First
Semester Exam Review
Rags to Riches Game: Historical Documents
http://www.quia.com/rr/140097.html
Battleship Game: First and Fourteenth Amendments
http://www.quia.com/ba/66337.html
Quia Quiz: Citizenship and Government
http://www.quia.com/quiz/714904.html
Battleship Game: Voting, Elections, and Political Parties
http://www.quia.com/ba/66349.html
Constitution Concentration
http://www.quia.com/jg/795686.html
Rags to Riches Game: Constitution
http://www.quia.com/rr/140159.html
Voting,
Election Process, and Political Parties Unit Test Review
Battleship Game
http://www.quia.com/ba/65573.html
Rags to Riches Game
http://www.quia.com/rr/86581.html
First Semester Exam Review
Use the following activities to
prepare yourself for the Civics Semester Exam
Activity
1 (CE.3a)
Go to : http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/citizenship/index.html
Use the text and links to answer the following questions.
1. What is a citizen?
2. What is an alien?
3. What are the two ways to obtain citizenship in America?
4. Immigration has resulted in a very *?* U.S. population.
What word from the reading fits in the blank?
5. Click on “Becoming a U.S. Citizen” at the bottom of the
page. What must an alien do to become a citizen?
6. Go to: http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am14.html
How does the 14th Amendment define
citizenship? Hint- look at the first sentence
Activity 2 (CE.3b)
Go to: http://www.usconstitution.net/xconst_Am1.html
1. What are the five freedoms in the first amendment?
2. Using what you remember from class, can you explain the
freedoms using one sentence for each?
Activity 3 (CE.2c)
Go to: http://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html
1. What is the purpose of the Preamble to the Constitution?
2. Click on “Preamble”. What are the first four purposes of
U.S. government?
3. What are the first three words of the Preamble?
4. Why are these words important?
Activity 4 (CE.2a)
Go to: http://www.quia.com/rr/53205.html
Play the game.
1. Using your correct answers, what are the five fundamental
political principles?
2. Explain each principle using your correct answers from the
game.
Activity 5 (CE.2b)
Use the word bank below to match each of the following:
Word Bank- a. Charters of the Virginia
Company of London
b. The Virginia
Declaration of Rights
c. Declaration of
Independence
d.
Articles of Confederation
e. Virginia Statute
for Religious Freedom
f. Constitution of
the United States of America
1. ___ Affirmed “certain unalienable rights” (life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
2. ___ Rights of Englishmen guaranteed to colonists
3. ___ Freedom of religious beliefs and opinions
4. ___ Establishes the structure of the US government
5. ___ Declared the colonies' independence from Great
Britain
6. ___ Protects the fundamental freedoms of religion,
speech, press, assembly, and petition
7. ___ Established the first form of national government
for the independent states
8. ___ Affirms individual dignity and worth of all people
9. ___ Served as a model for the Bill of Rights
10. ___ Established the idea that all people are equal under the
law
11. ___ Guarantees equality under the law with majority rule and
the rights of the minority
protected
12. ___ Weakness of central government (e.g., no power to tax and
enforce laws)-led to the
writing of the Constitution
13. ___ Stated grievances against the king of Great Britain
14. ___ Maintained that major powers resided with individual states
Activity 6 (CE.5f)
Go to: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/election/electoral.html
1. Explain how the Electoral College process is an indirect
popular election.
2. Who do the people actually vote for in a presidential election?
3. The electors, in turn, then vote for the
________________________ candidate and his
or
her ___________________________ candidate.
4. How is the number of electors is each state determined?
5. What is the “winner-take-all” system?
6. If you were running for president, which states would you
campaign in first? Why?
7. Would you ignore the small states? Why not?
8. The Electoral College favors our _____-Party
System. ________ parties have never won a
presidential election. (Hint- numbers)
Activity 7 (CE.6a)
Go to: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/government/index.html
1. The Constitution has established a federal form of
government. What is federalism?
2. Which level of government, state or federal, has the highest
authority?
3. According to the webpage, what is an example of a power of the
federal government, which the states don't
have to worry about?
4. Click on “Powers of the National Government and State
Governments”.
a. What are the enumerated powers (powers of
the national government)?
b. What are the reserved powers (powers of
state governments)?
c. Which level of government is in charge of
establishing local governments?
d. What are some concurrent powers?
