Branches of Government – Common Core Lessons & Activities

The Common Core Series is the 2014 winner of the Smart Book Award from Academics’ Choice.



How to Use the Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
• Work through the lessons and activities as a class to teach your students higher-order thinking, analysis, and 21st century skills necessary to meet new Common Core expectations.
• Allow students to work through the lessons independently to build and practice these new skills.
• Include technology, collaboration, presentations, and discussion in the activities as you desire - you can decide how in-depth to go.
• Watch your class develop new abilities to meet the rigor of Common Core State Standards, right before your eyes!

Click HERE to view sample pages from this book.

Tips:
• Use some of the pages - or use them all - based on your grade, your students, your curriculum, and your needs.
• Use these pages at their current size, or if you prefer them to be 8.5" X 11", enlarge them 125% on your copy machine.
• To download the graphic organizers labeled "GO" in the Table of Contents click HERE.
• Use the correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.

The Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activitiesbook includes:
• Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities
• & More!

Here is the Table of Contents for the Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activities book:
Separation of Powers: Reading Informational Text
The Great Compromise: Reading Informational Text
Federalist Quotes: Comparison of Primary Sources G
Checks and Balances: Reading Informational Text
Executive Branch: Reading Informational Text GO4
Presidential Cabinet: Hierarchical Diagram G
Roles of the President: Graphical Analysis
The Big Three: Primary Source Analysis GO3
Legislative Branch: Reading Informational Text GO4
Roles and Responsibilities: Compare & Contrast G
Three Branches Flowchart: Graphic Organizer G
Representation in the House: Data Analysis
How a Bill Becomes a Law: Key Steps Flowchart G
Judicial Branch: Reading Informational Text
Federal Courts: Data Analysis
Checks & Balances: Diagram Analysis G
Appointing a Justice: Primary Source Analysis
Branches of Government: Vocabulary GO10
Levels of Government: Graphic Organizer G
Common Core State Standards Correlations

G: Includes Graphic Organizer
GO: Graphic Organizer is also available 8 1/2" x 11" online download HERE.

(numbers above correspond to the graphic organizer numbers online)