Idaho Social Studies 3.SS.4.6
The Standard
Identify local government officials.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find the names of people who currently hold local government offices, such as mayor, city council member, or county commissioner. They match each person to the correct job and community.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can use a city or county website to name two local officials and give their titles. They can tell which official serves their city or county.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name the governor when asked for a local official. They may think every community has a mayor or give a job title instead of the current officeholder's name.
How to Assess It
- Give students a printed page from your city or county government website. Ask them to write the names and titles of two local officials.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Print your city and county officials pages, cut apart the names and titles, and have pairs match each person to an office.
Ask students to write: 'Who is one local official, and how did you check that person's name?'
Play matching cards with local officials' names on one set and their titles on another.
Open a local government website and have students find the name of an official listed on its meeting page.
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