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Description

Students will learn about the essential characteristics of state government including the duties and functions associated with the legislative, executive and judicial branches. This lesson will reveal the impact that agencies amd commissions have on students' lives and illustrate the law-making process at the state level.

Objectives

Students will be able to:

  • Describe the essential characteristics of state government including the duties, functions, and districts associated with the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
  • Explain the daily impact that state agencies and commissions have on students’ lives and property.
  • Illustrate the law-making process at the state level.

Lesson Prep

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Step by Step

ANTICIPATE the lesson by asking students the following question: “Can anyone name one way that the state you live in affects your daily life?”

DISTRIBUTE The Great State reading for students.

READ The Great State as a class, using active reading strategies with students such as:

  • circling key words and underlining the definitions or, 
  • underlining the main idea sentence in each paragraph or,
  • number supporting pieces of evidence in each paragraph.

DISTRIBUTE the graphic organizer and display the graphic organizer transparency.

WALK THROUGH both transparencies of the graphic organizer with the students, allowing them to fill in the blanks.

DISTRIBUTE the review pages, introducing the instructions for each activity, and allow students to complete individually, in small groups, or as a class. 

REVIEW student completion and answers as a check for understanding.

 

 

Recommended Sequence

Before: 
The Capable County
After: 
On the Level

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