1. Unit 3, Lesson 4 Shared Powers
Essential Questions: How do our Federal, state, and local governments work?
Learning Target: (SS.7.C.3.4) IWBAT identify the relationship and division of powers between the federal and the state governments.
Formative Assessment(s): Do state governments or the federal governments hold more power? Explain and provide examples.
Homework: Vocabulary
Daily Rubric: 4 – I fully understand
the learning target and I am ready to move on
3 – I feel like I have a good understanding of the learning target but I need to cover it a little more
2 – I feel kind of lost on the learning target and I need a lot of review before I can move on
1 – I am completely lost and feel like I need to completely cover this learning target over

2. Preview Learning Target: (SS. 7. C. 3
Preview Learning Target: (SS.7.C.3.4) IWBAT identify the relationship and division of powers between the federal and the state governments.
What powers do you think it’s important for the federal government to have that the states don’t have? (Delegated Powers)
What powers is it important for the states to have that the federal government doesn’t have? (Reserved Powers)

3. Vocabulary Learning Target: (SS. 7. C. 3
Vocabulary Learning Target: (SS.7.C.3.4) IWBAT identify the relationship and division of powers between the federal and the state governments.
Federalism: system of government in which the powers of government are divided between the national government, which concerns the whole country, and the state governments which govern the people of its state
Full faith and credit clause: provision in the U.S. Constitution ensuring that each state will accept the decisions of the civil courts in other states
Extradition: legal process for returning criminals to the place where they fled
Implied powers: powers not specifically granted to Congress by the Constitution but are suggested to be necessary to carry out the powers delegated to Congress by the Constitution
Expressed Powers: powers specifically given to Congress in the Constitution
Quick Review:
Concurrent Powers: powers shared between central and states’ governments
Reserved Powers: Powers for the states or the people
Delegated Powers: Powers for the federal government

4. Activity Learning Target: (SS. 7. C. 3
Activity Learning Target: (SS.7.C.3.4) IWBAT identify the relationship and division of powers between the federal and the state governments.
Shared Powers
Make a Venn diagram of delegated, concurrent, reserved powers using the 24 powers on the next slide.
Delegated Powers
Reserved Powers
Concurrent Powers

5. Federal vs State Government Venn Diagram
Instructions: Put all 24 of these examples of powers in your venn diagram. Use your Federal Power Cheat Sheet to complete.
Decide what units of measure we will use
Issue driver’s and marriage licenses
Conduct elections
Make rules about business inside a state
Build roads
Make rules about trade between states and nations
Establish a post office
Use any power the Constitution doesn’t give the federal government or deny to the states
Declare war
Establish local governments
Make treaties and deal with foreign countries
Charter banks and corporations
Provide an army and a navy
Make laws that are necessary and proper to carry out its powers
Run public schools
Provide police and emergency services
Spend money for the general welfare
Protect public health and safety
Make copyright laws to protect authors’ writings
Borrow money
Establish courts
Collect taxes
Make and enforce laws
Print money

6. Formative Assessment Learning Target: (SS. 7. C. 3
Formative Assessment Learning Target: (SS.7.C.3.4) IWBAT identify the relationship and division of powers between the federal and the state governments.
Do state governments or the federal governments hold more power? Explain and provide three examples.
Grade yourself.
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