Here is your guide to the three branches of the U.S. government. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.

Becoming the Three Branches of Government: I will separate the class into three groups – each group represents one of the branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judicial.

A student checks a classmate’s test during an American government class at the University of South Carolina Beaufort in Bluffton, S.C., on Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024. Photo: Allen G. Breed/AP ...

But from Plato onward philosophers have sought to understand the purposes of government, some believing it took a ruling elite, even philosopher-kings, others vesting power in citizens.

The Constitution is not a system of coequal branches. Congress is the dominant branch of our government. How, then, did this idea become so embedded in our national consciousness?

BLUFFTON, South Carolina (AP) — On the first day of his American National Government class, Prof. Kevin Dopf asks how many of his students are United States citizens. Every hand shoots up. “So, how ...

The bill required undergraduates to take at least three credit hours in American government and read a series of major U.S. history documents, from the Declaration of Independence to Martin Luther ...