The Three Branches
📋 What it is
Power is split into branches that make, carry out and interpret laws, so no one branch dominates.
🗣️ Coach says
To stop any one person having all the power, government splits into three branches: one MAKES laws (legislative), one CARRIES them out (executive), and one INTERPRETS them (judicial). Each checks the others. Splitting power is the safety design at the heart of many governments.
🧠 Memory hook
Three branches: MAKE laws · CARRY them out · INTERPRET them. Split power = no one rules alone.
😂 Giggle
What did the legislative branch say to the executive branch?
"I make the rules around here — literally!"
😲 Whoa!
The idea of splitting government into branches that check each other is called "separation of powers" — a design meant to prevent any one part becoming a tyrant.
✅ Quick check: What is the point of splitting government into three branches?
Say your answer out loud first — then reveal.
So no single branch (or person) holds all the power — each branch checks the others.
Separation of powers prevents concentration of power and guards against tyranny.
🧪 Try it! (2 minutes)
Match the jobs: who MAKES laws, who CARRIES them out, who INTERPRETS them?