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Class Summary
Students will learn about two types of Governments: Heavenly and Earthly. They will learn what an Earthly government is and what it does for people. They will learn about some titles of human government leaders.
Lesson Slide
Lesson Video
Please show the video to students in full-screen mode.
Main Teaching Points
Teach about types of Governments:
- There are two types of governments: A Heavenly Government and an Earthly one.
- On an earthly government, people lead other people.
- In a Heavenly government, Jehovah God leads people.
- In the United States there are 3 levels of government: City, State Country
- A Mayor leads a city, A Governor leads a state and a President leads a country.
- Governments on Earth can be different depending on where you live and who leads.
- Jehovah’s government is always ruled by Jehovah and never changes.
Teach what Earthly Governments do:
- On Earth, a government is a group of people who work together make the laws that we must follow.
- A Government tries to fix people’s problems and to keep them safe.
- A government makes sure that people follow the laws that they set.
- Government provide services for the people it is in charge of.
- We pay the government for these services. The money we pay the government is called tax.
Teach about Government Services:
- Governments use the money we pay them in taxes to create services for us.
- Tax money pays for the police officers and firefighters that keep us safe
- Tax money pays for the parks and playgrounds that we get to enjoy
- Tax money also pays for garbage collection and keeping the community clean
- Our government pays for schools and libraries.
Discussion Questions
- What is the name of your state?
- What is the name of your city?
- What country do you live in?
- What do taxes help pay for?
- What services do taxes pay for?
- Why are government services important?
- Do you use any services from the government?
- What would the community near you look like if we didn’t have any government services?
- How would it be different if we had to pay money every time we wanted to go to the park?
- What would happen if the garbage was never collected?
- How do firefighters keep us safe?
- How do police officers keep us safe?
- What kind of government does Jehovah have?
- What do we call governments on earth?
Vocabulary Words
- Tax – money we pay the government
- Rule – to lead others and make the rules
- President – the leader of the entire country.
- Governor – the leader of a state.
- Mayor – the leader of a city or town.
- Government – a group of people who lead other people.
In-Class Activities
- Follow the Leader: Have students take turns playing virtual follow the leader. They can have other students do small actions to illustrate how leaders lead other people.
- Mayor for a day: Have students imagine they are mayor and in charge of an imaginary city for a day. Ask what rules they’d set up as leader about food, education, parks and other aspects of community living. How would they solve problems people bring to them?