The Three Branches of The United States Government

For the common core standards for fourth grade, I needed to learn about the three branches of the United States government and understand their major responsibilities.  To do this, my mom found some awesome websites that taught me what I needed to know through songs and games.  I love homeschool!  The links are listed below.

To wrap up what I learned, I created a government tree.  You can see that there are three branches on the tree, for each of the three branches of government.  And the leafy limbs attached to each branch describe the major responsibilities for that branch of government.  You can also see that the Constitution is the root system of the tree, because the Constitution is the root system of our government.

This was a fun project!  I like project learning better than test learning.



Flocabulary video on The 3 Branches of Government:

http://www.flocabulary.com/3-branches-of-government/?_hse=sandlerk%40tas.edu.tw&_hsh=1995c8646c5139f4ba397ca97b47c940&_hsmi=3036864



Games about the 3 Branches of Government and Checks and Balances:

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/checks_and_balances.htm

http://www.usmint.gov/Kids/games/branchesOfPower/

Signing Off,
Evalynn and Mom