Annual classroom license
New RST purchases cover one educator and their own students for 12 months and require annual renewal. School licensing for one RST title is $100 per year. District discounts apply. Read the annual terms and request a school or district quote. Previously accepted purchase terms remain applicable.
Grades 6–12 · Five-day interdisciplinary RST
Introduction to Local Government
Municipal Decisions and Community Responsibility
Help students understand the government closest to daily community concerns. Use East Orange examples to investigate the roles of the mayor, City Council, municipal court and city departments. Follow public decisions through agendas, minutes, ordinances, budgets and resident participation.
This packet focuses on municipal government. County and state government are separate RST topics. Students analyze a fictional park improvement budget, calculate funding tradeoffs, and prepare an evidence based proposal with a way to measure results.
Complete Educator Package
- 13 page print student PDF and matching 13 page fillable student PDF
- Purple and old gold Ma’at header throughout
- Five daily source readings with Do Nows and Quick Writes
- 15 lettered assessment questions arranged five per page
- RACE evidence planner and draft response page
- Separate 6 page teacher guide with daily DOLs, I Do, We Do, They Do directions, answer key, exemplars and 19 point rubric
- NJSLS Social Studies and English Language Arts connections, CCLS literacy pathways and Amistad alignment
- Grade band guidance for grades 6 through 8, 9 through 10 and 11 through 12
- Included fictional municipal map with compass directions, legend and calibrated distance scale
- Three page companion in print and fillable formats with a controlled surface water science inquiry and two final RACE pages providing 46 ruled lines
- 1,000 character capacity in every digital written response field
$39.99
Separate Downloads After Payment
Download five PDFs separately after confirmed payment. Includes the print student packet, fillable student packet, teacher guide, print companion and fillable companion. One educator license covers use with your own students. Contact Ma’at for school or district licensing.
Digital Classroom Use
Download a personal copy and open it in a PDF application that supports forms. Type, save, and submit the saved copy through Google Classroom. Browser previews may not support typing. Teacher scoring is required.
Source Based Municipal Inquiry
Sources include East Orange’s official Welcome Packet, City Council information, municipal code, Agenda Center, New Jersey public records and budget resources, and the Library of Congress. All park budget figures and map locations are labeled fictional instructional models. Students distinguish actual municipal structure from invented classroom data.
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