Module 3: My Government- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to recognize the role of government in creating laws and providing transportation, education, structure, and safety. They will name their mayor, governor, and president, match roles to specific leaders, and Recognize that voters need to communicate with elected officials. Students will define taxes and connect government services to the need to collect taxes.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 Role of Government
  1. Recognize the role of government in creating laws and providing transportation, education, structure, and safety.
2 People in Government
  1. Name their mayor, governor, and president.
  2. Match roles to specific leaders.
  3. Recognize that voters need to communicate with elected officials.
3 Community Services
  1. Define taxes.
  2. Connect government services to the need to collect taxes.
4 Project: Classroom Rules
  1. Create a set of rules for their classroom.
  2. Demonstrate an understanding that rules provide safety and learning.
  3. Explain how the presence of rules impacts our everyday life.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
government
role
services
structure
safety
leader
mayor
governor
president
vote
taxes
community
rule
consequence

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 Role of Government 5 My Government Benefits Assignment
2 People in Government 7 My Government Leaders Assignment
3 Community Services 5 Community Services Assignment
4 Project: Classroom Rules 2 Classroom Rules Project

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 Role of Government After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the five roles of government.
2 People in Government After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the role of the following leaders in government: mayor, governor, and president, and explain how someone is chosen to be a government leader.
3 Community Services After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain what community services are and why they are important, and what taxes are and why they are important.
4 Project: Classroom Rules Before your student begins this project, ask your student to review the directions of the project before they begin and to review their work before they turn their project in.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
Role of Government
  1. What is the role of government?
People in Government
  1. Who are my leaders in government?
Community Services
  1. What are community services?
Project: Classroom Rules
  1. Why are rules important?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing