Daily Civics & U.S. Government Warm-Ups: 180 Prompts for Grades 8-12

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Five minutes of civics at the start of every class, for a full school year.

This teacher resource holds 180 short civics and U.S. government prompts for Grades 8-12, arranged as 36 weekly pages. Copy one page per student on Monday. Students answer one prompt a day on the lines provided.

Every week follows the same pattern

Monday: define a key term and answer one question about itTuesday: read a sentence or two and respondWednesday: reason about a rule, a case or a situation described in a sentence or twoThursday: answer one multiple-choice questionFriday: make, support or challenge a claim with evidence

What is inside

36 weekly pages, 180 prompts in allUnit 1, Foundations of American Government: forms of government, the social contract, the founding documents, the Constitutional Convention, federalismUnit 2, The Three Branches: Congress, the presidency, the federal courts, checks and balancesUnit 3, Rights and Liberties: the Bill of Rights, due process, landmark Supreme Court cases, civil rightsUnit 4, Citizen Participation: voting and elections, parties, the media, public policy, state and local governmentAn answer key for every promptA list of the topics the prompts cover

The buyer may copy the weekly pages for use in one classroom.

Black-and-white interior, 8.5 x 11 inches, sized for a photocopier.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HM59G8KG
• ISBN13: 9798178386033
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"