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WELCOME TO YOUR COUNTY |
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What is a county?
2013 essay contest on county government; deadline to enter is April 30
Careers in county government
Students across the country can learn about county government in a fun and interactive online setting. The game is sponsored by iCivics, Inc., and the National Association of Counties (NACo). The game, "Counties Work," is geared for students in grades 6 through 12. It is designed to teach the students about the important roles and functions of counties by letting them run their own county. A curriculum and webquest has been developed to assist teachers in preparing lessons on county government.
 Welcome to your County
Free resources for teachers available
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What is a county and what does it do? Who runs a county? Where does a county get its money from, and how does it spend it? How are citizens involved?
The NCACC will host its sixth annual
essay contest on county government in spring 2013. Elizabeth Weaver of Rowan County won the 2012 contest. Her essay was chosen from among more than 160 entries from 9th or 10th grade students in a public or charter school.
Online game allows students to run a county
The N.C. Association of County Commissioners
has several resources available to assist teachers in their lessons on county
government. The NCACC has prepared a 16-page booklet (left) that includes brief
overviews of the services offered by counties, how counties generate their
revenue, the governance structure of a county and how counties spend their
revenues. There is also a PowerPoint presentation for the booklet. In addition,
the Association has created an award-winning 4 1/2-minute video as a companion
to the booklet. For a limited time, the Association is offering for free to
teachers a packet of 30 copies of the booklet, a copy of the video on DVD and a
copy of our award-winning poster that shows all 100 county seals.