My Government: The Three Branches of Government, a sequential stills project by a student at West Manor Elementary School, won the 2014 Annual GALILEO Staff Award for Best Use of GALILEO Resources Student Prize in a Georgia Student Media Festival.

1. My Government:
The Three Branches
of Government
BY: CAMERON WOODS

2. Local Government
The local government executive branch is
headed by the mayor. Our mayor is
Mr. Kasim Reed.

3. City Hall & The Atlanta City Council
The Atlanta City Council is the legislative
body of the city of Atlanta. The council’s
main role is to make laws. The Council is in
charge of several agencies, boards, and
commissions. The Atlanta City Council is
made up of 15 members and is led by
Council President Ceasar C. Mitchell.

4. The Atlanta City Council

5. The Atlanta Municipal Court
The judicial branch of the local
government is the Atlanta Municipal
Court.

6. The State Government
The state government by the governor.
Our present governor is Mr. Nathan
Deal. He lives in the Governor’s
Mansion, but he works at the State
Capital building.

7. Georgia General Assembly
Georgia has had a form of representative
government since January 1751. It is known
as the Georgia General Assembly, it is one
of the largest state legislatures in the nation.
The General Assembly consists of two
chambers, the House of Representatives
and the Senate.

8. The State Capital
The General Assembly has operated continuously
since 1777, when Georgia became one of the
thirteen original states and revoked its status as a
colony of Great Britain.

9. The Georgia State House of
Representatives
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the
General Assembly. There are 180 members from across the state.
The Speaker of the House is responsible for appointing the members to
committees and presiding over meetings.

10. My Cousin
 My cousin is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives.
His name is Al Williams, he represents Midway, Georgia in the
southeastern part of Georgia.

11. The Georgia State Senate
The Georgia Senate is the upper house of the
General Assembly. It has 56 members, the
president of the Senate is the Lt. Governor,
Casey Cagle.
Lt Gov. Casey Cagle

12. Georgia Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Georgia is the highest judicial
authority of the US state of Georgia. The court was
established in 1845. The judges are elected by the
people.
The Judges
Georgia Supreme Court
Building
Supreme Court Seal

13. National Government
The National government is headed by the President of the United
States of America, President Barack Obama. He works and resides in
the White house with his wife, Mrs. Michelle Obama and daughters
Malia and Natasha (Sasha).
President Obama
The Whitehouse

14. The House of Representatives
Members of Congress are called congressman or congresswoman,
each representative is elected to a two-year term serving the people
of a specific congressional district. The number of voting
representatives in the House is fixed by law at no more than 435. Each
member is responsible for representing the population of their district
within their state.
The Gallery of the House of
Representative.
My family tickets to the House of
Representatives Gallery

15. The Senate
The United States Senate is a legislative chamber in the two body legislature of the United States
of America, and together with the U.S. House of Representatives makes up the U.S. Congress.
The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S.
Constitution. Each U.S. state is represented by two senators, regardless of population, who serve
staggered six-year terms. The chamber of the United States Senate is located in the north wing
of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C., the national capital. The House of Representatives
convenes in the south wing of the same building.
The Senate has several exclusive powers not granted to the House, including consenting to
treaties as a precondition to their ratification and consenting to or confirming appointments of
Cabinet secretaries, federal judges, other federal executive officials,
My tickets to the Senate

16. Supreme Court
The Supreme Court is the final interpreter of federal constitutional law, that
means that the justices explain the meaning of the constitution as it relates to
people’s problems.
The Court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices who are
nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate. Once appointed,
justices have life tenure unless they resign, retire, take senior status, or are
removed after impeachment (none have ever been removed).
Supreme Court Building The Supreme Court Justices
Supreme Court
Seal

17. My trip to Washington, D.C.
President Obama waved at us!
Dr. King Statue
In rotunda
My Congressman,
David Scott desk
Cameron at the Capital

18. Bibliography
 All pictures are from Galileo Georgia encyclopedia
 Stakes, Mary E. "Government and Laws: Overview." New Georgia
Encyclopedia. 01 October 2013. Web.