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4th Grade State and Local Government worksheets

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State and Local Government

Grade 4 Social Studies Worksheet

NameDate

Circle the answer.

1.
A family wants the state to change its rule about fishing licenses. Whom should they write to?
- their state legislators
- their city council members
- their local school board
- the U.S. Supreme Court
2.
How do state legislators get their jobs?
- Voters elect them.
- The governor appoints them.
- City councils pick them.
- The President chooses them.
3.
The city library wants to stay open later on weekends. Who votes on the library's hours?
- the state legislature
- the state supreme court
- the city council
- the U.S. Congress
4.
A county road outside town has deep holes. Which group usually decides when it gets fixed?
- the U.S. Congress
- the county commission
- the state supreme court
- the city school board
5.
A snowstorm closes highways across the whole state. Who directs state agencies to respond?
- the mayor
- the school board
- a city council member
- the governor

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About this worksheet

State and local government questions ask students to tell which level of government is responsible for decisions close to home and across the state asks fourth graders to use civic, geographic, historical, or economic evidence instead of choosing a familiar-sounding word. Students may call every public leader the mayor, or they may send a neighborhood issue to a state official when the clue points to a city or county role. This worksheet keeps each question tied to a concrete classroom, community, map, source, or market situation so students must decide what the evidence shows. Students identify state and local roles, connect public services to officials, choose ways citizens can participate, and compare decisions made at different levels.

Support versions use close-to-home examples and direct wording. Standard and challenge versions add similar choices that require closer reading of the role, location, source, or tradeoff. Ask your child to underline the clue in the prompt before choosing. If an option is true in general but does not match the exact situation, it is probably a distractor. That habit builds the evidence reading needed for later history and civics work.

What your child will learn

Tell state from local roles
Connect services to officials
Identify public decisions
Recognize citizen participation

C3 Framework standard: D2.Civ.1.3-5

Worked example

A city council vote about library hours is local government because the decision affects one community.

Common mistake

Ignoring the service named in the prompt and choosing a government level by guessing.

Helpful hint

Ask whether the decision affects one community, a county, or the whole state.

Next skill: Rights of Citizens Earlier: Three Branches of Government

Questions parents ask

What is the most common mistake with state and local government?

Ignoring the service named in the prompt and choosing a government level by guessing.

How can I help my child with state and local government?

Ask whether the decision affects one community, a county, or the whole state.

Are these 4th grade social studies worksheets free to print?

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