Party with Number Mania to dig into key details and wrapped up with an inquiry lesson on “having a voice in government.” It’s a fun and creative way to get them thinking beyond the text, and I was hoping it would engage their imaginations a bit more than traditional worksheets. On to the next!

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PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Anthropology for Beginners

One scholar claims that public administration has no generally accepted definition, because the scope of the subject is so great and so debatable that it is easier to explain than define. is to advance management and policies so that government can function ( Rabin, Hildreth, and Miller 1989).

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The Bill of Rights

Teaching American History

In addition, seven states attached a prefatory declaration of rights to their frameworks of government: Virginia (June 1776), Delaware (September 1776), Pennsylvania (September 1776), Maryland (November 1776), North Carolina (December 1776), Massachusetts (March 1780), and New Hampshire (June 1784).