Maurer+SS

6th Grade SS Types of Governments

We will be exploring the three main types of government in this class! We will be using technology to enhance our knowledge of this topic and we will be using technology to develop a quiz over the topic.

1. First please take a minute to brainstorm about types of government and what you already know about them. Use either you phone or the computer to answer the poll question on polleverywhere.com.

 Respond at PollEv.com/charlesmaure546    Text CHARLESMAURE546 to 37607 once to join, thentext your message

2. You are going to use PIXTON to create a comic strip for your type of gov't.  Go to ** [|Pixton.com/activate] **  Enter the Activation Code:LGF3-GP

You will use the beginner mode to create your first comic strip. Make show who is in power, how they got the power, what they do with the power, and how they keep the power.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Ubuntu,Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Click the link below to see an example.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;"> <span style="font-family: Ubuntu,Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [|http://www.pixton.com/schools/comic/89q6j9zr]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;">3. Create a google presentation telling about your type of government. Click the link to see an example:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;"> [|Presentation Example]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;">4. Create a Glogster digital poster representing your government. Make sure to answer the essential questions.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;">Click on the example:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;"> [|Glogster Example]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;">5. Please make sure you post your completed work to our class blog.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;"> [|BLOG]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #616161; display: block; font-family: 'Open Sans'; font-size: 14px;">6. [|Rubric]