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Identify America’s current political parties, and illustrate their ideas about government.

Lesson Plan

SS.7.C.2.8 Lesson Plan: Political Parties.docx.pdf

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.pdf

Civics End-of-Course Assessment Test Item Specifications from FLDOE

SS.7.C.2.8 Benchmark Specifications.pdf
SS.7.C.2.8 Item Specification Review.pdf

Additional Resources to Support this Benchmark

Communist Party USAwww.cpusa.org
Democratic Party
http://www.democrats.org
EASE History – Presidential Campaign Adshttp://knowledgenetwork.alumni.msu.edu/knowledge-visualization/presidential-campaign-ads.html
FairVote – The Center for Voting and Democracy
http://www.fairvote.org
Libertarian Partyhttp://www.lp.org
PBS Kids The Democracy Projecthttp://pbskids.org/democracy/
Project Vote Smarthttp://votesmart.org
Republican Partyhttp://www.gop.com
Socialist Party USAhttp://www.sp-usa.org
iCivics CorrelationsOne Big Party? Lesson Plan: http://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/one-big-party