Community Government

A community is...

• a store

• a place where people work, live and play

• a place where people go

The mayor is

• the head of the school

• the top worker

• the leader of the community

When you vote, you are trying to

• find the best person for the job

• pick the same person as your friends

• pick the person you think is cute

What is a department?

• a group of people who live in the same place

• a part of a car

• separate parts of a large organization

A community needs laws to...

• keep bad people away

• to keep people safe and keep the community clean

• to put people in jail

Police officers make sure that

• people get to school on time

• they have handcuffs

• people follow the laws

When someone breaks the law,

• they get put in the police car

• might have to go to court.

• get in big trouble

The judge

• is the head of the court.

• tell you what to do next when you are arrested

• keeps the criminal in jail

The jury

• is a group of people from the community

• a group of people from jail

• a group of police

The judge decides

• what the punishment is

• what the jury gets to eat for lunch

• where the criminal goes after the trial