ASHLEY JOHNSON Integrated Literacy Assignment
4th Grade Government GLCEs 4 – C3.0.3 Describe the organizational structure of the federal government in the United States (legislative, executive, and judicial branches). 4 – C3.0.4 Describe how the powers of the federal government are separated among the branches.
Fiction Books House Mouse, Senate Mouse By Peter and Cheryl Barnes Woodrow The White House Mouse By Peter and Cheryl Barnes Marshall, The Courthouse Mouse By Peter and Cheryl Barnes A “Mice” Way To Learn About Government By Peter and Cheryl Barnes
Nonfiction Books/Textbooks Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You How the U.S. Government Works By Syl Sobel What Is The Executive Branch? By James Bow Meet the Senate By Jason Glaser The Supreme Court By Christine Taylor-Butler
Games Three Branches, One Government Game government/activity/45954.html government/activity/45954.html Online Battleship Game Branches of Government Online Game /branches_government.htm
Websites Congress for Kids: The Three Branches of Government Ben’s Guide To U.S. Government For Kids government/branches.html
Poetry Branches of Government Poem detail/Branches+of+Government+Poem.rtf
Primary Source The Constitution
Poster
Short Videos Flocabulary Three Branches of Government Three Branches Rap School House Rock: Three Ring Government YMY6lOVjQgs
Works Cited Barnes, Peter and Barnes, Cheryl. (2012). House Mouse, Senate Mouse. Washington, DC: Little Patriot Press. Barnes, Peter and Barnes, Cheryl. (2012). Woodrow The White House Mouse. Washington, DC: Little Patriot Press. Barnes, Peter and Barnes, Cheryl. (2012). Marshall, The Courthouse Mouse. Washington, DC: Little Patriot Press. Barnes, Peter and Barnes, Cheryl. (1999). A “Mice” Way To Learn About Government. Alexandria, VA: VSP Books. Battleship: Unit #2 The Three Branches of Government. (2013). Quiz. Retrieved from September 28, 2013 from Bow, James. (2013). What Is The Executive Branch? New York, NY: Crabtree Publishing. Branches of Government. (2008, March 20). Ben’s Guide To U.S. Government For Kids. Retrieved September 28, 2013 from Branches of Government Game. (2013). Sheppard Software’s U.S. Government Games. Retrieved September 28, 2013 from Brubin, Jenna. (2012, May 24). Branches of Government Poem. Third Grade Gwinnett. Retrieved September 27, 2013 from Constitution of the United States. (1787). United States Senate. Retrieved September 28, 2013 from
Works Cited (cont.) Glaser, Jason. (2013). Meet the Senate. New York, NY: Gareth Stevens Publishing. Hardaway, Kyle. (2012, February 12). School House Rock: Three Ring Government- It's Our Political Circus. Youtube. Retrieved September 28, 2013 from Hart, Diane.(2009). Government Alive! Power, Politics, and You. Palo Alto, CA: Teachers’ Curriculum Institute. Radcliffcat. (2013, June 30). Flocabulary Three Branches of Government. Youtube. Retrieved from September 28, 2013 from Smartsongsmusic. (2011, September 9). Three Branches Rap - Smart Songs. Youtube. Retrieved from Sobel, Syl. (1999). How the U.S. Government Works. Hauppage, NY: Barron’s Educational Series, Inc. Taylor-Butler, Christine. (2008). The Supreme Court. New York, NY: The Children’s Press. The Three Branches of Government. (2008). Congress for Kids. Retrieved September 28, 2013 from Three Branches of Government. (2013, September 27). Kids.gov. Retrieved September 28, 2013 from branches-of-government/index.shtmlhttp://kids.usa.gov/three- branches-of-government/index.shtml Three Branches, One Government. (2000). TeacherVision. Retrieved September 27, 2013 from