You be the judge What is the easiest thing to understand about government? Can you come up with a cool way of describing an idea of government better than me

Running through the Review Look at the political parties and voting We will look at the standards that will be covered this on this test Time for Jeopardy!!!

Political Parties The two parties have been Republican and Democrat since the 1860s The parties allow for like minded people who share common beliefs and thoughts to work together Sometimes a third party affects elections causing runoffs when normally there wouldn’t be one

Voting in Georgia Voter must be a resident of United States Voter must be 18 years old by election day Voter must be a legal resident of GA and county where you vote Primary- Two parties vote for candidates General- When someone is elected for a position Special- elections to give special issue to voters

SS8CG1 Understanding GA constitution Constitution Separation of powers (look at chart on checks and balances) Rights of citizens Voting Political parties

SS8CG2 Legislative Branch Chart on Senators and Reps Understand committee system How a bill becomes a law that they create

SS8CG3 Executive Branch Chart on Gov. and Lt. Gov. Look at the Departments Understand how Executive branch enforces laws

SS8CG4 Judicial Branch Chart on courts Criminal vs. civil law Adult justice system Settling Disputes How the Judicial branch interprets laws

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