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=3rd Grade Social Studies - Government=

**Websites**
[|The Democracy Project] This site includes three sections: How Does Government Affect Me?, Inside the Voting Booth, and President for a Day. Students are able to see how government affects their lives, see how voting makes a difference and allows them to make decisions like the president. [|White House Kids] Includes a history of the White House and Presidents. Has photos and video of current and past presidents. You can tour the White House, play a trivia game, or read about current events taking place at the White House. There is even a link for White House traditions and pets. [|President for a Day] Students enter in some personal preferences and then get to experience what it would be like if they were president for a day. [|How Does Government Affect Me?] Includes a clickable city where students can explore and see how each aspect of their lives is influenced by the governement in some way.

Lessons
[|TIPS_Government Mobile.dot] Students use Worldbook Online to search for pictures of important government buildings and officials. They import them to a Word document where they practice formatting. The pictures are then used to create a mobile reflecting the three branches of government. [|Historical Timelines] Students research important historical events and then place them in Chronologial order on a timeline. [|Timeline Practice(Holidays Worksheet)], [|Timeline Student Strips], [|Timeline Answer Key], [|Timeline Research]

[|Government Intro] To introduce a lesson on local government, a Kidspiration project is used to compare the three levels of government in the U. S.

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