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What’s Included?
✦ A 2-week-long comprehensive elementary government unit
✦ 200 pages of lessons, reading passages, teaching slides, government worksheets, and more!
✦ 1 ZIP file organized into 10 lessons by topic
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10 Step-by-Step Lesson Plans
8 Slideshows with Discussion Questions in the Slide Notes
9 Engaging Reading Passages
Learning Objectives, Inquiry Questions, and Materials Lists
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9 Writing Activities with Rubrics (Narrative, Opinion, and Informative)
25 Engaging Government Worksheets & Activities
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9 Easy-to-Grade Quizzes, plus a Unit Assessment
Answer Keys and Student Samples
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Unit Assessment with Answer Key
Unit Overview
State Standards Alignment
Scope & Sequence
Lesson 1: What is Government
Lesson 2: Rules vs. Laws
Lesson 3: Purpose of Government
Lesson 4: Forms of Government
Lesson 5: Levels of Government (Federal, State, Local)
Lesson 6: Government Leaders
Lesson 7: 3 Branches of Government
Lesson 8: Presidential Elections
Lesson 9: Rights & Responsibilities
Lesson 10: Human Rights
Unit Bonus: Government Unit Assessment
Total Pages 200 pages
Answer Key Included with Rubric
Teaching Duration 2-3 Weeks
Here are a few of the MANY government skills that your students will learn:
✅ Government exists to maintain order, protect rights, and meet the needs of society. Rules and laws guide behavior and ensure safety.
✅ Governments can take different forms (democracy, monarchy, etc.) and operate at various levels (federal, state, local). The U.S. government is built on three branches (executive, legislative, judicial) that balance power and prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful.
✅ Understanding rights and responsibilities is key to being an active, informed citizen.
✅Elections play a critical role in determining leadership and shaping government policies.
✅ The U.S. Constitution is the framework for the country’s laws, protecting individual freedoms, and defining the structure of government.
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FAQs
Q: What grades is this unit for?
This unit is designed for grades 3-5, however, it can be differentiated for other grade levels.
Q: How much does it cost?
The unit is $22.00, but you can get 15% off with the code GOVERNMENT15.
Q: How long is the unit?
It includes 10 lesson plans, each about 50 minutes long.
Q: Where does it fit in my curriculum?
This Government Unit can be taught at any time during the year.
Q: What kinds of activities are included?
There are many fun activities and projects for you to pick and choose from. Students will learn about different types of governments and government leaders. They will practice narrative, opinion, and informative writing with fun government prompts for kids. Each activity is designed to build government skills that will support them in other subjects.
Q: How much prep is this resource?
I've done the heavy lifting by creating the teaching content and breaking concepts down in a kid-friendly way. The unit includes:
Step-by-step lesson plans
Reading passages to teach the content
Teaching slides with engaging discussion questions
Worksheets, activities, crafts, games, and projects to practice the concepts
Anchor charts
Rubrics, answer keys, and student samples
Exclusive Unit Bonuses: Unit Pacing Guide, Unit Overview, Standards Alignment Guide, Unit Assessment
Everything you need (except craft supplies)
Q: Will my students like this unit?
Too many students hate studying government because of boring, disjointed lessons that don’t apply to their lives, or challenge them. This unit flips that script! Students will get to engage with real-world government problems in a kid-friendly way.
Q: Can this resource be used with Google Slides?
The content is taught through reading passages and hands-on activities. Most of the lessons also include teaching slides, which can be imported into Google Slides under File > Import slides. The teaching slides include background information and discussion questions in the slide notes.
Q: If I buy the full curriculum, will I get this unit for free?
Yes! If you purchase our full-year curriculum, this unit is included. Save 40% off when you buy our full-year social studies curriculum.