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Present Essential Question to Class: ● Present the essential question, learning objectives, and “I can” statements, using student-friendly language. Clarify any questions that students have about the content and learning objectives. ● Have students preview the text to identify the vocabulary words for this week. Unpack the weekly vocabulary, as appropriate. Article 1: Government Word Count: 25 Vocabulary: government: a group of people who lead a community High Impact Teaching Strategies: Structuring Lessons, Explicit Teaching Lesson Plan: 1. Have the students look at the image on the cover of the student edition. a. Explain that the building is called the Capitol Building. This building is in Washington, D.C., and it is where leaders make decisions and laws for our country. b. Explain that every state has a capitol building and that a lot of them have domes on the top, like in the picture. Show a picture of your state capitol building. c. Explain that every city has a city hall. That is where leaders in your city meet. Show a picture of your city hall. 2. Read the article together. Discuss the article. a. Explain: A government is a group of people who lead a community. We have a government for our city. We have a government for our state. We have a government for our country. 3. Invite students to share the names of government leaders they know (the president, governor, mayor, legislators, or council members). 4. Give each student a copy of the graphic organizer Levels of Our Government. Model the activity, and guide students as they complete the graphic organizer. a. While completing the graphic organizer, show the following images: i. a map of your town and pictures of your town (city circle) ii. a map of your state and pictures of your state of (state circle) iii. a map of the United States (or the image “Map of the United States” included in related media) and pictures of the United States (country circle) b. Use these maps and images to reinforce the concepts of the different levels of government. c. Have the students write the name of your city, state, and the country in the circles. As they write, have them name the levels of the government. d. Have the students glue the graphic organizer into their interactive notebooks. 5. Recap the lesson by reviewing the concepts that were taught. Give the students the opportunity to explain their graphic organizer to a partner or group.
Government | Week 5
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