POLITICAL SCIENTIST

EXPLORERS
During the next few days
we will be investigating the four different types of explorers.

Importance Outside of School

WHY?

Finding out what these different explorers do and

what kinds of questions they ask will help us to know
what to do and what kinds of questions to ask when
we explore on our own.

IOS
Making up rules to a
game at recess.

Voting to decided
where to go and eat.

Standing up for
someone else.

EXPLORERS
In half of an hour
you will be able to write what political science is, list the
types of questions that POLITICAL SCIENTISTS ask, and
apply this information by answering questions about
Michigan with a partner while using the PRODUCTIVE
PARTNER PAIR PROPERTIES to discuss.

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Write It or Draw It RESPECTFUL RESPONDING

P.P.P.P Sheet
Explorer #1: GEOGRAPHER
GEOGRAPHER Paper Doll
Its A Michigan Thing Round 1

10/21
10/22
10/28
10/28
10/28

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Explorer #2: HISTORIAN

HISTORIAN Paper Doll
Making a Timeline of MI History
Explorer #3: ECONOMIST
ECONOMIST Paper Doll

10/29
11/4
11/4
11/5
11/5

20 Its a Michigan Thing Round 2

21 Explorer #4: POLITICAL SCIENTIST

11/10
11/15

Name
Student #
11/15/2016

Explorer #4: POLITICAL SCIENTIST

What is Political Science?

Name
Student #
11/15/2016

Explorer #4: POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Q: What is Political Science?

THIS IS WHAT I

THINK

THIS IS WHAT I

VS

KNOW

Name
Student #
11/15/2016

Explorer #4: POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Q: What is Political Science?
This is what I THINK

This is what I KNOW

THIS IS WHAT I

THINK
What is Political
Science?

THIS IS WHAT I

KNOW
What is Political
Science?

Political Science is
the study of
government and
how people
interact with it.

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HISTORIAN Paper Doll

Making a Timeline of MI History
Explorer #3: ECONOMIST
ECONOMIST Paper Doll

11/4
11/4
11/5
11/5

20 Its a Michigan Thing Round 2

21 Explorer #4: POLITICAL SCIENTIST

11/10
11/15

22 POLITICAL SCIENTIST Paper Doll

11/15

Why is a government
needed?

Governments are important

because they can establish rules
that protect the people and act
as a way to enforce the rules.

Why is a government
needed?

Sometimes we dont like rules

because we dont always get to
do the things we want to do.

Why is a government
needed?

Think about what would happen

down in the kindergarten pod if
there were NO RULES!

Lets Go To The Movies

Why is a government needed?

What are some of the purposes of

a government that a Political Scientist
might analyze and investigate?

What are some of the purposes of a government that a

Political Scientist might analyze and investigate?

What are some of the purposes of a government that a

Political Scientist might analyze and investigate?

What does the

government do?
Governments create laws that
help people to be successful.
There are three different levels of
government.

What does the

government do?
These three different levels of
government are needed to
handle different problems.

Local

State

Federal

the government the government the government

of a city
of a state
of the country

What does the government do?

What are some issues that are handled at

the three different levels of government
that a Political Scientists might identify?

What are some issues that are handled at the three

different levels of government that a Political Scientists
might identify? (HINT: Local, State, Federal)

What are some issues that are handled at the three

different levels of government that a Political Scientists
might identify? (HINT: Local, State, Federal)

EXPLORERS

What is Political Science?

THIS IS WHAT I

KNOW
What is Political
Science?

Political Science is
the study of
government and
how people
interact with it.

EXPLORERS
In half of an hour
you will be able to write what political science is, list the
types of questions that POLITICAL SCIENTISTS ask, and
apply this information by answering questions about
Michigan with a partner while using the PRODUCTIVE
PARTNER PAIR PROPERTIES to discuss.

How is the government

organized?

Our U.S. government is divided

into three branches as a system of
checks and balances that limits
the power of the federal
government and keeps things fair.

Lets Go To The Movies

How is the government organized?

What three branches of the U.S.

government does a Political Scientist
study? What does each branch do?

What three branches of the U.S. government does a

Political Scientist study? What does each branch do?
(Hint: Legislative, Executive, Judicial)

What three branches of the U.S. government does a

Political Scientist study? What does each branch do?
(Hint: Legislative, Executive, Judicial)

What values and

principles is it based on?

Our government was founded on

the Core Democratic Values are
the fundamental beliefs and
constitutional principles of our
society, which units all Americans.

What values and

principles is it based on?

These values are expressed in the

Declaration of Independence, the
United States Constitution, and other
significant documents, speeches, and
other writings our nation.

Lets Go To The Movies

What values and principals is it based on?

What are some of the Core Democratic

Values that our government is based on
that a Political Scientist studies?

What are some of the Core Democratic Values that our

government is based on that a Political Scientist studies?

What are some of the Core Democratic Values that our

government is based on that a Political Scientist studies?

What role do citizens

play in the government?

The U.S. has a representative

democracy where the people
elect officials to represent
them and their views.

Lets Go To The Movies

What role do citizens play in the government?

What are some of the responsibilities and

rights that an American citizen has that a
Political Scientist might study?

What are some of the responsibilities and rights that an

American citizen has that a Political Scientist might study?

What are some of the responsibilities and rights that an

American citizen has that a Political Scientist might study?

Lets Practice

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HISTORIAN Paper Doll

Making a Timeline of MI History
Explorer #3: ECONOMIST
ECONOMIST Paper Doll

11/4
11/4
11/5
11/5

20 Its a Michigan Thing Round 2

21 Explorer #4: POLITICAL SCIENTIST

11/10
11/15

22 POLITICAL SCIENTIST Paper Doll

23 Its a Michigan Thing Round 3

11/15
11/29

PRODUCTIVE PARTNER PAIR PROPERTIES

ACTIVE
LISTENING

USING
TEAMWORK

RESPECTFUL
RESPONDING

Participation

Positive Body Language

Use Names

Building Off Others Ideas

Ask Questions to Understand

Be Positive and Encourage

Staying On Task / Topic

Listen Think Then Respond

Support Opinion with Evidence

Each member of the group

contributes and shares their
ideas.

Move the conversation forward

and add on to what the person
before you said.

Talk about what you are

supposed to be discussing and
stayed focused.

This includes sitting up,

leaning in, and looking at
the person who is talking.

When something the speaker

says is confusing, ask questions
to clarify or to make sure you
understand their meaning.

While someone is talking, listen

to what they are saying, think
about how it relates to what
you know, and then respond
with a connected idea.

Use the names of the people in

your group during a discussion.

Keep an upbeat attitude and try

to encourage group members to
try their best and join the
discussion.

When stating your opinion on a

topic, always back it up with
evidence that explains your
view.

PRODUCTIVE PARTNER PAIR PROPERTIES

USING TEAMWORK
ACTIVE LISTENING
RESPECTFUL RESPONDING

VOICE LEVEL: 1.5