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- 12th
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Students explore the role of the media in determining the direction of local government. Also, students learn who decides what direction local government should go. (The media, elected officials or the citizens? Who should decide?) Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students strengthen their understanding of the connection between their local government and the needs and interests of their community. They conduct and analyze surveys to investigate the stance of local politicians on certain issues. 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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- 11th
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Students discuss the goods and services provided by local government and how they are paid for. They create piecharts demonstrating the revenue sources. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students research their local government and leaders. Throughout the lesson, they engage in discussions, a visit by an elected local government official and research. In addition, students study some basic facts about the local government. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students study their local budgeting process. They analyze goods and services in their local government and compare it to a recent budget. They simulate the ideas of scarcity and resource allocation and research the budget process in recent years. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students analyze the structure, organization, and powers of State legislatures. They outline the overall shape of the office of the governor. Students analyze the structure of local governments as creations of the State. They describe the governments of American cities. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the purposes of state and local government. They categorize newspaper articles into state and local issues. Pupils summarize nonfiction text. Students given an oral presentation on a news report to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students work cooperatively in small groups to identify the purposes of local government. They review the five broad purposes of local government and match the services of government to the appropriate purpose. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the development of ideas about the connections of government and business. They complete a graphic organizer that has the different functions of the government for regulating goods and services. Full Review »
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