Federal Officers Poster Research Project Kit
$4.00
This kit is the perfect addition to your 3 Branches of Government unit because students teach each other about the current Congress, the President’s Cabinet, and the Supreme Court with this poster gallery walk project.
Description
Have your students teach each other by creating one-pager posters of various Congressional leaders, members of the President’s Cabinet, and the nine Supreme Court Justices.
Then, host a gallery walk using the accompanying guided notes tailored to each branch.
Afterward, turn their posters into a powerful wall display of all the people who make up America’s current leadership that you will be referencing for the rest of the year.
Included in this Federal Officers Poster Research project kit:
- Teacher Overview with general notes, links, and detailed lesson plans
- Sample Poster to model an effective biographical poster
- Members of Congress project sheet with requirements and rubrics and gallery walk notes for 8 key Congress members (those who represent your students and those in leadership roles)
- The Cabinet project sheet with requirements and rubrics and gallery walk notes for 21 Department Secretaries and leaders of other key agencies
- The Supreme Court project sheet with requirements and rubrics and gallery walk notes for the 9 Justices of the Supreme Court
- Bulletin Board Signage to display after the activity is over
- Link to a digital version in a Google Docs file
NOTE: this kit intentionally includes position titles only, not names, so it never is out-of-date!
This resource is 60 PDF pages, plus Google files.
What grades is this intended for?
This was designed for high school, but could still work for upper middle school.
What supports are included? How can I modify this?
Structured graphic organizers, step-by-step student directions, and rubrics are included.
Google versions of student materials are editable to tailor to your students’ needs.
Can I use this in a homeschooling setting?
Sure! Everything in this kit can still be used in a solo or a small-group setting.
Is this editable? What file types does this resource come in?
The main resource is a secured, non-editable PDF file intended to be printed.
Included are links to editable Google files, to customize to your classroom needs and assign digitally if you choose.
What standards does this address?
Standards vary, but this resource supports these from various states:
- Describe the purpose, structure, and function of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches
- Describe the various executive departments and independent agencies and explain their purpose and effect, including NASA, OSHA, FDA, EPA, FCC, FEC, NLRB
What are the terms of use for this resource?
This resource, including all ancillary files, may be used as needed for regular, non-commercial single-classroom use between a teacher and their students.
This includes printing copies and sharing digital files with students through a secure platform, like Google Classroom or Canvas, email, or a classroom-only shared drive.
The using and sharing of any part of this resource in any manner outside the above-mentioned capacity is strictly prohibited. Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to,
- posting files on the open internet or in a Facebook group
- emailing files to or sharing print copies with others (without purchasing additional licenses)
- uploading or storing files in a shared cloud drive accessible by anyone other than students
- including any part, or any derivative work, within any commercial endeavor like curriculum development, professional training, or for-profit teaching like Outschool, or selling this resource as your own in either print or digital formats
Doing so violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), copyright law, and these terms.
By downloading this resource from Let’s Cultivate Greatness, the original user has been granted one license for a single teacher (or number of teachers matching the number of licenses purchased) and their students at any one time.
Let’s Cultivate Greatness retains the full copyright of this resource.
A great activity that wraps up the unit. I have enjoyed using Let's Cultivate Greatness in my classroom. – Samantha D.
Usually, I hesitate to spend more money on resources, but this has been exactly what I needed to supplement my teaching in my Government class. – Erron E.
