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Public Policy

Putting Policy into Action

9-12
One class period
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Learning Objectives

  • Identify executive departments and their role in enforcing public policy
  • Define government agencies and explain their role in making and enforcing policy
  • Identify how public policy is created and enforced at all three levels of government
  • Explain why public policy can lead to conflict between different groups
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Overview

We know that the legislative branch makes policy and that the chief executive signs it into law. But what happens next? In this lesson, students take a deep dive into how public policy is enforced by exploring the role of government agencies, the powers they have, and why they are entrusted with enforcing policy.

 

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