Question: What are city leaders responsible for?

Sources: Daily or weekly schedule of mayor/council person/commissioner; images of city leaders carrying out responsibilities; news clips/videos/articles of city leaders carrying our responsibilities; minutes from council meeting; text of laws or local ordinances detailing responsibilities of parties including leaders.

Task: Students discuss as they sort and categorize the types of responsibilities of city leaders via sources.

Vocabulary: City, city council, commissioner, council member, county, government, laws, local, ordinance, rules

EXPLANATION: To increase students’ awareness of what local government leaders do and how they enact laws that meet a community’s needs. Laws are passed on the federal, state, and local level. City ordinances are enacted by a city council or commission and pertain only to the area within a city’s limit.