Our Government: The Three Branches 6-Pack for California

Book excerpt: Build literacy skills and social studies content-area knowledge with this nonfiction title! This 6-Pack offers an integrated English language arts approach that specifically addresses California content standards for history-social science, as well as reading, writing, and English language development standards. Once America was free from Great Britain, it needed to decide how to run the new country. Students will learn why the nation's founders split the government into three branches to ensure that no one person would have too much power. Colorful images, supporting text, a glossary, table of contents, and index all work together to help readers better understand the content and be fully engaged from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan that aligns to California's History-Social Science Content Standards.