Identify America’s current political parties, and illustrate their ideas about government.
Lesson Plan
Benchmark Content Resources for Teachers
Civics On Demand—An Introduction to Benchmark Based Content for Teachers
SS.7.C.2.8 Highlights: America’s Current Political Parties | .ppt |
Florida Joint Center for Citizenship Civics Assessment Items
Each benchmark assessment bank includes items aligned to low, moderate, and high complexity.
SS.7.C.2.8 Questions | .docx |
SS.7.C.2.8 Answers | .xslx |
SS.7.C.2.8 Questions and Answers with Explanations | .docx |
Escambia-FJCC Civics Review Site ItemsEscambia |
Civics End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications from FLDOE
Additional Resources to Support this Benchmark
Communist Party USA | www.cpusa.org |
Democratic Party | http://www.democrats.org |
EASE History – Presidential Campaign Ads | http://knowledgenetwork.alumni.msu.edu/knowledge-visualization/presidential-campaign-ads.html |
FairVote – The Center for Voting and Democracy | http://www.fairvote.org |
Libertarian Party | http://www.lp.org |
PBS Kids The Democracy Project | http://pbskids.org/democracy/ |
Project Vote Smart | http://votesmart.org |
Republican Party | http://www.gop.com |
Socialist Party USA | http://www.sp-usa.org |
iCivics Correlations | One Big Party? Lesson Plan: http://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/one-big-party |