HOW GOVERNMENT CLOSE TO HOME IMPACTS YOUR DAILY LIFE.

State Governments

UEQ and LEQ

UEQ: How are the various levels of government structured in the U.S. Government System?

LEQ: How can the power of state governments be compared and contrasted to the power held by the national government.

Vocabulary

State GovernmentState Government PowersPublic PolicyFederalism

Civics In The Real World Warm Up

Consider first, issues that affect your everyday life. Pollution Crime Poverty

How does the national government and states react to these issues or any issue for that matter.

Read over “Civics in the Real World” on page 293 of your textbook.

Answer the “Citizen’s Journal” question at the bottom in full detail.

State Government

State Government: Government within a state, that shares its power to rule over people with a national government.

Guesstimate: Looking at the three state buildings and the building from the first slide, what other nationally known building do they share similarities with? Why would states design their capital buildings around this main building design?

Can You Name The 50 State Capitals?

•Read over the “State Capitals” Handout.

•Try and place each state capital with their correct state.

•See how many you can get.

Public PolicyPublic Policy Public Policy ChoicesPublic Policy Choices

Problem arises that no one can agree upon.

State government steps in with a response and a solution.

Choices are made.Trade-Offs occur.State government

chooses what to do and citizens have to change to meet the choice.

State Governments Main Job

Could You Make Public Policy???

Now that you know what public policy is, the question is, could you make the necessary and proper public policy.

Complete the “How Would You Handle Public Policy” Writing Handout

Read each scenario and decide how you would handle the situation, write out your answers in full complete sentences.

Powers of the State Government

Like the national government, a state government has similar powers. What are they?

Grab your laptop and log on to the Internet, do a Google search for “Powers of State Government.”

Fill in six main powers that state governments have on the bubble graphic organizer.

Next, find powers that the state government must share with the national government and fill in the second bubble graphic organizer.

Power One: Issue Licenses

Power Two: Control State Businesses

Power Three: Conduct Elections

Power Four: Establish Local Government

Power Five: Public Health and Safety

Power Six: Ratify Amendments

Powers

Issue LicensesRegulate between

state businessConduct ElectionsEstablish Local

GovernmentsRatify Constitutional

AmendmentsSecure public health

and safetyExert Powers not in

Constitution

Collect TaxesBuild RoadsBorrow MoneyEstablish CourtsMake and Enforce

LawsCreate Banks and

CorporationsSpend money for the

well being of citizensControl private

property for public use.

The Bird

Read over the article on the governments of New South Wales debate over deforestation and habitat loss for a specific parrot.

Answer the following questions in your notes.

Bird Article Questions

“What is the argument for saving the bird? What are the arguments for continuing with logging?”

“How are both governments trying to work together?”

According to the article, which of the governments is actually illegally promoting the deforestation? How are they supporting it?”

Explain: “Why would a national government step in if a state government could not make a decision?”

Prediction: “Why do you think both governments cannot reach an agreement?”

Leadership

Just like the national government, state governments have specific leaders behind government offices and agencies.

Grab a Laptop, log on to the Internet and go to Google.

Complete the “State Government Investigation Worksheet” using PA.gov.

Click on each link for each job or department of the state government, write down the name of the person and a job description.