Local & National Government Lapbook Unit

Are you looking for a way to make Social Studies Reading more fun and still teach Common Core Informational Standards? Lapbooks and fold-its are a great way to do just that! With these fold-its, you can create a complete Government lapbook or add the fold-its to your student's social studies notebooks!


This file includes:
-9 reading selections (one for each fold-it). Each are full page or half page, so you can turn them into student books.
Lapbook Cover
Reasons for a Government T-Book
Government Services Petal Book
Branches of Government Shutterfold (legislative, judicial and executive)
Levels of Government Flipbook (local, state, national)
National Government Quarter Fold Book (Congress, President, Supreme Court)
National Symbols Pocket with Card or Booklet
My Representatives Shutterfold

Also includes pictures and step-by-step instructions

Informational Common Core Standards:
Second Grade: 2.RI.1, 2.RI.2, 2.RI.3. 2.RI.4
Third Grade: 3.RI.1, 3.RI.2, 3.RI.3, 3.RI.4
Fourth Grade: 4.RI.1, 4.RI.2, 4.RI.3, 4.RI.4
Fifth Grade: 5.RI.1, 5.RI.2, 5.RI.3, 5.RI.4

North Carolina Essential Standards
Second Grade: Social Studies 2.C&G.1-2
Third Grade: Social Studies 3.C&G.1-2
Fifth Grade: Social Studies 5.C&G.1-2