Index to prepared Lesson Plans for Teaching Local Government in Maine

MCSS	Setting Boundaries	Providing for Order & Security	Providing for the Common Good	Setting Priorities	MMA
Whenever inviting a municipal official to the classroom, send a copy of Tips for Speaking with Older Students or Tips for Speaking with Younger Students.
Local Government in Maine, a flash presentation about the structure and purpose of Local Government.
Grades	Issues/Lessons	Issues/Lessons	Issues/Lessons	Issues/Lessons

K-2	Speaking with a Municipal Official		Identification of a Watershed	Identifying Priorities for Younger Students

	Let's Get the Town Organized		Maine's Goods and Services: Oh Goody! Goody!	Budgeting - The Basics, Part 1

		Organizing a Group	Organizing a Group	The Value of Goods and Services or How Valuable is that Potato?

3-4	Speaking with a Municipal Official		Identification of a Watershed	Budgeting - The Basics, Part 1

	Let's Get the Town Organized		Dangerous Intersection

	Voting (Part 1 & 2)		Maine's Goods and Services: Oh Goody! Goody!	The Value of Goods and Services or How Valuable is that Potato?

	Graphically Yours in Maine: Community Statistics

	Individual Rights	Organizing a Group	Organizing a Group

5-8	Speed Limits in School Zones	Speed Limits in School Zones	Getting a New Street Light in Your Town	Making Budget Choices

	Writing a Town Ordinance	Shoreland Zoning	Dangerous Intersection	Budgeting - The Basics, Part 1

	Road Commissioners & Role of Citizens	Appeals Board Decision-Making	Identification of a Watershed	Approving a Town Budget

	Conflict of Interest (Part I)	Planning Board Decision-Making	Landscaping in the Neighborhood	Landscaping in the Neighborhood

	Conflict of Interest (Part II): Trial	Expansion in your Town (Zoning); Group 1	Industrial Losses - Large Employer Closings

	Voting (Part 1 & 2)	Expansion in your Town (Zoning); Group 2	Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

	Understanding the Curfew Ordinance	Understanding the Curfew Ordinance	Understanding the Curfew Ordinance

	Revising the Curfew Ordinance	Extra!! Extra!! Read All About It!! Maine - The Next State	Where Does the Road Go? Is an East-West Through Maine Feasible?

	Initiating Change	Describing Maine's Economy or The Investigators Are in Town!	The Public Hearing

	A Picture of Maine Industry

	Graphically Yours in Maine: Community Statistics

	Constitution: The Words We Live By

9-12	Writing a Town Ordinance	Shoreland Zoning	Getting a New Street Light in Your Town	Making Budget Choices

	Road Commissioners & Role of Citizens	Appeals Board Decision-Making	Going Out to Bid: Winter Road Maintenance	Going Out to Bid: Winter Road Maintenance

	Conflict of Interest (Part I)	Planning Board Decision-Making	Landscaping in the Neighborhood	Landscaping in the Neighborhood

	Conflict of Interest (Part II): Trial	Expansion in your town (Zoning)	Where Does the Road Go? Is an East-West Through Maine Feasible?	Approving a Town Budget

	Understanding the Curfew Ordinance	Understanding the Curfew Ordinance	Understanding the Curfew Ordinance	Repairing Ice Storm Damage

	Revising the Curfew Ordinance	Describing Maine's Economy or The Investigators Are in Town!	Civil Rights and Civil Liberties	Recognizing Change

	Voting (Part 1 & 2)		Everyone Has An Opinion! Cultural Values and the Economy	Is the Agricultural Subsidy Fair to Consumers?

	A Picture of Maine Industry		Industrial Losses - Large Employer Closings

			The Public Hearing