一 Fourth Branch Restart Turn in your home prep from last night.

1. 一 Fourth Branch RestartTurn in your home prep from last night. Pick up your Fourth Branch papers from the back cart. Get back into yesterday’s groups. Remember, I need EXACTLY 8 groups.

2. 三 Fourth Branch or 一 Fourth Branch Time for group work! I need exactly eight groups today. Each person will need a worksheet from the back of the room. As a group, take five minutes to fill out the chart on the worksheets. I do not want approximations; I only want answers your group is certain about. If you aren’t sure, please don’t guess.

3. Let’s talk about the answers.

4. Executive Legislative Branch Judicial • Branch House Senate Branch • Who is involved? • President • Representatives • Senators • Supreme Court Justices • What do they do? • make agenda • sign/veto laws • enforce laws • introduces laws • write laws • vote for laws • introduce laws • write laws • vote for laws • decide if laws are constitu-tional • Do citizens get to vote for the person? • yes • yes • yes • no • How do citizens’ votes count? • all of a state’s electoral votes go to a candidate that wins a majority in the state • vote directly for candidate • vote directly for candidate • no voting

5. Executive Legislative Branch Judicial • Branch House Senate Branch • What do they do? • make agenda • sign/veto laws • enforce laws • introduces laws • write laws • vote for laws • introduce laws • write laws • vote for laws • decide if laws are constitu-tional • Do citizens get to vote for the person? • yes • yes • yes • no • How do citizens’ votes count? • all of a state’s electoral votes go to a candidate that wins a majority in the state • vote directly for candidate • vote directly for candidate • no voting • Responsible to how many citizens? • entire U.S. • Citizens living in rep’s district • entire state • entire U.S.

6. Executive Legislative Branch Judicial • Branch House Senate Branch • How do citizens’ votes count? • all of a state’s electoral votes go to a candidate that wins a majority in the state • vote directly for candidate • vote directly for candidate • no voting • Responsible to how many citizens? • entire U.S. • Citizens living in rep’s district • entire state • entire U.S. • Odds of in-person contact? • low • better • moderate • very low • Could your calls, emails, or letters change their minds? • yes • yes • yes • no

7. Responsible to how many?andOverall Impact of your “citizen power” As a group, read through the back of your worksheet. Finish the bar graphs at the bottom of the sheet.

8. 四 Fourth Branch Readings • I am passing out another worksheet to each person. • Before we go further, I need someone to read the instructions out loud. • Now I need someone else to read the instructions out loud. • Find your groups’ letter, e-mail, or phone call from Wally and read through it. Choose if Wally should trash / delete / hang up or mail / send / call and write your groups reasoning why.

9. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 1, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 1, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

10. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 2, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 2, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

11. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 3, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 3, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

12. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 4, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 4, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

13. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 5, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 5, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

14. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 6, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 6, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

15. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 7, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 7, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

16. 四 Fourth Branch Readings Group 8, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell us how you handled it yet. Class, what should Wally do? Group 8, do you think the class is right? Why? Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.

17. As you leave, turn in every paper we worked with today into the bin on the front table.Once everyone is sitting quietly, I will dismiss you.