Government lessons

KNOW YOUR CONSTITUTION. BREAK IT DOWN AND MAKE IT SIMPLE- LOO K AT THE LANGUAGE AS IT WORKS FOR THE PEOPLE AND THE GOVERNMENT.

We have been studying the different types of government that can be found around the world today and throughout history. The most common include, Anarchy, Monarchy, Dictatorship, Oligarchy, Theocracy, Democracy, and Republic. In order to better understand these systems, we first applied hand motions to them (See THIS post to watch these in action), created a flip book with their definitions, and finally, ACTED them out with GUMMY BEARS! I got the idea for this off of a pinterest picture and…

The Legislative Branch worksheet is used by many individuals and organizations who work for government. It is a vital tool that enables them to determine who has influence over the political system in the country, and how the members of the government should act. However, when the members of the House and Senate are considering which bills to vote on, it is very difficult to determine if they are actually following the rules or not.

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Checks and Balances is to keep one branch of government from overpowering the others. Each branch is restrained by the other two in some way. The Executive can nominate judges and veto congressional legislation. The Legislative confirms judges, controls the budget, can pass laws over president's veto, and impeach the president. Judicial can declare laws and presidential acts as unconstitutional. I choose this photo because it is a good picture to remember what checks and balances represents.

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Local Government are to report primarily to their voters, and not so much to higher level departments. Local governments remain hamstrung and ineffective