This hands-on Checks and Balances (US government) Cube Code lesson is a winning combination of stations, close reading and comprehension skills, coloring, secret codes, cut and paste, citing evidence and critical thinking! Everything a teacher dreams of wrapped up into one FUN and engaging activity. Topics include: Branches of Government, Checks and Balances, Legislative, Executive, Judicial, President, Congress, Supreme CourtStudents will revisit their non-fiction reading passage several times