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Government
You’re probably used to
following rules in your home and your classroom. Can you think what it would be
like if there were no rules? It might sound like fun, but it would also
probably get difficult really quickly. Without rules, a classmate who steals
from another could get away with it, and a house where no one enforces chores
would become hard to live in after only a short time. Rules help us to keep
order, and having a person or system to oversee what needs to be done provides
us with services we need.
Our country’s government and political system basically works this same way! The purpose of government is to keep order among people and to provide us with things we need. People such as police and firefighters protect us and help keep us safe. Services like sewers, roads, schools, and libraries give us the health, safety, and knowledge we need to lead happy lives. – It’s the leaders and special departments of our government that provide us with all of these things!
Leaders and Offices
- Who is Barack Obama?
- What is the president’s job?
- What is the vice president’s job?
- What is a judge?
- What is a First Lady?
- What is the Senate?
- What does a governor do?
- What
does a mayor do?
Systems for Keeping Order
- What is the government?
- What is democracy?
- What is an election?
- What are taxes?
- What is a law?
- What is a trial?
- Why
do people go to jail?
How We Got Here
- Who was George Washington?
- Who was Benjamin Franklin?
- Who was Abraham Lincoln?
- Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
- What is the White House?
- What is a census?
- Why does the U.S. have 50 states?
- Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?
Other Related Answers
- Nebel, Bernard J. Ph.D. “Chapter 5 – Government and Leadership.” Nebel’s Elementary Education. Maryland: Nebel’s Press for Learning, 2001. 93-95.