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THE START OF OUR COUNTRIES GOVERNMENT! Week 1: Social Studies

First: Second: POWER POINT INSTRUCTIONS:
 * DAY ONE **: Today, you will be using what we discussed about rules and laws in class to do a group project. Remember what we talked about- Why are rules important? What happen if we didn't have rules? Get into your groups of 5 that I have assigned. Your job as a group is to make a power point of 10 RULES and reasons why you think they are important. These rules can be for our classroom, our school, or a family's home. Whatever you choose, the group must decide together and agree!
 * Each one of you is responsible for writing 2 of your own rules. Write them out and then write at least 1 sentence explaining why that rule is important. You will have the first 40 minutes of today's block to finish this part of the project.
 * Before you finish, make sure that 2 people in the group don't think of the same rules!
 * Turn your paper in to the IN-CLASS bin.
 * You will have the last 10 minutes of today's block to start the power point (use your time wisely!)
 * Let the person who wrote the two rules put them on the power point. Take turns :)
 * It must be 10 slides long
 * Each slide should have 1 rule and 1 reason why this rule is important on it
 * It should be colorful
 * It should be easy to read- please don't write in yellow letters, I can't read that! :P
 * It should be creative
 * It should be creative


 * DAY TWO **: Today, your will have the entire 50 minutes to finish your power point's about 10 rules you would like to make in the classroom, home, or school and why. PLEASE REMEMBER that everyone should help make the project! Be creative! :)



First:
 * DAY THREE **: Today, you have two jobs!
 * Visit [|Assembly Kids Stuff] to see how laws are made. You will think of your own idea for a law that you think should be passed, and then watch your idea go through the whole system until it is passed! Once you reach the final page with your bill on it, print it out and turn it in to the IN-CLASS bin.

Second: First: Links: Second: INSTRUCTIONS FOR ARTICLE:
 * Click on this [|link] to get to your word search! Print this out and complete it at your desk. When you are finished, turn it in to the IN-CLASS bin.
 * DAY FOUR **: Today you will start your last assignment for the week, which you will work on today and tomorrow! Remember our class discussion about the 13 British Colonies that started the USA, and why they were at war with Britain. They wanted to stop having to listen to the King and make their own rules, and they did with the Declaration of Independence!
 * Click on the links below to get some information on the Declaration of Independence!
 * You may also use our schools' library website for more information on this article
 * Click here to meet some [|amazing Americans!]. Click on US presidents, then click on Thomas Jefferson to learn what he had to do with the Declaration of Independence!
 * To see a complete list of exactly who signed the the Declaration after it was written, click on this [|link.]
 * To read the actual Declaration and more information about it, visit this [|US history] website.
 * For more information about why the Declaration was written, go to [|Independence Day Fun!]
 * Pretend that you work for a newspaper! It is the morning after the Declaration of Independence was signed. No one in the town knows about it yet except the men who signed it and you! It is your job to write the article that everyone in town will read and tell them what happened!
 * Tell them: what was signed? who signed it? what it means? why America needed it? and so on. Use your imagination and be creative- this should be a fun project :)
 * Make the article in Microsoft Word
 * Use pictures from clip art, cool fonts (anything you think will make the article interesting as long as it looks like a real newspaper!)
 * It must be a page long, typed in 12 point font

When you are done:
 * DAY FIVE **: Today is the last day of this lesson! You will have the whole 50 minutes to finish up your article!
 * Print out the article from the computer lab
 * Pick up the Newspaper cut out from the SUPPLIES BOX
 * Cut out your article and glue it to the Newspaper to make it look real :)
 * Sign your signature at the bottom where it says Author:
 * Place your article in the IN-CLASS bin!

CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE DONE! Great job class! :)