Lesson Plan
Branching Out About the Government
In this “leafy” lesson, your students will participate in a class project that shows the actions of the three branches of government. Using a close read, students will learn about the very specific actions of these branches.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to use text to create a picture representing ideas from the text. Students will be able to name and describe the different functions of the three branches of government. Students will be able to write about the three different branches of government.
Introduction
(10 minutes)- Lead the students in a brainstorm of types of community workers and the various categories of community workers.
- Create a two column chart of the various community workers and the actions or jobs of these workers.
- Transition into an explanation of how the students will be learning about the different categories and parts of government jobs, which are sometimes similar to the different categories of community workers.