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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine challenges to the authority of the federal government while it was first being formed. They read handouts, evaluate the effect of the challenges, and write a summary of the relationship between state and federal power. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the structures of the federal government. They complete a diagram of the structures to show their relationships. They research the names of the major players on the structure, in particular, students own representatives. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students problem solve and create strategies to role play examples of municipal, territorial/provincial, aboriginal and federal government. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the Constitution for references to the relationship between state and federal governments. They examine Supreme Court cases for examples of the division of government between state and federal powers. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the structure and powers of the federal government. They assess the validity of recent criticisms of each branch of the federal government and create pyramid posters which simulate the structure of government. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete a unit on the three branches of government. They compare/contrast the three branches of government, write a letter or e-mail to an executive in the Federal Government, and develop outlines for historical documents. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students study the effects of the Great Depression on the role of the federal government in the American economy. They reflect on the approaches to government involvement in the economy taken by the Hoover and Roosevelt administrations. Full Review »
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- 9th - 11th
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Students compare and contrast unitary, confederate, and federal governments.They search their branch of governemtnt, how the type of government works, and examples of where this type of government has historically been used or is currently being used. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students work in small group with a sheet of poster board and old magazines. They fold the poster board as indicated on the pyramid diagram. Students label each side with one branch of the government. They glue pictures from the magazine to indicate related duties of each branch . They present their pyramids and summarize each branch of the federal government. Students select one problem the government must work with to research. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are taught that there is more to executive branch of the federal government than the president and cabinet. They identify in pairs the names and fucntions of different departments under the executive branch of federal governemnt. Studnets work together to complete a flow chart of the different parts of the executive branch of the federal government. Full Review »
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