Teaching Facts about the Executive Branch? Yikes!

The United States government is a complicated system that is difficult to cover with young learners. It is confusing to identify who does what, who is involved, and how it all works! The President, Vice President, and Presidential Cabinet, along with many other political actors, comprise the U.S. government’s executive branch.

Learning about the different branches and what they do is tough! This Executive Branch teaching resource is designed to help your learners discover the following:

• What does the executive branch do for the country?
• Who is in control of the executive branch?
• What powers are held by the executive branch?
• And more!

Print and Go U.S. Executive Branch Facts for Kids

This activity is perfect for helping students study the three branches of government, who is involved, and their responsibilities. The executive branch reading passage requires students to read and understand an informational text and apply their learning to true/false, fill-in-the-blank, written response, and other question formats.

Tips for Differentiation + Scaffolding 

A team of dedicated, experienced educators created this resource to support your Social Studies lessons. 

In addition to individual student work time, use this sorting activity to enhance learning through whole class lessons or remote learning assignments. 

If you have a mixture of above and below-level learners, check out these suggestions for keeping students on track with the concepts: 

🆘 Support Struggling Students

Help students who need help understanding the concepts by 

• Completing the activity as a whole group or in a small group session.
• Provide students with a Branches of Government anchor chart or reference sheet to use during the completion of the activity.

➕ Challenge Fast Finishers

• Have students make an anchor chart or slide presentation about the different branches of government.
• Have students turn their learning into an infographic or research project.

🧑‍🏫 Group Lesson (or Other Activity)

• Complete the reading together underneath a document camera and discuss the concepts during the lesson.

Downloading Your Printable 3 Branches of Government Worksheet

Use the dropdown icon on the Download button to choose between the Google Slides or PDF version of this resource.

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This resource was created by Beth Hindi, a teacher in Texas and Teach Starter Collaborator.