What happens the moment a governor signs a bill? Third graders work through multiple-choice questions about local services like the public library, the governor's signing power, the duty to pay taxes and follow laws, and how citizens speak up at city council meetings. Fill-in-the-blank sentences cover the governor's veto, local services that keep neighborhoods clean, electing council members, and the state legislature debating new laws.
Wrestling with citizen duties and leader powers builds the civic thinking kids will use the rest of their lives.
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Government: Local and State
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which of these is a service provided by local government?
A) printing money
B) running the public library
C) building interstate highways
D) commanding the army
2. What happens when the governor signs a bill?
A) The bill is thrown away.
B) The bill becomes a state law.
C) The bill goes to the mayor.
D) The bill is sent to voters.
3. Which is a responsibility of every citizen?
A) running for governor
B) paying taxes and following laws
C) building roads by themselves
D) writing bills for the legislature
4. How can citizens share their opinions with local leaders?
A) by moving to another state
B) by attending city council meetings
C) by refusing to follow laws
D) by calling the president
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. The governor can veto a bill if he or she disagrees with it.
2. Local services help keep neighborhoods clean and safe.
3. Citizens elect members of the city council to represent their neighborhoods.
4. Obeying laws and paying taxes are duties shared by all citizens.
5. The state legislature debates and votes on new laws for the whole state.
Government: Local and State
★ Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. Which of these is a service provided by local government?
A) printing money
B) running the public library
C) building interstate highways
D) commanding the army
2. What happens when the governor signs a bill?
A) The bill is thrown away.
B) The bill becomes a state law.
C) The bill goes to the mayor.
D) The bill is sent to voters.
3. Which is a responsibility of every citizen?
A) running for governor
B) paying taxes and following laws
C) building roads by themselves
D) writing bills for the legislature
4. How can citizens share their opinions with local leaders?
A) by moving to another state
B) by attending city council meetings
C) by refusing to follow laws
D) by calling the president
★ Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1) The governor can veto a bill if he or she disagrees with it.
2) Local services help keep neighborhoods clean and safe.
3) Citizens elect members of the city council to represent their neighborhoods.
4) Obeying laws and paying taxes are duties shared by all citizens.
5) The state legislature debates and votes on new laws for the whole state.
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