The 3 Branches of Government Unit for Local, State and Federal Government

Spark your 3rd, 4th or 5th grade students’ interest in government with this cross-curricular, high interest government teaching unit. Your students will dive in with a three page story called, “Jenny and the Government Fairy”. They then explore local, state and federal government through simple to use mini lessons, and lots of fun activities.

This teaching unit is perfect for the BUSY teacher!

• This unit is created to be simple to use for teachers and students
• Makes planning a breeze...just print and teach
• A huge time saver
• Easy to read and understand selections are perfect for 3rd and 4th graders
• The cross-curricular component combines your reading instruction with the study of government
• Easy for a sub to use
• Conquers the "boredom" factor
• Includes both a FREE digital Easel activity, and FREE Easel Assessment

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Special feature about this resource:

• Include your government unit in your reading instruction with the three page "hook" story written at a reading level of 3.2 (as determined by Okapi Readability). All materials you will need are included.

1. Directions and ideas for using the reading selection
2. Three page story to kick off the 3 branches of government study called "Jenny and the Government Fairy"
3. Vocabulary cards
4. Reading Worksheets
5. Common Core Reading Correlation sheets
6. Students move onto mini lessons that cover one aspect of local, state or federal government
7. Some mini lessons include two versions for differentiation, one allows students to draw the concept, the second allows students to write about the concept
8. End of study tests are included
9. Reading selections have been written by a professional children's curriculum writer. Experience includes writing on-line curriculum for CNN and Coca Cola, 7 books for The Child's World Press and writing weekly social studies newspapers for American Legacy Publishers.

This teaching unit addresses:

Selections on local government

• What are taxes?
• How does local government keep us safe?
• How does local government help people get things they want in
• their community?
• What rules do people in local government follow?
• What is a city charter?
• What is a strong mayor?
• What is a weak mayor?
• What is a city manager?
• What is a city council?
• Town hall meetings
• Worksheets
• Grading keys
• Quiz

Selections on State Government

• Executive and legislative branches
• The State Supreme Court
• Worksheet
• Quiz
• National symbols
• State symbols 
• An Easel Activity
• A digital 10 question quiz

Selections on the Federal Government

• The Articles of Confederation
• The three branches of government
• The executive branch
• The legislative branch
• The judicial branch
• Worksheets
• Grading keys 
• Quiz 

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Comments about this resource include:

"Amazing product! This was my entire unit for government and everything was easy for the students to understand and relate to."

"This lesson was fantastic for 3rd grade government. The kids loved the activities and were engaged for the entire thing. I was really impressed with the entire lesson."

"This was an amazing packet!!! My students loved it and so did I!!!! Thank you so much!"

"Tons of information, with worksheets to go with. Cute story! Great way to intrigue the minds of children. TY!!"

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If you have any questions, please let me know! Be sure to check out the PREVIEW to make sure this resource meets your needs.

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About this Teacher Author

Jan Bernard

National Board Certified Teacher (2001-2011), Masters in Curriculum, Gifted Certified, Cobb County Elementary Teacher of the Year, Addison Elementary Teacher of the Year, Bullard Elementary Teacher of the Year, Atlanta Journal and Constitution Honor Teacher finalist ($5000 award), District 3 Georgia Science Teacher of the Year, Author of seven books published by The Child's World Press, Wrote online k-12 social studies and language arts curriculum for Coca Cola, curriculum writer for CNN, curriculum writer for American Legacy Publishers 2009-2014, 25 years teaching experience in grades 1st-4th.

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Who is the Government Fairy and What is She Doing Here? by Jan Bernard is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License