My name is Evalynn and I am 9 years old. I recently decided to leave public school to be homeschooled by my mom. This blog is my learning portfolio.
Monday, April 29, 2013
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
Labels:
3 Branches of Government,
Art,
Social Studies,
Writing
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I will have to show my kids those fun games. Nice work on your project, I'm glad you enjoy learning about how government works!
ReplyDeleteThanks! My favorite game was the one on the usmint site because you get to be a spy!
DeleteGreat looking tree. Good job.
ReplyDeleteLove you Grandpa Woolf
Love it!! I'll play some of the games to distract me from studying for finals ;) just remember, judicial's the best
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