Let’s Learn About The Government

🏛️ Introduce your young learners to the world of rules, leaders, and citizenship! This government video for kids, designed for Grade 1, makes big ideas feel approachable and meaningful. With cheerful visuals and simple narration, students learn why we have laws, what leaders do, and how people work together in a community. It’s a great way to plant the seeds of civic responsibility early on.

🇺🇸 Explore Symbols, Rules, and Leaders in This Grade 1 Government Video

This video explains how governments help keep things fair and safe — from local communities to the entire country. Students meet important national symbols like the American flag, the bald eagle, and the White House, and learn what they represent. They’ll also learn about the President, what voting means, and why rules help us all get along.

🎥 This government video for kids (Grade 1) helps children understand their role as citizens, no matter how young they are. It encourages them to follow classroom rules, be kind to others, and think about ways they can help their communities. Real-world examples connect the content to their everyday lives, making abstract concepts easy to understand.

🏆 Perfect for your civics or citizenship unit, this video supports lessons on national identity, fairness, voting, and leadership. Whether you’re teaching in a classroom or from home, it’s an engaging, foundational tool for helping students become thoughtful members of their communities.

Video length: 7:45 minutes.

Worksheets

Quiz

Government Match-up Worksheet

USA Memory Games

Draw A Scene – Let’s Learn About the Government

Universal Resources

National Standards

Topics Covered In This Video

Conflict with England

Declaration of Independence

Setting up the new country

Creating the Constitution

What is a law?

What is a citizen?

Citizenship & voting

Elections

National symbols

Classroom Ideas

Independence Day around the World

Compare/contrast celebrations such as Independence Day in the U.S., Bastille Day (France) and National Revolution Day (Cuba). Explore the similarities and differences between these celebrations.

 

Visual Learning

Offer videos to struggling learners as another means of creating knowledge and accessing information. 

Explore Vocabulary

Identify key vocabulary terms while previewing each video. Prompt students to find the meaning of each word as they watch the video.

Art and Social Studies

Draw a scene from the video you just watched.

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