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Build twenty-first century skills and prepare your students to be active citizens in their community with this comprehensive Government Unit.
This unit includes everything you need to teach an impactful government unit and skyrocket engagement during social studies, including 10 lessons and over 200 pages of activities.
What's Included:
Unit Details:
✦ 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
You’ll Receive:
- 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
- 9 Writing Activities with Rubrics (Narrative, Opinion, and Informative)
- 25 Engaging Government Worksheets & Activities
- 9 Easy-to-Grade Quizzes, plus a Unit Assessment
- Answer Keys and Student Samples
- Exclusive Unit Bonuses: Scope & Sequence, Unit Overview and Standards Alignment, and Unit Assessment
What You'll Learn
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 takeaways 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.