Object: A gavel.

Good morning, boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about kings and kingdoms. How many of you have ever met a king? (Let them answer.) Why not? Have you heard of kings? (Let them answer.) Of course you have heard of them, but we have very few kings left in the world and none of them are in this country. A king is a person who is in charge of his country. Once upon a time they made the laws and they made people obey the laws. People fought for their king and even died for him if they had to. A king was in charge of his country.

I brought with me this morning a tool that helps some people be in charge of other people. (Show them the gavel.) Do you know who uses one of these? (Let them answer.) That's right, a judge uses one of these, and so do presidents and committee…