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The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 7 - Governing Washington Today is Complicated!

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Since Washington became a state in 1889, the job of governing has become much bigger. Even so, the basic structure—a legislative branch, an executive branch and a judicial branch—is the same as 100 years ago.This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 7. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

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Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Jerry Price, Kari Tally, Margit McGuire, Washington OSPI OER Project, Barbara Soots

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 9 - Civics and the Natural World

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Decisions our local, state, tribal, and federal governments make affect every forest, every mountain, and every lake and river. This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 9. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

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Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Kari Tally, Barbara Soots, Washington OSPI OER Project, Jerry Price

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 6 - Local Governments

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Local governments are the smallest and closest governments to us. They are usually the first place we turn when we need help. This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 6. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Jerry Price, Washington OSPI OER Project, Barbara Soots, Kari Tally, Mary Schuldheisz

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 5 - From 1900 to 2000

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Washington has changed a great deal in many different ways in the 20th Century – culturally, economically, politically, environmentally, and ecologically. This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 5. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Jerry Price, Barbara Soots, Nancy Lenihan, Kari Tally, Washington OSPI OER Project

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 4 - From Settlers to Statehood

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Washington’s long journey to become a state was a complex story culturally, economically, politically, environmentally, and ecologically.This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 4. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Jerry Price, Barbara Soots, Washington OSPI OER Project, Nancy Lenihan, Kari Tally

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 3 - The Design of Today's Democracy

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While the arrival of explorers and the beginning of the fur trade were going on in the American Northwest, a new nation was being born in the east. This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 3. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Jerry Price, Barbara Soots, Kari Tally, Washington OSPI OER Project, Mary Schuldheisz

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 2 - First Contacts Between Native Northwest People and Europeans

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Contact between Native and non-native people forever changed the landscape of North America. European exploration drove many changes to the Northwest, including trade, exploration.This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 2. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

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Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Jerry Price, Barbara Soots, Kari Tally, Washington OSPI OER Project

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 1 - How the First People of Washington Governed Themselves

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The  environment shaped the first people of Washington’s way of life and as a result the early people had different leaders for different purposes who were elders in their community.This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 1. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry.

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Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Margit McGuire, Jerry Price, Barbara Soots, Kari Tally, Washington OSPI OER Project

The State We're In: Washington - Teacher Guide Chapter 11 - What does it take to be a good citizen?

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To be good citizens, we have to think about the whole of our lives—about how we treat the people around us, how well we take care of the natural world, and what impact all our actions will have on the future. This is the teacher guide companion to The State We're In: Washington (Grade 3-5 Edition) Chapter 11. The resource is designed to engage students with a launch activity, focused notes, and a focused inquiry. 

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Authors: Leslie Heffernan, Jerry Price, Kari Tally, Barbara Soots, Margit McGuire