Agenda 10/24/2012 Sponge Objective: Three Branches and How a Bill Becomes a Law

1. Agenda 10/24/2012 Sponge Objective: Three Branches and How a Bill Becomes a Law Introduction: Pwr Point and Videos Modeling Independent Practice: Foldable Review: Brain Pop Exit Ticket

2. Reminders • Unit One Test: some of you are still missing • Stay afterschool to pull your grade up • Quiz on Friday over Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, and Different Governments

3. Sponge • Where do laws come from?

4. Sponge Answer • The legislative branch is in charge of making laws.

5. Objective • SSCG9 The student will explain the differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate • SSCG4 The student will demonstrate knowledge of the organization and powers of the national government. • SCG10 The student will describe the legislative process including the roles played by committees and leadership.

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7. Independent Practice: FoldableMust be checked off by me to receive grade • You will fold your paper into three sections • Each section represents a branch of government • On the back you will answer questions for each branch • On the front you will draw a picture for each branch. The picture must represent the job performed by each branch.

8. Independent Practice: Foldable Front

9. Independent Practice: Foldable Back

10. Independent Practice:Job Advertisement • Create a job advertisement for the Senate and House of Representatives. • Include: 1) Responsibilities (The different jobs that will be performed) 2) Qualificatoins (Qualifications for the job) 3) Profile of the job (A summary of the importance of this job) 4) Start and end date of job (How long will the job last?) 5) Who to contact for an interview

11. Exit Ticket • Describe how a bill becomes a law.