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Step Five: All about Public Policy Lesson PlanStep Five: All about Public Policy Lesson Plan
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iCivics
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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Step Five: All about Public Policy

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Public policy is important to understand because it affects everyone. The resource tells middle schoolers how the government uses policy to accomplish goals in the administration. It includes a reading, true or false worksheet, a short-answer question, and much more.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

civics, public policy, government regulation, constitutional rights, representative government, political science

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Assign learners to work in groups when completing the review worksheet

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  • Needs copied handouts for each class member

Pros

  • Supplies answer keys
  • Engages the entire class 
  • Applies concepts in an exercise where pupils must sort between various real-world scenarios

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4

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