Vocabulary
Rules in our community that keep us safe, healthy and organzied.
What is laws?
Mrs. Stockwell is a teacher who provides an education to her students, is an example of this purpose of government.
What is a Service?
Who is the leader of your local government?
What is Mrs. Stockwell?
In our school democracy, who is the leader of Mrs. Perez?
What is Dr. Fennoy?
What are the three levels of government?
What is local, state, and federal?
All of the people who run a community, state, or country.
What is government?
Fire fighters responding to an emergency call is an example of this purpose of government.
What is Safety?
What rights do you have as students?
What is right to learn, right to speak, right to attend school, etc...?
Who is the governor of Florida?
What is Rick Scott?
This level of government creates and enforces laws to be followed across the country.
What is federal?
What is Constitution?
The state government enforcing laws passed down by the federal government is an example of this purpose of government.
What is organization?
What are safety rules that our class (local) and our entire school (federal) BOTH have to follow?
What is follow PAWS, no running, lock doors, stay in line, voice level 0 in the halls, etc...?
Who is the leader of our country?
What is the President of the United States, Donald Trump?
This level of government enforces laws throughout a community.
What is local?
To make a choice between two or more candidates or courses of action, shown by raising your hands or by voice.
What is to vote?
Citizens voting in the presidential election is an example of this purpose of government.
What is protection of rights?
Who are the leaders of our school (federal)?
What is Mrs. Perez & Mrs. Starling?
What is organized?
An example of this level of government creates and enforces laws throughout Florida.
What is state?
The people vote for a group of leaders.
What is representative democracy?
The government building a new public library is an example of this purpose of government.
What is service?
What are services that are provided to you as students?
What is education, lunch, breakfast, library, fine arts, etc...?
Number one rule Mrs. Stockwell does to keep students safe.
What is make sure doors are locked at all times? (Don't allow students' to answer the door.)
Bonus! Can you think of an example of a law that the state government (Florida) must follow that the federal government (rest of the country) might not?
Example: protecting the Everglades, illegal to remove sand dollars from the beach, protect Florida panthers, evacuation laws for hurricanes, etc...