Idaho Social Studies 5.SS.4.5
The Standard
Distinguish and compare responsibilities among state, national, and tribal governments in a federal system.
Idaho Content Standards: K-12 Social Studies
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students match government jobs to state, national, or tribal governments. They compare who issues a driver's license, a passport, and tribal citizenship documents.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name the government responsible for each of those documents and explain why. They can also explain that a tribal government governs its own nation, rather than serving as a state agency.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think tribal governments are part of state government. They may also think the national government handles every job, or that only tribal laws apply on tribal lands.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: Who issues a U.S. passport, a state driver's license, and tribal citizenship documents? Name each government and explain why a tribal government is not a state agency.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have pairs sort six job cards: passports, armed forces, driver's licenses, state parks, tribal citizenship, and tribal courts.
Ask students to write: Who decides a tribal nation's citizenship rules, the state or the tribal nation? Why?
Give students three labeled cards, then call out 'passport,' 'state park,' and 'tribal citizenship' for a quick response game.
Print mock passport, state license, and tribal ID cards; have students label the government that issues each.
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