Description
Give students focused reading practice and opportunities to explain their understanding.
- Grades: 2–5
- Format: Printable pages + Google Slides
Learning Objective
Students will learn about why we have government and how the government serves citizens.
What's Included
- Unit Overview
- 10 Lesson Plans
- Vocabulary Cards
- KWL Graphic Organizer
- Google Slides Presentation
- The Purpose of Government
- Custom Videos (this professional quality video was created specifically for this resource is embedded into the presentation)
- Presentation Slides
- Vocabulary Sort
- Read Aloud Books
- Career Spotlight: Supreme Court Justice
- Research
- Quiz
- Answer key
Ways to Use
Whole-class instruction, small groups, independent practice, or enrichment.
Preparation
Preview the student pages, choose the activities, and print the pages you need. For digital use, check device and internet access and assign the version you will use.
Standards & Skills
Students will learn about why we have government and how the government serves citizens.








Harrison Clark –
A well crafted resource
Samantha D. –
I use this during our civics unit helped so much since we are short on text
Trisha Pumphrey –
I loved this resource! It was so easy to use! Made lesson even better!
Kara J. –
This resource has been very helpful in our introductory Government unit. The link to a picture book was great and reinforced the important of the role of government and laws. We have had a lot of great discussions too.
Miss Kay by Day –
This was an easy, engaging, and inclusive unit. Everything you need to teach a great unit of government, without stress.
Ivy R. –
I have LOVED using these resources in my virtual classrooms. Super user friendly and well crafted!
Ashley W. –
I love this resource. It provides great visuals for my kiddos and goes into more depth about what we were learning in Studies Weekly. I will definitely be using this again next year.
Jernae C. –
This resource was clear, well-organized, and easy to implement in my classroom. My students were highly engaged, and I appreciated how everything was laid out in a teacher-friendly way. The activities supported the learning objective well and provided meaningful practice for my students. I also loved that it required very little prep, which made it easy to fit into my lesson planning. I will definitely be using this again and look forward to checking out more resources from this seller!
Kiss Your Brain –
Was a great resource to explain government concepts to my special needs class with visuals and vocabulary support
brianna M. –
Hasnt been easy to find kid friendly activities for social studies and this was!
Mrs Woods Workshop –
This was great for my government lesson in 2nd grade! It helped me teach the standards I needed to!
Alicia Hudgins –
This was a good resource, and a variety of activities.
emmie B. –
This resource has been my favorite social studies unit. My students were engaged, they loved learning how to take notes, and we even got to have in depth talks about the election as it was happening!
Elise Coleman –
This is a great resource! It was engaging and had a lot of great lessons! Thank you for creating it!
Amanda P. –
This resource really helped guide our instruction and helped us (the teachers) find a direction for teaching about government.
Kimberly P. –
This is a really comprehensive resource that breaks difficult concepts down in an engaging way. The voice on the video is kind of robotic, but I didn’t really need that piece anyway. It just surprised me because your videos are usually really awesome. Thanks for a great product!
Generation Thrivers –
A wonderful resource that was very useful and helpful for my students in 4th grade. Thank you for creating this!
Diana G. –
My students loved this resources! it was very engaging to my students!
Sara C. –
This was an awesome resource to use with my second graders. Very easy to print and use.
Jackee S. –
I love this unit for civics. It comes with reading and lots of resources to reinforce the topic. It was very easy to use as well.
Megan Hull –
Good resource, I teach 4th I think this is better suited for 3rd but still great info!
Laura Reiman –
This was a great activity and the students really enjoyed it…thanks!
Kathleen J. –
This resource helped teach a not so fun topic (to a seven year old) in an engaging way.
Jeri Rivera –
This was a great resource to use for teaching about the government.
Carrie Ann E. –
This is a good resource, but it was a little challenging for my students in 1st grade.
jonathan –
Hi Carrie. This resource isn’t created for 1st grade. It is marked for 2nd-5th grade and it says this in a few places. I’d recommend reading the descriptions and checking the grades before purchasing. This prevents disappointment for you and poor reviews for the teacher author who created the resource.
Julie
Autumn W. –
I am so excited to use this for a preplanned learning unit! Makes life so much easier when your school does not have a set SS curriculum.
Shandis R. –
My kids loved this and it was so easy to use. Thank you.
Tori M. –
My students enjoyed this resource! It was fun and informative!
Teacher’s Corner of North Texas –
I loved how thorough this unit was and how it covered all bases.
Rachel F. –
This was a great activity to leave for my sub while I was on maternity leave. We have a scope & sequence for social studies but no set curriculum. We have to find our own resources and this was great to have a whole unit already put together. Thank you!
jonathan –
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us, Rachel! We are so happy to hear that this resource came in handy for you and your sub.
-Jessica with MagiCore
Chromatic Cat Creations –
Very easy to use as a distance learning activity. Thank you!
Kim L. –
This is a great unit! It is very easy to prep and teach my daughter these lessons each day!
jonathan –
Thank you, Kim!