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Federalism: Who holds what power?

Subject Area: Social Studies | Grade Level: 5
Lesson Length: 45 minutes
Keywords/Tags: Powers, Federal Government, States, Federalism
Lesson Description: In this lesson, students will learn about Federalism and its different variations. They will be able to differentiate between federal powers and powers reserved for the states.

SS.5.C.3.3 Give examples of powers granted to the federal government and those reserved for the states.

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Video : Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4

Instructions: Please watch the following video as many times as needed before starting to go through other lesson pages. Understanding the content of the video is very important since the lesson activities will be all about this video content.

Description: Craig Benzine teaches you about federalism, or the idea that in the U.S., power is divided between the national government and the 50 state governments.

Quiz : Are you understanding Federalism?

Instructions: Please complete this quiz by choosing the correct answer for each question. You can take this quiz as many times needed.

Question #1

The state govements are sometimes called the national govement.

A) True

B) False

Question #2

The state govement controls currency.

A) Yes

B) No

Question #3

Under "regulated federalism", the national govement sets up regulations and rules that the states must follow.

A) True

B) False

Question #4

New Federalism essentially means giving more powers to the states.

A) Yes

B) No

Question #5

Which aspect of govement is handled by both the state and federal govements?

A) Licenses

B) Taxes

C) Haircuts

D) Currency

E) Sandwich Shops

Question #6

The ______ brought us Cooperative Federalism where the national govement encourages states and localities to pursue nationally-defined goals.

A) Dual Federalism

B) New Meal

C) Grant-in-aid

D) New Deal

E) New Match

Question #7

The 2 types of of catergorical grants-in-aid are

A) Formula grants and project grants

B) Hard grants and easy grants

C) Study grants and test grants

D) Block grants and Pell grants

E) Hot grants and cold grants

Question #8

Cooperative Federalism is also known as

A) Red velvet federalism

B) Birthday cake federalism

C) Marble cake federalism

D) Ice cream cake federalism

E) Chocolate cake federalism

Question #9

List 3 licenses that state govements take care of.

Student Response

Question #10

Regulated federalism sets up regulations and rules that states must follow. List 3 mandate examples.

Student Response

Description: Demonstrate your knowledge on Federalism. Below are various questions that are meant to test your new knowledge on the differences between federal and state governments powers.

Resources : Keep the learning going!

Instructions: Please see additional external resources below. Feel free visit each link to learn more about this lesson.

USA State and Federal Powers
A cartoon clip from Ignite Learning that describes some of the different powers that the USA State Governments have compared to the USA Federal Governments.

What is Federalism?
This video discusses federalism in the United States, a system that provides for both a national government and state governments. Thanks to USLawEssentials.

Federalism Examples
On HelpfulProfessor.com you will see a list of examples on Federalism. This will strengthen your understanding on what national and state governments handle.

Description: Check out these extra resources about what you learned today.

Standards: SS.5.C.3.3

Video : Federalism: Crash Course Government and Politics #4

Quiz : Are you understanding Federalism?

Resources : Keep the learning going!