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Arkansas Studies Curriculum
2007-2008
Teacher’s Guide
for
Grade Three
Vivianna Becomes an Arkansan
Ideas for Lesson Plans
Governmental Structure
Emphasis
The emphasis in this lesson is on how the federal and state governments are structured.
This lesson plan addresses the 2006 Student Learning Expectations C.4.3.3*, C.4.4.3*, C.4.5.1*, C.4.5.2, C.4.5.3*, C.4.5.4*, C.4.5.5*, C.4.5.6*, C.4.5.7*, C.4.6.1*, C.4.6.3*, C.4.6.5*, C.4.6.7*.
Items Needed
Vivianna Becomes an Arkansan
Expectations
At the conclusion of this lesson, students should be able to
1) identify the major branches of the United States and Arkansas State governments
2) know how these different branches relate to each other
3) name the Governor of Arkansas, the President of the United States, the two Arkansas U. S. Senators and the U. S. Representative from their district.
Activities
1) Review what has happened so far.
2) Have the students read the chapter silently.
3) Have the students identify unfamiliar words. Write these on the board and talk about them.
4) Have the class read the chapter round-robin fashion with each student reading a paragraph.
5) Have the class identify the major new characters and outline the narrative events in the chapter.
6) Discuss the major ideas in the chapter; review and, if needed, edit the class’s definition of citizenship.
7) Provide the class with the names of the present United States president, the Arkansas Governor, the Senators from Arkansas, the U. S. Representative from your local district, and the chief executive officer (Mayor, County Judge) of your local area.
Culminating Exercise
Have the students prepare organizational charts for the United States and the Arkansas State government and include the names of prominent governmental officials within this chart.
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