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[|http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Social_Studies/US_Government/GOV0044.html] **
 * LESSON PLAN:

The purpose of this lesson is for the students to understand how the [|United States Government] has impacted their lives and created a more safe and reliable [|environment] for them to live in. The teacher will divide the class into three groups representing each branch of government (Judicial, Executive, Legislative). Each group will have two signs saying "Claim" and "Do not claim" as well as a list of powers each branch has. The teacher will state a power that one of the branches has and the students will have to choose if their branch belongs to that power or not. The group [|leader] will then say "vote" and the members of the group will hold up a sign, "Claim" or "Do not claim."
 * SUMMARY:

Jackie's response: I really like how the activity is vocal, and will require students to talk to one another. Maybe another activity that could follow would be posting the three branches somewhere in the room and giving each child the statements read earlier by the teacher, and the students would gather under the branch that best fits their statement, this would create movement in the room. I like the ideas though, the voting would be fun for kids. **