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=  **PROVIDING A GOVERNMENT**   = ==Your task this week involves how Iowa took its place among the 50 states of the United States of America. Each group will be responsible for a different area, from becoming a territory, then a state, the branches of the government, and how political parties work in Iowa today.==

GROUP 1: THE IOWA TERRITORY DESCRIBE HOW IOWA BECAME A TERRITORY WHERE WAS THE TERRITORIAL CAPITOL LOCATED WHO THE FIRST TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR WAS BE SURE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU FIND INTERESTING TO SHARE WITH YOUR CLASSMATES. Your group needs to take the information and design a website that will explain the facts from your task. Use a story board to show the layout of the pages, what will be included, the links, etc.

GROUP 2: STATEHOOD DESCRIBE THE STEPS OF BECOMING A STATE. WHERE THE FIRST STATE CAPITOL WAS LOCATED. WHO THE FIRST STATE GOVERNOR WAS AND WHERE HE WAS FROM BE SURE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU FIND INTERESTING TO SHARE WITH YOUR CLASSMATES.

Your group needs to take the information and design a website that will explain the facts from your task. Use a story board to show the layout of the pages, what will be included, the links, etc.

GROUP 3: BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT DESCRIBE AND DEFINE THE EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCHES OF OUR GOVERNMENT. TELL WHAT TYPE OF JOBS EACH HAS. TELL HOW THE CHECKS AND BALANCES SYSTEM WORKS. BE SURE TO ADD ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION YOU FIND INTERESTING TO SHARE WITH YOUR CLASSMATES.

Your group needs to take the information and design a website that will explain the facts from your task. Use a story board to show the layout of the pages, what will be included, the links, etc.

GROUP 4: WHO SHALL VOTE TELL WHAT THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES IN IOWA ARE TODAY. DESCRIBE A CAUCUS. TELL WHY IOWA'S CAUCUS SYSTEM/DATE IS IMPORTANT ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL FOR SELECTING A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

Your group needs to take the information and design a website that will explain the facts from your task. Use a story board to show the layout of the pages, what will be included, the links, etc.