Katie Rentz
Michele Knepper
Grade: 3
Subject: Social Studies
SS3CG1 The student will explain the importance of the basic principles that provide
the foundation of a republican form of government.
b. Name the three levels of government (national, state, local) and the three branches in each (executive, legislative, judicial), including the names of the legislative branch (Congress, General Assembly, city commission or city council).
c. State an example of the responsibilities of each level and branch of government.
SS3E2 The student will explain that governments provide certain types of goods
and services in a market economy and pay for these through taxes and will describe
services such as schools, libraries, roads, police/fire protection, and military.
Web site: /cartoonintro.htm
Relative Advantage: This site is useful because students are able to pick out their own information that they feel they need through reading an article and taking a quiz. The quiz goes over the right answers and they also apply their knowledge using an interactive crossword puzzle. So this way they are learning and having fun. The students must visit all of the tours before they take the quizzes. This is a better alternative than sitting at a desk and doing paper and pencil work. Hopefully, after visiting this particular website, students will remember the 3 branches of government and what the government does a little bit better.