Arizona Government Lesson Plan Project
PURPOSE: Your group will research and create a lesson plan centered around one topic
dealing with Arizona Government or Arizona History.
TOPICS:
Arizona Territorial Government and Arizona’s
Application for Statehood (Process AZ went
through to become a state)
Unique parts of the AZ Constitution:
(Article 18, Section 2 Child Labor / Article 25Right to Work / Article 28- English Language /
Find 2 other things you think are interesting)
Arizona’s Declaration of Rights (Section 2 of
AZ Constitution) (Choose 5 rights to
emphasize)
Referendums and Initiatives
Article 4 Part 1 Section 1
Arizona’s Legislative Branch
Arizona Tribal Governments / Tribal
Sovereignty / Relations between AZ govt and
Tribal govts. Optional: Arizona Indian
Boarding Schools
Arizona’s Executive Branch (must include the
6 executive offices for AZ)
Arizona Juvenile Justice System
-Optional: Look at history of Arizona State
Industrial School for juveniles
Arizona’s Judicial Branch
Create your own topic.
Propose it to me for approval. It must deal
with Arizona Government or Arizona history.
ASSIGNMENT:
Create a 10 - 15 minute lesson plan that you will present on Wednesday for the class. Your
lesson plan template is on the back of this page.
You must have:
1. A written introduction to the lesson that discusses the topic and purpose.
2. Either a presentation on the computer or a handout that the students can use/keep. If
you create a handout, give me a copy and I will photo copy it for the class. (limit it to 2
pages, 1 page front and back)
3. Follow up discussion questions (2 - 3 that are meant to be discussed with class)
4. 4-5 possible test questions that are multiple choice or matching. (the questions must be
answerable using information printed in your presentation or hand-out)
5. Share a copy with jrleverington@mpsaz.org
Lesson Plan Template: ARIZONA GOVERNMENT
Use: http://www.azleg.gov/Constitution.asp
TOPIC:
Roles (each group member must have at least one designated role)
● Introduction:
● Presentation (2):
● Follow up discussion:
Content
1. Introduction / Purpose:
a. Paragraph:
2. Key information or facts:
a. AZ Constitutional content / Quotes:
b. Key info / testable info:
3. Our follow up questions:
a. W
b. W
4. Our test questions:
1.