Archive : 2002 : May : 22
government
By Carolyn
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I have written on this subject before, and I will share with this board again what we did in our room. We actually created groups of students to represent the three branches of government. We elected legislators to make| up the laws (actually, for us, rules). Once the legislators made up the laws for the classroom, the cafeteria, and the playground, we had our "Supreme Court" decide if they were appropriate laws. (Of course, we had written a Constitution beforehand.) Kids looked over the Constitution of the classroom to decide to the rules were constitutional. They elected a president of the class who | |
had the power to veto the laws made by the legislators. I think that a good place to start would be to create a Constitution. Put it up on poster board, or bulletin board paper (maybe rolled up at the ends to look like a document). Then elect your groups. My kids enjoyed doing this.
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