Public policy is important to understand because it affects everyone. The resource tells middle schoolers how the government uses policy to accomplish goals in the administration. It includes a reading, true or false worksheet, a short-answer question, and much more.

Concepts

civics, public policy, government regulation, constitutional rights, representative government, political science

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Assign learners to work in groups when completing the review worksheet

Classroom Considerations

• Requires a free account to access all the information
• Needs copied handouts for each class member

Pros

• Supplies answer keys
• Engages the entire class 
• Applies concepts in an exercise where pupils must sort between various real-world scenarios

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4