📚 Topic Summary
Local government provides essential services that keep our communities running smoothly. These services include things like schools, police and fire departments, road maintenance, libraries, and parks. They're funded by taxes and designed to improve the quality of life for everyone in the community. Understanding these services helps us become informed and engaged citizens.
🏛️ Part A: Vocabulary
Match the following terms with their definitions:
- Services
- Taxes
- Municipality
- Infrastructure
- Ordinance
Definitions:
- Money collected by the government to fund public services.
- Basic physical systems of a community, like roads and bridges.
- A local law or regulation.
- Activities performed by the government to benefit the public.
- A city, town, or other district with its own government.
✍️ Part B: Fill in the Blanks
Use the words below to complete the sentences.
Words: Fire Department, Parks, Education, Sanitation, Police
- The __________ helps keep our community safe from criminals.
- The __________ puts out fires and helps during emergencies.
- Our local government supports __________ by funding schools and libraries.
- __________ keeps our streets clean and removes trash.
- We can play and relax at local __________.
🤔 Part C: Critical Thinking
Imagine your local government had to cut funding for one service. Which service would you choose to cut and why? What are the potential consequences of that decision?