The Big Idea Activity California Standard 2.3 Students explain governmental institutions and practices in the United States and other countries.

Unit Three
 
 
 
Day in the Life
 
Biography

A Child in the White House
 

Golda Meir

Day In The Life What does a president do all day?

 California Standard 2.3.1 Explain how the United States and other countries make laws, carry out laws, determine whether laws have been violated, and punish wrongdoers. 

 

Biography Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister of Israel (1969 to 1974). Her last name means "burn brightly" in Hebrew.

 California Standard 2.3.2 Describe the ways in which groups and nations interact with one another to try to resolve problems in such areas as trade, cultural contacts, treaties, diplomacy, and military force.