Lesson Plans

State of the Union Bingo 2010

National Constitution Center Staff

CATEGORY
Executive Branch

GRADE LEVEL
Middle School , High School

OVERVIEW
State of the Union Bingo is a tool designed to engage students in the president’s annual address to Congress. The lesson begins during the class prior to the address with the teacher providing background information about the State of the Union Address and examining the Constitutional requirement of the annual address. As a homework assignment, students are then each given a State of the Union Bingo card to use while watching the speech. The next class session, the cards are used as a discussion starter as well as a tool to analyze the president’s agenda for the coming year.  This year, students can also create their own Bingo cards based on what they predict the president might say.

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