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Grade 5 5-1 C Instructional Resources

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Lesson Ideas

Inquiry Tasks

  • Reinforce student understanding of the concept of federalism as it was intended to provide a method for shares powers among state and national authorities. Use the presentation, Federalism, provided by the Oklahoma Council for Social Studies, to encourage student discussions regarding how federalism allows for greater participation by citizens. Ask students to identify and describe the ways citizens can impact their local, state, and national governments.  

  • Ask students to review major features of our federal system, using Ben's Guide to Government: Federalism, and create a Venn diagram listing the state and national  governments' powers, as well as shared (concurrent) powers that both can exercise. Encourage students to read the 10th Amendment and conduct a class discussion regarding why the framers thought it was necessary to add this amendment after the Constitution had been ratified. Help students create a class list of examples of the "reserved" powers that our state government can exercise today. 

  • States Powers, Got a Reservation is a extended lesson developed by iCivics which asks students to examine the reserved powers of states and why the framers developed a shared system of authority with the states. encourage students to review background information prior to engaging in a simulation, exploring how federalism works. How do local laws and ordinances differ from state and national laws? Why would the Constitution's framers have thought such a seemingly confusing system was necessary? 

  • The Federal in Federalism is a complete unit provided by iCivics.org which requires students to briefly review three structures of government (Confederacy, Federal, and Unitary) and explore the changes the framers made for our new Constitution and why. Ask students to review the express. implied, and reserved powers exercised by the national and state governments and examine these powers using contemporary examples.  

  • Understanding Federalism, developed by the National Archives and Records Administration, offers a comprehensive yet very student-friendly introduction to federalism, comparing the loose confederation under the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution. The lesson also offers student guides to progress through a review of how the federal system operates.

Primary Sources 

Secondary Sources 

  • Constitution of the United States, published online by the Bill of Rights Institute, provides an easy-to-use, annotated copy of the document for student reference.  

 

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