Legislative Branch
Standards:
January 8th-9th: Intro to the 3 Branches of Government
January 10th & 13th: Legislative Branch
Hook: Rock the Vote....Legislative Branch! Rock the Vote....Legislative Branch!
Centers!
Today we will be rotating through centers. There will eb an activity that you and your group must complete before you may move on to the next center. Please use your time wisely and do not rush. This is key information to understand the process you are about to take on first hand.
Center #1:
Materials: 5 sets of lyrics, a stack of worksheets, and a computer set up to show the “three branches” smart song, instruction sheet.
Center #2:
How is the Legislative Branch broken down?
Materials: lined paper, items to make 3 circles, 5 pencils.
The students will be filling in the chart of how the 3 parts of the legislative branch is broken down using the Rock The Vote Video.
Center #3:
Write me a step by step of how a bill becomes a law. How A Bill Becomes A Law-Process
Materials: lined paper, 5 pencils.
Using the video create yourself a flow chart. Feel free to pause and rewind as needed. Work together as a group. The students should end up with ten steps from the video.
Center # 4:
Political Cartoons.
Materials: 4 political cartoons, poster board, information on the cartoons.
The students will examine the cartoons in their groups and decide what the cartoon is talking about by using context clues. The cartoons will be provided on a poster. The group needs to circle items in the cartoon, draw a line to the side and explain why they have circled this item, what clue does this give to the meaning of the cartoon. Under their comment they need to place their group # and period number like so g#p#.
January 14th-15th: How a Bill Becomes a law
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. Where do ideas for laws come from?
2. What must happen before a bill can be introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives?
3. How is a bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives?
4. What happens to a bill while it is in committee?
5. What can happen to a bill if changes are made to its content while it is in committee?
6. How do members of the U.S. House of Representatives vote on bills?
7. Who must agree to a bill before it can become a law?
8. What can Congress do if a bill is vetoed by the President?
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS
1. Why is it important that both the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate agree to a bill before
it is sent to the President? Why should the President have a say in which bills become laws?
2. How would a Member’s personal experiences effect the way he or she votes on legislation?
January 16th-17th: Lawcraft & intro to the Bill Fair
LawCraft
Want to make some laws? You can in LawCraft, where you play a member of Congress from the state of your choice. You'll pick an issue that's important to you and your constituents and take it all the way through the law-making process. If you're successful, you'll have a bill you can print and show off. See if you can make the compromises necessary to get your bill passed and still make a law you're proud of!
January 21st-22nd: Bill Idea's for the Bill Fair
The students will begin drafting ideas for their legislation :)
January 23rd-24th & the 27th-28th: Bill Fair Projects
The students will need to bring all of their supplies and research to class to work on their Bill Fair projects.
*This includes their Tri-Fold Poster!
January 29th-30th: Students will Present their Bill Fair projects to the class.
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