Grade 4 Fall History - State History as a Framework Unit: Indigenous Homelands, Contact and Sovereignty, Statehood, Geography, Government, Economy, Symbols, and the State Archive (Concrete Example: California; Localizable to Any State or Province)
History · CIV
G4 (D2.Civ.1-6.3-5; CA HSS 4.5.1-4.5.5; TEKS 4.15; NYS 4.6)
hist.g4.f.civ.state_government_three_branches
Identify the state government's three branches with specific member counts, powers, and checks-and-balances
Identify the state government's three branches (executive: governor + lieutenant governor + cabinet; legislative: state senate + state assembly/house with specific member counts; judicial: state supreme court with specific number of justices + courts of appeal + superior courts). Identify the state capitol building and its location. Apply CIV concepts: branch of government, executive, legislative, judicial, checks and balances, jurisdiction. Use MG-6 Three Branches diagram.
Mastery threshold
85%
Min instances
10
Typical minutes
60
Spaced intervals (days)
1, 3, 7, 14, 30, 60
Successors
- Trace a real or simulated bill through the state-level bill-to-law process
- Author a real letter to a state legislator with claim, evidence, counterclaim acknowledgment, and specific ask
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Common misconceptions
- Conflating state and federal three branches
- Missing the specific member counts of the state legislature
- Treating the state supreme court as the same as the federal supreme court