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🗺️ 3rd Grade · Social StudiesD2.Civ.1.3-5Unit 3: Local & state government

Local government

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🎯 Objective: Students describe the jobs of the mayor and city council.

Lesson outline

  1. Role play a council meeting.
  2. Discuss.
  3. Write.
  4. Exit: one job.

Lesson 1 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

D2.Civ.1.3-5

C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards (NCSS) — typical US grade-level themes

🏁 Unit goals

  • Describe the roles of local and state government
  • Explain how citizens participate

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

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More lessons in “Local & state government”

  1. Local government
  2. State government
  3. Taxes and services
  4. Citizens make a difference

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