Question

The members who make up our government work together to keep things safe and take care of our needs. Each person does their part to make sure things run smoothly. How do each of the different pathways in the Government and Public Administration work together to help?

In this activity, you will create a mind map showing the different pathways that can be found in the Government & Public Administration cluster. A mind map is a sketch or diagram that you can design yourself to organize your ideas. It could look like a tree with different branches or a park with different paths! Whatever you decide, you will put each pathway on a different spot on your mind map.

Under each pathway, you will give one example of a job found in each pathway.

Write a short note beside the job, explaining where you might find this person.

List at least one task that they accomplish to keep things running for us.

When you have completed your mind map, take a photo of it and upload to your instructor.

Answer 1

The Government & Public Administration cluster, along with examples of jobs, where you might find these people, and a task they might accomplish:

Government and Public Administration Cluster:

-Legislative Branch

-Senator or Representative

-State Capitol or U.S. Capitol

-Drafting and passing laws

-Executive Branch

-President or Governor

-White House or State Capitol

-Enforcing laws and managing government programs

-Judicial Branch

-Judge or Lawyer

-Courthouse or Law firm

-Interpreting laws and making legal decisions

-National Security

-CIA Agent or NSA Analyst

-Intelligence Agency or Military base

-Protecting the nation's interests and preventing threats

-Public Relations

-Press Secretary or Communications Director

-Government agency or Political campaign

-Managing communication with the public and media

-Public Policy

-Policy Analyst or Lobbyist

-Think tank or Advocacy group

-Researching and shaping government policies

-Human Resources

-HR Specialist or Recruiter

-Government agency or Contractor

-Managing employment and personnel issues

-Finance and Budgeting

-Accountant or Budget Analyst

-Government agency or Contractor

-Managing finances and creating budgets for government programs

-Public Administration

-City Manager or Program Manager

-City Hall or Government agency

-Managing and implementing government programs and services

Each of these pathways works together to ensure the smooth running of government and public administration. By understanding the roles of different jobs and their tasks, we can appreciate the complexity of our government system and the important work done by public servants.