Building Knowledge of Democracy

The first step to understanding our government was to help them understand the power of checks and balances.  I showed them a prezi (one of my favorite presentation tools) that took them through the branches.  You can view it here.

Then flocabulary as a great little rap that definitely got them going- to this day some of the sing the parts to help them remember the different aspects of each branch.

Overall they are getting more and more invested in learning about their government.  Maybe, hopefully I am helping create a generation of informed voters who really understand how our system works.