Florida SS.5.CG.3.6

Social Studies5th GradeStructure and Functions of Government

The Standard

Explain the relationship between the state and national governments.

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies

Teacher's field guide

What Students Need to Do: Students identify powers handled by state government, national government, or both. They explain how the two levels share responsibilities and how national law takes priority when laws conflict.
What Mastery Looks Like: Students correctly sort examples such as national defense, public schools, taxes, and road building. They can explain why some issues involve both levels of government.
Common Misconceptions: Students may think the national government controls every state decision or that states operate as separate countries. They may also confuse state governments with city and county governments.
How to Assess It: Use an exit ticket: Sort national defense, school funding, and collecting taxes by level of government, then explain one choice.

Lesson moves

Give pairs power cards to sort under state, national, or shared headings, then require evidence for two placements.
Ask students to write: Why might Florida and the national government both respond after a hurricane?
Play Government Power Challenge, reading scenario cards while teams hold up state, national, or shared response cards.
Show a Florida hurricane response news clip, then have students list one state action and one national action.

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