US Government & Civics EDITABLE Interactive Notebook & Test United States

Support upper elementary students’ reading skills with this U.S. Government and Civics Interactive Notebook. This editable unit is a complete study of the United States government at an upper-elementary level. It includes interactive activities, maps, timeline, vocabulary, graphic organizers, and assessment.

Students learn about the purpose of government, as well as the development of the government and its functions. The unit also covers the Constitutional amendments and civic responsibility.

This interactive notebook includes activities, maps, and organizers on the following topics:

• Essential Questions Prompts
• Analyze Information
• Primary Sources: Diary
• The Purpose of Government
• Articles of Confederation
• Shay’s Rebellion
• Northwest Ordinance
• Constitutional Convention
• Mapping the Approval of the Constitution
• The Preamble
• Constitutional Influences
• Branches of Government
• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Amending the Constitution
• Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
• Ratifying the U.S. Constitution
• The Bill of Rights
• Fundamental Rights Amendments
• Due Process Amendments
• Limited Government Amendments
• Civil War Amendments
• Expanding Voting Rights
• Republic
• Civic Responsibility
• Civic Participation in the United States
• Vocabulary Flashcards
• Chapter Test

Students often struggle to determine what information is important in a nonfiction text. These organizers have topics and guiding questions on them, which helps students identify the main ideas and key details in their text. This interactive notebook could either be used in social studies or when teaching nonfiction reading skills in language arts.

There are 40+ pages of activities, plus a complete answer key. Also, a chapter test is included. File includes both a PDF version and an editable PowerPoint version of the unit.

All text in the unit is editable, although the organizers and clipart are not. Teachers can edit the topics and questions so they better fit their informational texts.

Worried about prep? The included organizers are designed to save prep time. They are easy-to cut shapes and the pages are arranged so there is as little cutting as possible.

Teachers Love It!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “It did not take long to implement this resource right away! Students enjoyed the interactive notebook and found it useful for studying and engaging with the material” – Adrianne O. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Excellent hands-on complement to our textbook for civics. My students have enjoyed building their INBs with this product. I like the variety of activities which are all very student friendly.” – Sarah K. 

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “This is such a wonderful way to collect and organize information. Our students loved this so much more than just reading from a textbook.” – Lindsey C.

*Please note, this unit includes the same activities as my US Government DIGITAL Interactive Notebook, but these graphic organizers are designed to be copied, cut, and pasted. Teachers may want to use both versions with students to meet different needs. 

*This resource is meant to be used with a textbook or as teacher-led notes. If teachers need informational texts for their students, my US Government Flipbook covers the same material. A PDF correlating the text lessons and the notebook activities is included.

This unit covers the Florida standards for 5th grade social studies, which is U.S. Geography and U.S. History through Westward Expansion. This unit focuses on the standards referencing civics and government.

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Permission to use with a single classroom only (one teacher).

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