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    The document outlines an activity where 5th grade students will work together to create a mock government and write a class constitution. It discusses the three branches of the US government and their powers, with supporting questions about the duties of each branch and the purpose of checks and balances between the branches. Students will then create their own class government with three branches and demonstrate checks and balances through a flow chart.

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    The document outlines an activity where 5th grade students will work together to create a mock government and write a class constitution. It discusses the three branches of the US government and their powers, with supporting questions about the duties of each branch and the purpose of checks and balances between the branches. Students will then create their own class government with three branches and demonstrate checks and balances through a flow chart.

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    NC Essential Standards: 5. C&G.1.

    2 Summarize the organizational structures


    and powers of the United States government (legislative, judicial, and
    executive branches of government).

    Grade Level 5th-Elementary

    Summative Performance Task Students will work together to


    create a mock government and
    write a Class Constitution.

    Compelling Question:
    Are the Three Branches of Government Part of the Same Tree?

    Supporting Question I Supporting Question II Supporting Question III

    What Are the 3 Branches of What Are the Duties of the 3 What is the Purpose of the
    US Government? Branches Outlined in the US Checks and Balances?
    Constitution?
    Historical Sources Historical Sources Historical Sources
    A. Article I of the Constitution
    A. 3 Branches of Government
    (excerpt) A. Checks and Balances
    Graphic
    B. Article II of the Constitution excerpt
    B. K12 Reader Document: B. Excerpt from James
    (excerpt)
    Branches of Government Madison Biography
    C. Article III of the Constitution
    C. Checks and Balances
    C. Cabinet Duties (excerpt)
    Chart
    D. Establishment of Cabinet

    Formative Performance Task I Formative Performance Task II Formative Performance Task III

    Pretend you are a tour guide and Use the evidence in each Write a persuasive paper in
    your group visits a building Constitution Article to determine support or opposing checks and
    housing a specific branch of any overlaps and or connections to balances? Do you believe a
    government. Write out a guide for specific branch should have
    the information you will present. duties between the branches. absolute control? Why would the
    One group of kindergarteners founding fathers have this
    and one group of 5th graders. clause?

    Summative Performance Task:

    Students will work in groups of four. The group will work together to construct a Class Constitution
    and 3 branches with duties. Once the group has created a constitution and 3 branches, they will
    construct a flow chart of checks and balances among the branches. Each person will write a
    reflective paper on how well or difficult was the process to write a class constitution.
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 SOURCE A
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 SOURCE B

    Source:K12Reader
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 SOURCE C

    http://www.ducksters.com/history/us_cabinet.php
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 SOURCE D

    https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/cabinet
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 SOURCE A

    http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3948
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 SOURCE B
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 SOURCE C

    http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/disp_textbook.cfm?smtID=3&psid=3948
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 SOURCE A

    http://www.congressforkids.net/Constitution_checksandbalances.htm
    SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 SOURCE B

    Read this excerpt from a biography of James Madison


    SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 SOURCE C

    Source: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/10203536631075267/

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