Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activities book

Meet the new Common Core State Standards for ELA as well as Literacy & Writing in History and Social Studies! This book is designed to supplement your Social Studies resources, adding new Common Core rigor, analysis, writing inference, text-dependent questions and more into your daily instruction. ©2013. 24 pages. Middle/high school levels.

Here's how it works!

• 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 State Standards 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!

Branches of Government - Common Core Lessons and Activities includes:

• Reading for Information
• Higher-Order Thinking
• Writing Problems
• Primary Source Analysis
• Vocabulary
• Graphic Organizers
• Map Activities & More!

Tips for using and reproducing the book pages:

• 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 inches, enlarge them 125% on your copy machine. 
• Use the CCSS correlations grid to easily see which Common Core standards are covered in each lesson.

Table of Contents include:

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