Have these on hand for
- First day of your Legislative Branch unit for a pre-assessment warm-up
- Quick bell ringer recap of the previous day’s lesson
- End of the unit or EOC review activity games
- Targeted support for struggling or ELL students
- Emergency lesson plans available in a pinch
Student-friendly conversational descriptions and images pair with concept cards to reinforce learning for endless game options!
Cards cover legislative topics like:
- Steps for how a bill becomes law
- Characteristics of the House of Representatives and Congress
- Expressed and implied powers of Congress
- How Congresspeople represent their constituents
Included in this Legislative Branch Review Activity kit:
- Teacher Overview with 11 different game ideas for how to use the cards, including individual, small group, or whole class setting
- 76 Concept & Description Cards for students to quiz themselves and do all sorts of matching, ordering, and sorting activities
- 4 Header Labels for students to categorize and organize cards into different topics like Steps for How A Bill Becomes Law and Powers of Congress
- 20 Photo/Graph Cards for students to examine and match the contents of with various concept cards
- Blank Card Templates to create your own, either by hand or within the included Google Slides file
This resource is 35 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?
Matching concept and description cards come in clean easy-to-read fonts with student-friendly descriptions and visual icons to reinforce learning.
Directions are included for all sorts of individual, small-group, and whole-class games and activities you can do using the cards.
Included blank templates allow you to make any additional cards you need!
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 resource is a secured, non-editable PDF file intended to be printed.
Included is a link to an editable Google file to create additional cards as needed.
What standards does this address?
Several! Standards vary, but this resource supports these from various states:
- Analyze the structures, functions, and processes of the legislative branch
- Describe the procedure for enacting laws
- Analyze the role of Congress in terms of its relationship with the other branches
- Identify and describe the enumerated powers delegated to Congress
- Identify differences between the House and Senate
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.
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