FULL YEAR BUNDLE: Standards-Based Bell Ringers for Civics & American Government

Get a full year’s curriculum of Standards-Based Bell Ringers for Civics & American Government in this bundle! 40 weeks of Civics Bell Ringers are included, with 200 daily prompts designed to help your students think critically and creatively about what they have learned in class. Use to supplement and enrich your curriculum, review key concepts, and prep for the End of Year Course Exam! 

With 40 Weeks of daily prompts for Civics and American Government students, these Bell Ringers provide rigorous and engaging enrichment for Civics and American Government students. Compatible with the 2023-2024 Florida State Middle School Standards for Civics, these Bell Ringers are full of critical thinking, creative prompts, test prep, and reflection questions suitable for middle and high school students anywhere in the country. 

Topics covered include: 

• Civics & Citizenship
• Civic Duties and Responsibilities
• Types and Systems of Government
• John Locke & the Social Contract
• the American Revolution
• the Declaration of Independence
• the Constitution
• Congress and the Legislative Branch
• the President and the Executive Branch
• the Supreme Court and the Judicial Branch
• the Bill of Rights
• the Voting Rights Amendments
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases
• U.S. Domestic & Foreign Policy
• World Wars I and II, the Korean War, Vietnam, and the Gulf Wars
• Elections, Propaganda, the Electoral College. 
• Two weeks of review are also included, as well as test-taking strategies and an end of course reflection!

Testimonials from Teachers Like You:

“I really like that they are mostly open ended responses and not multiple choice, forcing students to think critically.” – Nicole L.

“I am always looking for pre-made, self-contained bell ringers that tie into related topics to history but which don’t require a huge amount of background knowledge. This is perfect because just about all the material that we have encountered thus far is useful civics information, which is great because we don’t spend a great deal of time on civics in class always, but all the information needed to respond is included on the sheet.” – History in Harmony

“I used some of the bellringers as bellringers, but I used some of the activities as in class review activities. One of my favorites was the Federalists/Anti-Federalists t-shirts. I loved that this wasn’t your average activity. A lot of thought and creativity went into the visual appeal of this, but also the content. Thank you for that!” – Kristy B. 

“My students and I found this to be a great way to start class. They knew to come in and would have it out and started before the tardy bell even rang!” – Christy F.

This resource comes as a non-editable PDF, and also contains an optional Bell Ringer Cover Sheet and Student Contract, as well as a handy grading sheet with student and teacher reflection!

If you’d like to use these Bell Ringers digitally, a digital version is available through TPT Easel. After purchase, open the resource in Easel to assign directly to Google Classroom or generate a link to share with your students!

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