iCivics offers a comprehensive set of practical and engaging traditional lesson plans. Individual activities are easy to manage, self-contained, and there is always something you can collect from students at the end of the period. Lesson materials are visually appealing and written in a conversational tone to foster students’ interest. They teach the material in the context of problems and issues that are relevant to students.      Easy, print-and-go lessons using only common classroom materials Wide variety of activities Many lessons include optional, interactive PowerPoint presentations Easily adaptable to interactive white boards Matched to state standards and the Common Core Standards for English/Language Arts iCivics lessons include everything you need. You won't have to search for supplementary readings or type up a last-minute worksheet. Just print the materials, follow the Step-By-Step instructions, and teach! Find all of our lesson plans at www.iCivics.org/teachers. Every lesson includes a one-page Step-by-Step guide that tells you exactly what to do and when. It’s designed for you to keep at your fingertips while teaching and to act as a checklist as you go. The Step-by-Step also includes lesson objectives, a materials list, and copy instructions. Most iCivics lessons include a two-page reading to kick off the lesson. (Some readings are slightly longer.) Readings are written in an accessible, conversational tone and include images, bold vocabulary words, tables, and graphic organizers where appropriate. Many lessons include active participation opportunities that let you easily check for understanding after working through the reading with the class. These are whole-class, choralresponse activities that let all students participate simultaneously as you reinforce the material and watch or listen for areas of confusion. This work is licensed for your use by iCivics, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the study of American civics. You may copy, modify, and share these materials freely for non-commercial purposes. Visit www.iCivics.org for more free teaching resources. 2 Our lessons include a wide variety of both individual and group activities. Many lessons also have more than one option—for example, a choice between having students do individual activities or participate in small groups. We always include a work product that you can collect from students at the end of the lesson, and we try to keep these activities easy to grade. Examples of the activities you’ll find in our lessons include…           Many iCivics lessons also include an optional PowerPoint version of the lesson activities. These are not lecture slides—they’re interactive presentations of the active participation activities and “mini quizzes” that are part of most lessons. They may also include large versions of graphic organizers or other visuals from the lesson. This makes them useful for classrooms with interactive white boards iCivics offers two libraries of mini-lessons to supplement your curriculum or hit those hard-to-find standards. Each mini-lesson includes a one-page reading and a one-page activity worksheet that you can photocopy back-to-back. Unlike the iCivics lesson plans, these mini-lessons are designed for students to complete independently without the need for teacher direction. However, they also make great teacherdirected lessons or even class conversation-starters. Use mini-lessons alone to fill a short block of time, or group several together to create a longer lesson. Targets a variety of landmark cases from the United States Supreme Court. Targets the people, ideas, and events that influenced the development of America’s government. This work is licensed for your use by iCivics, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the study of American civics. You may copy, modify, and share these materials freely for non-commercial purposes. Visit www.iCivics.org for more free teaching resources.