The Branches of Government

• Introduction
• Task
• Process
• Evaluation
• Conclusion
• Credits


• Teacher Page

Process

Step 1:

You need to build your team. There will be three students on your team. The teams will be assigned by your teacher. Each of you will take on a job responsibility. To learn more about the jobs click on the links below. Please select your job carefully.

1. All team members go to this website and learn about the separation of power between the branches.
2. Choose a branch of government. All team members need to understand the part they choose.
3. For the branch of government you choose:

• List the responsibilities.
• List the members.
• Explain how the powers are divided between the members.
• Learn the responsibilities for each job in the branch. 
• List the qualifications a person needs to get each job.

 Member 1:

Legislative Branch

Member 2:

Executive Branch

Member 3:

Judicial Branch

Step 2

Learn all you can about your assignment. Use the links to help you. The first link will help you manage your time.

Time Management

Test Your Knowledge

Step 3

As a group create a PowerPoint presentation. You should have four slides.

One slide about the:

• separation of power between the branches
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

You will use this PowerPoint to teach the class.