Due to our upcoming election, we are learning about government early this year!  As part of our learning we study different kinds of governments around the world. To best understand this, students were put into four different groups with one common task: Build the tallest tower.  

The catch: Each group was given a specific set of instructions about their roles and how they were allowed to complete the tasks. The instructions they were given mirrored different types of governments. We later reviewed four different types of government and the students were able to connect their learning to their experiences when building their towers.