United States Department of Homeland Security

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/united-states-department-of-homeland-security

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How big is United States Department of Homeland Security?Counter-terrorism, border security, immigration enforcement, cybersecurity, transportation security, and disaster management
2. What is the date of establishment?March 1, 2003
3. What is the legislative basis?Homeland Security Act of 2002
4. What is the Department of Homeland Security?The Department of Homeland Security is a big team in the U.S. that helps keep the country safe from threats like terrorism and natural disasters. It works together with many other groups to protect people, borders, and important places.
5. When was the Department of Homeland Security created and why?It was created on March 1, 2003, after the September 11 attacks. The goal was to bring together many different security jobs into one department so they could work better together.

Federal Executive Department: A principal unit of the U.S. federal government responsible for a broad area of national policy and administration.
Counter-terrorism: Actions taken to combat or prevent acts of terrorism, including intelligence gathering, law enforcement, and military operations.
Critical Infrastructure: Assets, systems, and networks, whether physical or virtual, so vital that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination thereof.
Cybersecurity: The practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks, damage, or unauthorized access.