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Unit 5 Civics and Government Power Point
Let’s find out together !
What does a three legged chicken, a dog, swimmers, and a Chief Justice have to do
with our United States government?
Our Government has three parts.
Like this three legged chicken.
Separate but equal the branches are to one another.
The Executive
Branch
The Executive Branch of our government works in the
White House.
President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden are the head of the
executive branch .
The President is the… *Person responsible for everyone to
follow the Constitution.*Commander-in-Chief of the military. *Person who can hire people for important jobs in the government.*Person who can make treaties with
the other countries.
This is an aerial view of the White House.
This is the layout of the bottom floor of the White House.
President Barack Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the
White House.
The Dining Room in the White House.
President Barack Obama's wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, Sasha and Malia Ann live in the White House on the second floor with their dog Bo.
The Oval Office is the President’s office and it is on the second floor.
The Legislative
Branch
The Legislative Branch works at the United States Capitol.
The Legislative branch has the power of making laws.
The United States Capitol.
This is the United States Capitol and the surrounding grounds.
Two groups that work at the U.S. Capitol are
the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Together they are called Congress.
Think “Leg” it takes two legs to do the work of the Legislative Branch.
This is inside the United States Capitol where many meetings are held to make laws.
Judicial Branch
The Judicial branch of the government works at the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court Building.
The Judicial branch is responsible for settling arguments with the law
and making sure the Constitution is followed.
They HAMMER out the laws.
The Constitution is the basic
laws of the land.
Nine Chief Justices work in the Supreme Court until they choose
to resign, retire or die.
These are the Chief Justices.
Sonia Sotomayor is the newest Supreme Court Justice.
This is not one of the Supreme Court Justices.
This is inside the Supreme Court Building.
This is the Great Hall
looking toward the Courtroom.
The Main Reading Room in the Supreme Court Library.
Let’s do a quick review of what you have learned.
Now that you have gone through this Power Point. Can you answer
the following question…
Talk about what new
information you learned.
What does a three legged chicken, a dog, swimmers, and a Chief Justice have to do
with our United States government?
Name the buildings as they appear.
The Supreme Court
The White House
The United States Capitol
Match the workers with the buildings in which they work.
The Supreme Court
The White House
The United States Capitol
Supreme Court Justices
The President and Vice President
Congress: Senators, and Representatives
Nice learning today. You did a wonderful job?
Teacher information extra pages to print and use if you want.
The White House.
