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|NC Essential Standards: 3.C&G.1 Understand the development, structure and function of local government. |
|W.3.1Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons. |
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|3rd Grade |
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|Summative Performance Task |
|Opinion Writing Piece |
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|Compelling Question: |
|Is the Mayor really in charge of a city/town? |
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|Background knowledge: Students will need to have knowledge of what the levels of government are. |
|Here are several resources to help them with this information. |
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|Informative reading selection about the 3 levels of government |
|Access article copy: |
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|Comic View of the 3 branches of government |
|Access comic: |
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|Illustration about the 3 branches of government |
|Access illustration: |
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|Supporting Question I |Supporting Question II |Supporting Question III |
|What is a mayor’s job? |Why do we have a city council? |Does a judge have an impact on how our city is ran? |
|Historical Sources |Historical Sources |Historical Sources |
| Book: Mayor (Our Government Leaders) by: Jacqueline Gorman |Book: The City Council by Terro DeGezelle This|Book: Judge (Our Government Leaders) by: Jacqueline Gorman This |
|This book can be found through WSFCS Catalogue |book can be found through WSFCS Catalogue |book can be found through WSFCS Catalogue |
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|Book: The City Mayor by Terro DeGezelle This book can be |Book: What’s a City Council (First Guide to |Informative reading selection about a judge: (Source A) |
|found through WSFCS Catalogue |Government) by: Nancy Harris This book can be | |
| |found through WSFCS Catalogue |Website: (Source B) |
|Website: (Source A) | |What does a Judge do? |
|What does a Mayor do? |Book: Local Government (Kid’s Guide to | |
| |Government) by: Emestine Giesecke This book can| |
| |be found through WSFCS Catalogue | |
|Website: (Source B) | | |
|Meet the Winston Salem Mayor Allen Joines |Website: (Source A) | |
| |What is a City Council? | |
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| |Website: (Source B) | |
| |Meet the Winston Salem City Council | |
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|Formative Performance Task I |Formative Performance Task II |Formative Performance Task III |
|Working in groups students will use evidence from the |Working in groups students will use evidence |Working with a partner students will use evidence from the |
|resources provided to complete the graphic organizer. |from the resources provided to complete the |resources provided to complete the graphic organizer. Working with|
|Independently students should write a paragraph answering the |graphic organizer. Working with a partner |a partner students should write a paragraph answering the question:|
|question: What is a mayor's job? |students should write a paragraph answering the|Does a judge have an impact on how our city is ran? |
|Students should share their paragraph with their group. |question: Why do we have a city council? |Students should share their paragraph with their group. This |
| |Students should share their paragraph with |could also be a whole class discussion. |
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|Summative Performance Task: |
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|Is the Mayor really in charge of a city/town? After researching the compelling questions students should independently develop an opinion writing piece which answers the |
|compelling question. Students should use their graphic organizers and paragraphs from each supporting questions to help guide them through the paper. |
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|Rubric for students to guide them through their opinion writing can be found for free at: |
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|SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 |SOURCE A |
What does a Mayor do?
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|SUPPORTING QUESTION 1 |SOURCE B |
Meet the Mayor of Winston-Salem
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|SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 |SOURCE A |
What is a city council?
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|SUPPORTING QUESTION 2 |SOURCE B |
Meet the Winston Salem City Council
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|SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 |SOURCE A |
Informative reading selection about a judge
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|SUPPORTING QUESTION 3 |SOURCE B |
What does a Judge do?
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|Executive Branch: What is the mayor’s job? |Legislative Branch: Why do we have a city |Executive Branch: Does a judge have an impact |
| |council? |on how our city is ran? |
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