SS.7.CG.3.14

This Grade 7 Civics Family Guide provides some ideas and activities to support civics education when at home, out and about, and in the community. The activities provided align to the civics learning benchmarks within Standard 3 at this grade level.

This is lesson 2 of a 3-lesson unit. In this lesson, students learn about how variables and inequalities are used in both math and computer science through the exploration of how a win/loss is calculated in an Electoral College model/simulator.

This is the final lesson in a 3-lesson unit. In this lesson, students will review the Electoral College by debugging and improving upon a Scratch simulation of a presidential election map. Students will also apply their knowledge of variables and inequalities through the debugging process.

In this lesson plan, students will learn about electing officials (President, U.S. Senators & Representatives), their roles, equal/proportional representation in Congress, and the purpose and function of the Electoral College.

This is lesson 1 of a 3-lesson unit. In this unit, students will learn about the Electoral College system used in presidential elections as well as how we use computer programs to create models and simulations that produce visual representations and predictions during the election process. 

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the structures, functions, and processes of the executive branch while completing guided notes that accompany a teacher-presented slideshow. Students will then show what they know by researching executive branch departments.

Students will research the Electoral College and learn about elections where a candidate who won the popular vote did not win the presidential election. Students will examine the value of the Electoral College and its history. This is the first lesson in a 3-part integrated civics and computer science mini-unit.

In this lesson plan, students will explain the purpose and function of the Electoral College in electing the President of the United States.

In this lesson plan, students will learn about the purpose and the function of the Electoral College.  Students will complete a graphic organizer as a notetaking strategy while learning via a slideshow.  Students will then learn about the tie during the election of 1800 to determine how the 12^th Amendment rectified the situation for the future.  Lastly, students will grapple with an electoral map to strategize which states they would focus on in order to reach 270 votes.