What grades is this intended for?
This was designed at a mixed-ability high school level. I cannot guarantee it for grades younger than that, though middle school teachers have reported success with the units in this course. 

If you teach middle school, you may succeed best with the stand-alone activity kits available. 

What supports are included? How can I modify this?
Activities are built with included supports to accommodate varying needs within a typical on-level course: images, sentence stems, graphic organizers, chunking, small-group and low-stakes student talk, manipulatives, how-two skill sheets, step-by-step essay and project forms, etc.  

Student materials come in editable Google file versions to allow you to modify activities by shortening, re-leveling, translating, or using text-to-speech software to support student needs. 

Can I use this in a homeschooling setting?

Sure! While this unit was designed with a traditional classroom setting in mind, it can be used in a solo or a small-group setting without too much tweaking.

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 of all the student materials.

What standards does this address?

Several! Standards vary, but this resource supports these from various states:

• Analyze the structure and functions of the legislative branch, including the bicameral structure of Congress, the role of committees, and the procedures of enactings laws
• Analyze the structure and functions of the executive branch, including the constitutional powers of the president, the growth over time of presidential power, and the role of the Cabinet and executive departments
• Analyze the structure and functions of the judicial branch, including the federal court system, types of jurisdiction, and unique characteristics of the Supreme Court
• Analyze primary sources, determining central idea, citing textual evidence, and identifying author’s point of view and purpose
• Integrate multiple sources in diverse formats in order to form a coherent understanding and address a question

• Write argument focused on discipline-specific content, developing claim and counterclaim, selecting most signfignat pieces of evidence, using precise domain-specific language, and organizing ideas into a coherent arugment
• Make personal and real-world connections and refections to content

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.