My Town, My Government: Mayor, Council & Community Helpers

Who runs your town, and how do towns make decisions? This 30-page pack answers those questions by taking students inside a make-believe town called Sunnyfield, where they meet the mayor, the town council, the school board, and the workers who keep everything running. Short, friendly reading passages explain what each job does in plain language a second grader can follow, then activity pages let students match jobs to duties, sort community helpers by what they do, and decide who to call when something in town needs fixing. Students also try the decision-making themselves: they weigh choices a council might face, vote on town improvements, and explain their reasoning in a sentence or two. The pack fits a local government or community unit, a civics week, or a social studies center, and it works just as well as a substitute plan because every page is self-contained with clear directions at the top. All pages print in black and white, and a complete answer key is included at the back. Teachers get a full unit with zero prep; students get a town they can picture, jobs they can name, and a first real sense of how their own community works.