5. Click on “Powers Denied the National Government and State
Governments”.
a. What are some things the national
government cannot do?
b. What are some things the state governments
cannot do?
c. What are some things neither government can
do?
Activity 8 (CE.8d)
Go to: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lawday/schools/lessons/46_dueprocess_play.html
1. Scroll down to “What is Due Process of Law?”
a. What is the right to due process?
b. What does the Fifth Amendment say?
c. The Fifth Amendment protects you from what
level of government?
d. What does the Fourteenth Amendment say?
e. The Fourteenth Amendment protects you from
what level of government?
f. Before the Fourteenth Amendment was passed,
the Bill of Rights only protected you from
what?
Activity 9 (CE.6d)
Go to: http://www.unitedstreaming.com/
Log in: hcps-virtualshare name
password is your four numbers
At Keyword, type in “Almost Painless Guide Constitution” and hit return.
Click on “Almost Painless Guide to the U.S. Constitution”.
Scroll down to “Amending the Constitution” and Click on the S to play
the chapter of the movie. ONLY WATCH THIS PART OF THE MOVIE NOW!
1. What are the two ways to propose a new idea for an amendment?
2. What are the two ways to ratify an amendment?
3. This video is outdated. How many amendments do they say
have been added to the
Constitution?
4. How many amendments have really been added to the Constitution?
5. Is the amendment process simple or complex? Why?
6. Click on the S next to “Almost Painless Review of the
Constitution”. What are three things you
learned?
7. Now test yourself and click on the S next to “Video
Quiz: the U.S. Constitution”. Type your answers here:
1.
6.
2.
7.
3.
8.
4.
9.
5.
10.
Activity 10 (CE.3c, CE.3d, CE.3e, CE.4)
On the same website from Activity 9, click on “Search Again” near the
top of the page.
Next to Keyword, type “Citizenship in the Community” and hit return.
Click on “Citizenship in the Community.
Click on the S next to “Citizenship in the Community” to watch the
entire video.
1. Using what you have learned in class, give some examples from
the video of:
a. duties (things you have to do, punishable
by law)
b. responsibilities (voluntary, things you
should do)
c. ways to volunteer in the community
d. character traits of good citizens
***The video does not always identify duties and responsibilities
correctly. I expect you to correct the video.***
Activity 11 (CE.5a, CE.7a)
Go to: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:YWRCRkxx5T4J:chnm.gmu.edu/vcsssce/civicsreview.pdf+bicameral+expressed+implied&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
1. Look at the middle of page 5.
a. Define bicameral.
b. Define expressed powers.
c. Define implied powers.
2. Look at the top of page 12.
a. What are the three factors in predicting
which children will vote
b. Why do some citizens fail to vote?
3. Scroll up to the bottom of page 11.
a. What are the qualifications to register to
vote in Virginia?
b. How can you register to vote in Virginia?
c. Can you vote without registering?
4. Do you remember when registration closes? How many days
before the election?
5. What election gets the largest voter turnout?
Activity 12 (CE.6c)
Go to: http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_cnb.html
1. What are some checks the legislative branch has over
a. the executive branch?
b. the judicial branch?
2. What are some checks the executive branch has over
a. the legislative branch?
b. the judicial branch?
3. What are some checks the judicial branch has over
a. the legislative branch?
b. the executive branch?
Activity 13 (CE.5b)
Place an “S” beside examples of similarities between political parties.
Place a “D” beside examples of differences between political parties.
Place a “T” beside facts about third parties.
1. Introduce new ideas or press for a particular issue.
2. Influence public policies.
3. Define themselves in a way that wins majority support by
appealing to the political center.
4. Organize to win elections.
5. Often revolve around a political personality (e.g. Theodore
Roosevelt).
6. Are stated in a party's platform.
7. Reflect both liberal and conservative views.
8. Are reflected in campaigning.
Activity 14 (CE.5a, CE.5c, CE.5d,
CE.7c)
Go to: http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:YWRCRkxx5T4J:chnm.gmu.edu/vcsssce/civicsreview.pdf+bicameral+expressed+implied&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
1. Look at page 11.
a. What is the role of mass media in elections?
b. What is the impact of rising campaign costs?
c. What are two things being done to reform
campaign finance?
2. Scroll up to page 10.
a. What are some strategies to evaluate
campaign media?
b. Name four functions of political parties?
3. Scroll up to page 6.
a. How does media influence policy makers?