Interactive Video Script Template
Course
Social Studies
6
Lesson
Objective
Semester
A
Unit
6
Lesson
2
Students will describe and give examples of the government's role in
providing services to its citizens.
CLIP A (Introduction)
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Audio
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Think about what you know about the
goods and services governments provide
to its citizens.
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The government, however, has a specific
role in the services it provides to its
citizens. Let’s explore that very important
role.
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A public service is a service that the
government provides to people living
within its jurisdiction.
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This means that federal, state, and local
governments all have services that they
must provide for their citizens.
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A public service is typically something that
is considered essential to living within that
jurisdiction, which is the area a person
lives.
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On the other hand, a public good is a good
that cannot be exclusive to any one citizen
or group of citizens.
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Merit goods are a specific type of public
good that is provided by the government
to its citizens to improve the quality of life
for others.
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It is beneficial for the government to
provide public services and goods to its
citizens, so that they maintain a healthy
and comfortable quality of life.
Question A
Stem: A public service is _______________________.
Answer Choices:
A. A service that the local government gives to its citizens over 18.
B. A service that the government provides to its citizens living in that jurisdiction.
C. A service that the state government gives to its senior citizens.
D. A service that the national government gives to foreigners.
Correct Response (B)
(Video progresses to clip B)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to clip E)
CLIP B (DOK1)
Visual
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Audio
Great work! Let's learn a bit more about
the different types of public services the
government provides.
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A public service is a service that the
government gives to a citizen living within
its jurisdiction.
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Living within a government’s jurisdiction
means that that specific government has
authority over you and your person.
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Many public services are associated with
human rights.
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An example of a public service is public
transportation. It is funded by the
government, and provides for the common
good of the community.
Question B
Stem: Which of the following is an example of a locally funded public service?
Answer Choices:
A. Public Transportation (Bus)
B. Private Company (Taxi)
C. Private Car Service (Rental Car)
D. Personal Bicycle
Correct Response (A)
(Video progresses to clip C)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to clip F)
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CLIP C (Increased DOK2)
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Remember, a public good is a good that
cannot be exclusive to any one citizen or
group of citizens.
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This means that the government also has
a role in protecting the availability of public
goods to all of its citizens.
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public good since people cannot be
prevented from watching, and those who
are watching do not reduce the resource.
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A second example is the lighthouse
system, where the coast is lit to protect
incoming and outgoing ships.
Question C
Stem: Why must all public goods be non-exclusive?
Answer Choices:
A. The government always gets to decide who qualifies for a public good.
B. The government wants to keep everybody happy.
C. The government provides these goods with money provided from taxes.
Correct Response (C)
(Video progresses to clip D)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to clip G)
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CLIP D (Increased DOK3)
Visual
Audio
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Way to go! Now lets add another layer to
our knowledge, and learn about merit
goods, which is a type of public good.
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Remember, merit goods are a specific
type of public good that is provided by the
government to its citizens to improve their
quality of life.
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Food stamps are an example of a merit
good that the government provides to give
healthy food at a reduced cost to its
citizens.
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Another example of a merit good is the
delivery of health services and insurance
from the government.
Question D
Stem: Why is it important that the government promote healthy lives for its citizens?
Answer Choices:
A. To ensure that healthy citizens can contribute to society
B. To attempt to gain access to more taxpayer dollars
C. To create more competition in foreign markets
D. To force citizens to become more dependent on government programs
Correct Response (A)
(Video progresses to Success Alert)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to clip H)
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CLIP E (Remedial 1)
Visual
Audio
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You know that the federal, state, and local
governments all have services that they
are responsible for providing for their
citizens.
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These services are considered essential
to a citizen’s life, or could drastically
improve a citizen’s quality of life.
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An example of a public service that betters
the community is the police department.
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Another example is a food pantry, or
community shelter.
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Question E
Stem: Public services are considered to be __________ to a citizen’s life.
Answer Choices:
A. Nonessential
B. Informative
C. Non-informative
D. Essential
Correct Response (D)
(Video progresses to clip B)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to clip F)
CLIP F (Remedial 2)
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Audio
We just discussed public services within a
government’s jurisdiction, and services
provided for the protection of human
rights.
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Human rights are the basic rights and
freedoms that every human should be
guaranteed.
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For example, the government protects our
human rights by ensuring we all have
clean air to breathe.
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Another example of a good or service that
the government protects is the right to
disaster relief.
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Question F
Stem: Why does the government provide disaster relief to its citizens?
Answer Choices:
A. To help protect citizens’ rights and freedoms
B. To control a larger number of people
C. To show other countries how much money the government has
D. To make sure everybody has an opportunity to succeed
Correct Response (A)
(Video progresses to clip C)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to Intervention Alert,
bringing students back to clip B)
CLIP G (Remedial 3)
Visual
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Audio
We just learned that the government also
has a role in protecting the availability of
public goods to all of its citizens.
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This means that the good or service
cannot be excluded from use, or reduce
availability to others.
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Some services are often heavily regulated
so that the appropriate people receive
access to the services.
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An example of this would be food stamps.
They are only provided to citizens who
need them to maintain a nutritional diet.
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Question G
Stem: An example of public goods and services that is heavily regulated is:
Answer Choices:
A. Disaster Relief
B. Education
C. Taxes
D. Food Stamps
Correct Response (D)
(Video progresses to clip D)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to clip F)
CLIP H (Remedial 4)
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Audio
We just discussed how merit goods are a
type of public goods. Public goods are
goods and services provided for a citizen’s
benefit by the government.
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Merit goods are specific types of public
goods that are provided by the
government to improve the quality of life of
its citizens.
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These services are typically for things that
the market, or economy, cannot provide.
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An example of this would be subsidized,
or “government paid” insurance for
individuals who cannot afford the service.
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Question H
Stem: Public goods and services provided by the government have the following
relationship with the economy.
Answer Choices:
A. The economy overprovides for the people, so the government underprovides services.
B. The economy underprovides for the people, so the government overprovides services.
C. The economy underprovides for the people, so the government subsidizes
services.
D. The economy overprovides for the people, so the government overprovides services.
Correct Response (C)
(Video progresses to Success Alert)
Incorrect Response (other responses)
(Video progresses to clip G)
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