Description
Engage your students while learning the Three Branches of Government with vocabulary word walls, readings, graphic organizer, multiple processing activities, and a card sort game. Your students will be engaged as they visit different stations to learn about the Constitution and the branches of government.
This resource is designed to help you teach the 3 Branches of Government in the Constitution. You will receive an introductory reading to the 3 Branches of Government, readings and station activities for the executive, judicial, and legislative branch of government, and a card sort to review before a test. This resource is also available in Google Slides™.
In this activity you will receive:
–15 Word Wall terms for the Constitution and a Vocabulary Pyramid Activity,
-2 Pages of Reading to introduce the 3 Branches of Government and a graphic organizer to take notes,
–Readings and Extension Activities to create stations on the Legislative Branch, Executive Branch, and Judicial Branch,
–2 graphic organizers on the 3 Branches of Government, (one simple and one more challenging),
-A card sort activity to review the 3 Branches of Government,
–Google Slides™ and
–Keys.
Please download the preview for detailed directions and samples.
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8th Grade Social Studies TEKS
(15) Government. The student understands the American beliefs and principles reflected in the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and other important historic documents. The student is expected to:
(D) analyze how the U.S. Constitution reflects the principles of limited government, republicanism, checks and balances, federalism, separation of powers, popular sovereignty, and individual rights; and
(29) Social studies skills. The student applies critical-thinking skills to organize and use information acquired through established research methodologies from a variety of valid sources, including technology. The student is expected to:
(B) analyze information by applying absolute and relative chronology through sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions;
(G) create a visual representation of historical information such as thematic maps, graphs, and charts representing various aspects of the United States;
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