Who pays for fire trucks, ambulances, and the school down the street? Third graders fill in nine sentences using government vocabulary like taxes, public services, polling place, state legislature, city council, governor, mayor, court, and police. Then a matching section pairs Taxes, Voting, the State legislature, and the City council with the right job, from making city laws to collecting money for services.
By the end, students can confidently say which leader does what and why citizens fund their own communities.
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Government: Local and State
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Tax money pays for public services like fire trucks and ambulances.
2. On election day, citizens go to a polling place to vote.
3. The state legislature is a group of elected officials who write state laws.
4. A city council is a group of people who help the mayor govern the city.
5. The government collects taxes from citizens to pay for roads and schools.
6. The governor signs new laws and leads the state government.
7. People who break laws may have to pay a fine or go to court.
8. Local government hires police officers to keep neighborhoods safe.
9. A mayor is the elected leader of a city or town.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Taxes
→ Money citizens pay for services
Makes laws for a city
Voting
→ How citizens choose leaders
How citizens choose leaders
State legislature
→ Makes laws for a state
Money citizens pay for services
City council
→ Makes laws for a city
Makes laws for a state
Government: Local and State
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Tax money pays for public services like fire trucks and ambulances.
2) On election day, citizens go to a polling place to vote.
3) The state legislature is a group of elected officials who write state laws.
4) A city council is a group of people who help the mayor govern the city.
5) The government collects taxes from citizens to pay for roads and schools.
6) The governor signs new laws and leads the state government.
7) People who break laws may have to pay a fine or go to court.
8) Local government hires police officers to keep neighborhoods safe.
9) A mayor is the elected leader of a city or town.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Taxes
→ Money citizens pay for services
Makes laws for a city
Voting
→ How citizens choose leaders
How citizens choose leaders
State legislature
→ Makes laws for a state
Money citizens pay for services
City council
→ Makes laws for a city
Makes laws for a state
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