Unit 3: Local and State Government

This unit should take 5-6 weeks to complete. Due Date: January 22, 2016

Standards / Student Choices / Pathway & Grade
SS8CG2 The student will analyze the role of the legislative branch in Georgia state government.
SS8CG3 The student will analyze the role of the executive branch in Georgia state government.
SS8CG4 The student will analyze the role of the judicial branch in Georgia state government.
Graduation Standard #3: Apply understanding of the ideals and purposes of founding documents, the principles, and structures of the constitutional government in the United States, and the American Political System to analyze interrelationships among civics, government and politics in the past and the present, in Georgia, the United States and the world. / How will you learn it?
1.) Edgenuity Unit 5a Branches of Government (4 Lessons, Approx. 4 hours)
2.) Coach Book: Coach Book: Pages 174 – 188. Answer questions in complete sentences.
3.) Textbook Chapter 15: Read pages 527 – 551 Complete the worksheet set (which can be obtained from your teacher).
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How will you show me you understand it?
1) PBL: Driving Question: How do life experiences affect political choices? Analyze primary source analysis of documents related to Georgia’s executive branch, legislative. . If you chose this you must continue this through the unit.
2) Social Media Page – Create FAKE social media pages for people within the three branches of government.
3) How a bill becomes a law? – Analyze how a bill travels through the law making process.
4) Civil or Criminal? – Discern the difference between civil and criminal law.
5) Student Free Choice! Students review the standards and tell me how they want to show their understanding. / Edgenuity ______
Coach Book ______
Text book ______
PBL ______
Social Media Page______
How a bill becomes a law? ______
Civil or Criminal? ______
Student Choice______
SS8CG5 The student will analyze the role of local governments in the state of Georgia.
Graduation Standard #3: Apply understanding of the ideals and purposes of founding documents, the principles, and structures of the constitutional government in the United States, and the American Political System to analyze interrelationships among civics, government and politics in the past and the present, in Georgia, the United States and the world. / How will you learn it?
1.) Edgenuity Unit 5b Local Government (2 Lessons, Approx. 2 hours)
2.) Coach Book: Coach Book: Pages 188 – 193. Answer questions in complete sentences.
3.) Textbook Chapter 16: Read pages 564 – 574 Complete the worksheet set (which can be obtained from your teacher).
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How will you show me you understand it?
1.) PBL: Driving Question: How do life experiences affect political choices? Analyze primary sources related to local governments. If you chose this you must continue this through the unit.
2.) Performance Task – Research three major forms of city government
3.) iCivics Webquest: Who represents me?
4.) Students’ Free Choice! Students review the standards and tell me how they want to show their understanding. / Edgenuity ______
Coach Book ______
Text book______
PBL______
Performance Task
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Webquest______
Student Choice______
SS8CG1 The student will describe the role of a citizen under Georgia’s Constitution.
Graduation Standard #3: Apply understanding of the ideals and purposes of founding documents, the principles, and structures of the constitutional government in the United States, and the American Political System to analyze interrelationships among civics, government and politics in the past and the present, in Georgia, the United States and the world. / How will you learn it?
1.) Edgenuity Unit 5c Role of a Citizen (3 Lessons Approx. 2.5 hours)
2.) Coach Book: Pages 168 – 174. Answer questions in complete sentences. 3.) Textbook Chapter 15: Read pages 575 – 582 Complete the worksheet set (which can be obtained from your teacher).
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How will you show me you understand it?
1.) PBL: Driving Question: How do life experiences affect political choices? Analyze primary sources related to Georgia’s Constitution. If you chose this you must continue this through the unit.
2.) Do I have the Right: iCivics - Play the game and write a journal!
3.) Student Free Choice! Students review the standards and tell me how they want to show their understanding. / Edgenuity______
Coach Book______
Text book______
PBL______
Do I have the Right______
Student Choice______
SS8CG6 The student will explain how the Georgia court system treats juvenile offenders.
Graduation Standard #3: Apply understanding of the ideals and purposes of founding documents, the principles, and structures of the constitutional government in the United States, and the American Political System to analyze interrelationships among civics, government and politics in the past and the present, in Georgia, the United States and the world. / How will you learn it?
1.) Edgenuity Unit 5d Adult and Juvenile Justice (3 Lessons, Approx. 3 hours)
2.) Coach Book: Coach Book: Pages 193 – 197. Answer questions in complete sentences.
3.) Textbook Chapter 15: Read pages 547 – 551 Complete the worksheet set (which can be obtained from your teacher).
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How will you show me you understand it?
1.) PBL: Driving Question: How do life experiences affect political choices? Analyze primary sources related to juvenile justice. If you chose this you must continue this through the unit.
2.) Performance Task – Eliminating the Juvenile Justice System
3.) Student Free Choice! Students review the standards and tell me how they want to show their understanding. / Edgenuity______
Coach Book______
Text book______
PBL______
Performance Task______
Student Choice______

Current events, Channel One News activities, NewsELA articles, This Day in History, TweenTribune, and other print and online resources, as well as other project options, may be used or substituted at teacher’s discretion.

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