Florida SS.5.CG.2.5

Social Studies5th GradeCivic and Political Participation

The Standard

Identify individuals who represent the citizens of Florida at the national level.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students name Florida’s two current U.S. senators and the U.S. representative for their congressional district. They match each person to the Senate or House and explain whom each represents.
What Mastery Looks Like: A student can find the current officeholders using an official government source. The student correctly distinguishes senators, who represent all Floridians, from House members, who represent one district.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think senators represent districts or that one House member represents the entire state. They may also confuse federal lawmakers in Washington with state officials in Tallahassee.
How to Assess It: Exit ticket: Write the names of Florida’s two U.S. senators and your district’s U.S. representative. Label each person’s chamber and constituency.

Lesson moves

Give pairs official profile cards for Florida leaders and have them sort each under U.S. Senate, U.S. House, or state government.
Write three sentences answering: Why do Floridians choose two senators but only one House member for their district?
Play Who Represents Me? Read office and constituency clues while students hold up Senate, House, or state government cards.
Use the school address on House.gov and Senate.gov to create a contact sheet for the school’s three congressional lawmakers.

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