Alabama Social Studies SS24.6.15

SS24.6.15 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.6.15a

  Summarize how federalism balances concerns regarding limiting a powerful national government, securing regional interests, and sharing power across the United S...

01

What Students Need to Do

Students identify jobs handled by national, state, and local governments, including jobs they share. They explain why states make some choices while the national government handles issues that cross state lines.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can identify passports as a national responsibility, graduation requirements as a state responsibility, and school calendars as local decisions made under state rules. They can explain how this limits national power and lets states respond to regional needs.

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Common Misconceptions

Students may think cities and school districts have authority separate from their states. They may also think each job belongs to only one level, though national and state governments both collect taxes.

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How to Assess It

Exit ticket: Sort passports, state graduation requirements, and school calendars by government level. Then explain why a school district must follow state rules.

1. 01

   Give pairs cards labeled passports, graduation requirements, school calendars, and taxes to place on a national, state, local, or shared chart.

2. 02

   Ask: Should Washington set one graduation rule for every state? Write one possible benefit and one possible drawback.

3. 03

   Play four corners: call out 'make treaties,' 'collect taxes,' and 'set graduation rules' as students move to national, state, local, or shared.

4. 04

   Compare a local school board calendar, your state's graduation rules, and a federal passport application; name the government behind each.

• SS24.USG.13

  Outline how the federal system of the United States divides powers between national and state governments.

• SS24.2.2a

  Compare the state and national governments in respect to their powers, roles, and leaders.

• SS24.6.10a

  Compare and contrast the division of power among levels of government in unitary, federal, and confederate styles of governance.