March 31, 2017

Government Day 1
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

What is a Democracy?
What is a Democracy?
With your table, discuss what you think a
Democracy is and type your answer(s)
Now that we have watched an
into the space after scanning the QR code!
introduction video, you are going
to answer the same question
(What is a Democracy?) again
to see how our opinions have
Now we are going to changed and what we have
watch this short learned. Scan the QR code and
introduction video to input your answer!
what Democracy is!

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Articles of Confederation in the Classroom!

What were the Articles of Confederation?

Pay attention to the

video because we are
going to see what it
would be like to have
the Articles of You are all now part of one country: The Tri-State Area! There will be five
Confederation in our groups and each group is going to represent a different state. The five states
own classroom! will be: Phineas Land, Ferb Area, Baljeet Place, Buford Control, and Isabella
Utopia! You are going to be purchasing things from another state! The rules
for purchasing things are on the next slide!
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Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.
You are going to be purchasing a PENCIL from each state! Here is the
catch...the pencil costs different amounts in different states because each
state has its own currency.
Phineas Land: a pencil costs 4 Ferb dollars, 3 Baljeet dollars, 5 Buford dollars, or 2
Now let's have a group discussion! We are
Isabella dollars going to have a meeting just like they had
Ferb Area: a pencil costs 5 Phineas dollars, 2 Baljeet dollars, 6 Buford dollars, or 1
Isabella dollar under the Articles of Confederation!
Baljeet Place: a pencil costs 4 Phineas dollars, 3 Ferb dollars, 4 Buford dollars, or 2 1. What are your problems with the Articles?
Isabella dollars
Buford Control: a pencil costs 3 Phineas dollars, 4 Ferb dollars, 3 Baljeet dollars, or 3 2. What would you do to change it?
Isabella dollars
3. Do you like the Articles?
Isabella Utopia: a pencil costs 4 Phineas dollars, 3 Ferb dollars, 3 Baljeet dollars, or 4
Buford dollars

Government Day 2
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Now fill in anything you learned

about the Constitution!
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Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.
Big Universe Book

With a partner, you are going to

look up the vocabulary terms
and write down the definitions.
Then you are going to answer
While we read, fill out your chart with any the questions in your Social
information that you learned! Studies notebook!

Government Day 3
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.
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Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

We the people
You are now going Government Day 4

In order to form a more

perfect union to be split into
Establish justice
Ensure domestic tranquility groups where you
Provide for the common
defense
will research the
Promote the general meaning of the
welfare
Secure the blessings of different parts of
liberty to ourselves and our
posterity the Preamble!
Do ordain and establish

This constitution for the

Let's do the first
United States of America one together!

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and

the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

I am now going to split you into 7 Government Day 5

groups. Each group will be assigned an

article of the Constitution. You will
answer the questions and prepare to
share the information with the rest
of the class. I will also provide a QR
code with links to helpful websites for
your research!

Scan the code

for research
links!
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Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and

the documents that our government uses.

We need to finish going over

the articles of the Constitution
before we begin forming our
class government!

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Today we are going to set up our own government!

- How many major parties do we
have run for office in our country?
- In order to have two different
parties represented in our own class,
we are going to have a boys vs. girls
presidency competition!
- First, I need to know how many
boys want to run and how many
girls want to run for president!

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Speeches! Boys Primary Girls Primary

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Government Day 6
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Vote for your class president!

Speeches!

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Now we need to choose who will be in

Time to think: What roles and
the senate, house of representatives,
responsibilities does my branch have?
and judicial branch!

Write them down! ... This will be

helpful when we come back and we
start making our own laws!

Government
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.
Let's Create a Law
Proposed Bills:
- Girls get 5 minutes extra
for lunch because they take
longer to eat.
- Everyone should be able to
have whatever snack they
want during snack time.
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Day 7
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.
What
is a
bill?
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.
Let's Create a Law
House of Representatives and Senate:
Go over the bill and add anything that
you want to it. Come up with your own
Executive Branch: List all of the
problems you see with each bill and all
of the positives you see in each bill.
law that you want passed
Supreme Court: Determine whether or
not you think these bills are in our class!
constitutional.
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Government Day 8
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses. Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Let's make a Bill of

Rights for our own
classroom!
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Government Day 9
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

A Visitor From Outer Space Government Day 10

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and

the documents that our government uses.
Review Day!
1. Branches of Government
Matching
2. Kahoot Game!
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Government Day 11
Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and
the documents that our government uses.

Learning Target: I will learn about the branches of government and the documents that our government uses.

Test Day