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Teaching the structure of government:. Early Childhood Education needs. 4th Branch of Government ????. 4 th Branch of Government ????. 4th Branch of Government ????. 4th Branch of Government ????. US Government. Executive. Legislative. Judicial. Executive. Legislative.
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Teaching the structure of government: Early Childhood Education needs
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Executive Legislative Judicial Two Senators Saxby Chambliss Thirteen Representatives in House 13
Executive Branch Mayor Governor Kathy Cox Secretary, GA DOE Lt. Governor City Manager City Department Heads Cabinet Rod Paige Secretary, DOE
Legislative Branch City Council 2 Senators/state Equal Representation by number of states Chamber of Commerce 435 Representatives Equal Representation by number of people in each state City/County overlap Where are the GA districts?
Local gov’t. challenging Federal gov’t.? What has been happening in San Francisco? Executive Legislative Judicial Two Senators Saxby Chambliss Thirteen Representative in House or 13
Executive Legislative Judicial Two Senators Saxby Chambliss Thirteen Representative in House 13
How do we teach this in Early Childhood classrooms? • Your Ideas for teaching the structure of government: • Interactive bulletin board comparing the structure of government. • Wall mural: students collect pictures of local government figures. • Comparison of government and school structure analogy boards: • Interdisciplinary? Science / Lang. Arts / Math / Social Studies • Classroom mock-government structure: • How do YOU see this? • Class = Local / School = State / Central:District = Federal • Local Government experience: • What could these be? • Classroom court: as a behavior management structure