branches of government power point
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The United States Government
The Three Branches
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What has
three branches
but no tree?
The branchesof government
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
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The Executive
Branch
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The President of The United States is
the head of the Executive Branch
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The Secretary of Agriculture
The Secretary of the Interior
The Secretary of Commerce
The Secretary of Education
The Secretary of Health and Human Services
The Secretary of Homeland Security
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
The Secretary of Transportation
The Secretary of Veterans' Affairs
The Executive Branch also includes the Vice President and other
officials, such as members of the cabinet.
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Labor
The Secretary of the Treasury
The Secretary of EnergyThe Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
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The executive branch enforces the laws.
This branch makes sure that the laws are being obeyed.
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The JudicialBranch
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The United
States Supreme
Court is thehead of the
Judicial Branch
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The judicial branch is in charge of the court system of
the United States.
The judicial branch reviews and explains laws.Rules on whether something is unconstitutional or
constitutional
And who makes up the court systems?
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The LegislativeBranch
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The legislative
branch is madeup of the two
houses of
Congress- theSenate and the
House of
Representatives.
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The most important duty of the legislative branch is
to make laws.
There are 100 senators in the senate, two from each
state.
There are 435 representatives in the House of
Representatives. The number of representatives isbased on each states population.
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Ways to Remember
Executive Who is the head of the country, like the executive of a
business? The President of the United States. So, just remember that
the President is like an executive of a company and that he isin charge of the executive branch.
Judicial Who makes up the judicial branch?
Judges. And judges and judicial both begin with Jud Legislative
The most important job of this branch is to make laws.And laws and legislative both start with L
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Summary
The three branches of government are:
Executive- President, Vice President, Cabinet Members
Judicial- Supreme Court System, Judges
Legislative- Senate, House of Representatives
The branches each have responsibilities:
Executive: enforces laws, makes sure people obey laws
Judicial: reviews and explains the laws
Legislative: makes laws
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Which branch do I work for?
I am the President of theUnited States. Executive
All day long I make lawsmoreand more laws. Legislative
One of my jobs is make sure
people obey the laws. In otherwords, I enforce laws. Executive
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Which branch do I work for?
Today, I looked at two laws and
reviewed them. I decided they were
constitutional.
Judicial
My name is Saxby Chambliss. I
am one of the senators from
Georgia.
Legislative
My job is the Chief Justice of theSupreme Court.
Judicial
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Three Branches of Government
Hanger!! Each pair of students should have one bag.
Each bag contains enough supplies for everyone tomake their own hanger.
Each person should have: 8 clasps
1 long piece of paper
3 medium pieces of paper (red, white, blue)
8 yellow stars 1 hanger
Stick of glue to share with a partner
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Get your large piece of paper and write
Three Branches of Government on it.
Use your clasps to clasp it to your hanger. Now get your medium pieces of paper and
write Executive on one, Legislative on
the other, and Judicial on the last one.
Connect these to the bottom of the hanger,
using your clasps.
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Now write the items on the sheet on each of
your stars.
Then match the stars to the correct branchand glue the stars on the piece of paper with
the correct branch on it.
Work with your partner to make sure you
match the stars to the correct branch.
Look at the summary if you need.
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House ofRepresentatives
Supreme
CourtReviews
LawsSenate
Makes
Laws
President andVice President
EnforcesLaws
CabinetMembers
Write each of these on your stars. Make your stars look just
like these.
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Summary
The three branches of government are:
Executive- President, Vice President, Cabinet Members
Judicial- Supreme Court System, Judges
Legislative- Senate, House of Representatives
The branches each have responsibilities:
Executive: enforces laws, makes sure people obey laws
Judicial: reviews and explains the laws
Legislative: makes laws
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Post- Assessment
1. Name the three branches of government.
2. Which branch makes laws?
3. Which branch makes sure people obey thelaw?
4. Which branch reviews and explains the law?