I'm trying to build from this foundation:
Kindergarden
- Rules
- order, security, safety
- authority figures
First Grade
- laws
- home, school, community
- establish order
- provide security
- manage conflict
- public officials
- responsibilities of authority
Second Grade
- purpose of governments
- government services
- police and fire protection
- libraries
- schools
- parks
- value to the community
- role of public officials
- name public officials
- mayor, governor, president
- selection of officials
- elections
- appointments
- citizen participation
- staying informed
- providing input
- volunteering
- participation in government functions
Third Grade
- structure and function of levels of government
- basic structure of various levels
- local community
- state
- nation
- official on each level
- how chosen?
- services provided by each level
- ideas in historical documents
- Declaration of Independence
- U.S. Constitution
- Bill of Rights
- consent of the governed
Fourth Grade
- evolving governments in early Texas
- Caddo government
- Comanche government
- Spanish colonial government
- early Mexican government
- historical document of Texas
- Texas Declaration of Independence
- Texas Constitution
- functions of the three branches
- Celebrate Freedom Week
Fifth Grade
- organizations of colonial governments
- representative governments
- monarchy
- Mayflower compact
- Virginia House of Burgesses
- Ideas in basic American documents
- basic functions of three branches
- reason for checks and balances
- describe checks and balances
- national government
- state government
- federal system
