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April 23
Forgive me for not updating much these last few days. It has been a fast week and we have covered much ground. We finished our material on the powers of Congress nearly right on time (Wednesday) and have made great progress through How a Bill Becomes a Law. We will finish that today, we'll review, and then we'll engage in our class meeting. Period 4 will be moving right into the full session and Period 3 and 5 will have some work to do in full committee first. Homework: Test Monday 4-20-10 PowerPoint 4-21-10 PowerPoint 4-22-10 PowerPoint 4-23-10 PowerPoint Chapter 5, Section 4 Note Guide

April 19
A great day! We managed to cover material on the powers of Congress with good speed and clarity and we still had time to meet in our caucus groups to finish legislation. I experimented with having the majority/minority leaders and whips move from sub-committee to sub-committee in period three but it didn't work - I'm going back to the original plan today. Homework: Quiz on Wednesday, Chapter 5, Section 2 4-19-10 PowerPoint Chapter 5, Section 3 Note Guide

April 16
We did it! All classes passed at least two pieces of legislation and we successfully finished off Chapter 5, Section 2. We have much to do in the coming week with section 3, but hopefully this simulation will help us cut down on the time required to do section 4. Homework: Letter - day of chapter test 4-16-10 PowerPoint

April 14
What a great last few days! Students have been doing tremendous work in their sub-committees and their full committees and as majority and minority leaders. Today every class had a chance to delve into the full committee and work on passing legislation for process and work on the House floor. Amazing stuff! Homework: Friday - shirt 4-13-10 PowerPoint 4-14-10 PowerPoint Committee work flow document Chapter 5, Section 2 Note Guide Chapter 5 Section 2 Reading Guide

April 11
After a sick day I will be back to help us get up through and done with our study of the Congress. We'll finish that by looking at the Senate, membership requirements in both houses, and the code of conduct that senators and representatives use to punish one another. We will also choose our committee assignments. 4-11-10 PowerPoint Full committee listings Sub-committee listings

April 8
Today we will continue our work on Congressional basics and also do some work on our Congressional Hunt. That assignment will be due Monday. We will also preview the Gerrymandering game we will play tomorrow. Homework: Ch. 5 Vocabulary due Friday. Congressperson Hunt due Monday. Letter to Congressperson due date of Chapter Test 4-8-10 PowerPoint Letter to Congressperson Template Letter to Congressperson Scoring Criteria

April 7
Nice work today as we did our mid-term. While the grades are not going to be as high as people hoped (or perhaps expected) it does show the importance of studying if you want to master the content. Homework: 5.1 Reading guide tomorrow - Friday is Chapter 5 Vocabulary words

April 6
Great work done today by everyone across the board. We began examining Congress by taking a look at the nature of a bicameral legislature and some specific details about why and how our legislative branch ended up with two houses. A nice demonstration today by students regarding large and small states and a good think pair share helped us make sense of some of the content delivered via direct instruction. Homework: Midterm! Thursday - 5.1 reading guide. Friday - Chapter 5 Vocabulary words 4-6-10PowerPoint

April 1
Today we started our work on identifying the many ways cause and effect is present in the Legislative branch of the United States Congress. We'll continue this basic study of Congress by looking at the makeup of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Homework: Study for the midterm and complete your mid-term review packet. 4-1-10 PowerPoint Congressperson Hunt Wear your Rights on your Sleeve Chapter 5 Vocabulary Assignment Reading Guide for Chapter 5, Section 1 Chapter 5, Section 1 Note Guide Cause and Effect Chart

**November 24**
We have completed chapter 5 - and here are the powerpoint notes for the last day we worked on this material.


 * 11-24-09 PowerPoint**

**November 23**
After a brief review of powers of Congress we'll take a closer look at how a bill becomes a law. We'll make sure we all understand how that process works and then review for our Chapter 5 test, which is tomorrow.


 * 11-23-09 PowerPoint**
 * Special Powers Handout**
 * Chapter 5 Review Test**

**November 20**
Today we'll finish up our work on the powers of Congress and also, hopefully, complete our work reviewing how a bill becomes a law. If we can, we'll review on Monday and test on Tuesday. Otherwise, we'll plan to finish up Section 4 on Monday and then we'll review with what time we have and test on Tuesday.

11-19-09 PowerPoint 11-20-09 PowerPoint

**November 17**
Today we'll be experimenting with Gerrymandering now that we can get into the Media Center and we'll also be working on finishing up our research on our Congressman, Todd R. Platts.

[|Gerrymandering Worksheet]

**November 16**
What an eventful day! Our class governments met in full committee, created bills and sent them to the Legislative branch. Period 3's passed without trouble, but in Period 4 the Legislature initially failed to pass the bill until more work was done in committee and in Period 5 the Executive branch vetoed the bill, sending it back to the Legislature for work tomorrow. Homework is for Thursday and it is the **Congressman Hunt**.

11-16-09 Powerpoint Lesson Plan 11-16-09

**November** **12**
We will move into Section 2 today, paying particular attention to the organizational structure of Congress, specifically paying attention to the similarities and differences between the two houses. We'll also take a look at the Congress' Code of Conduct.Homework is a **rough draft** of your Congressman's letter, the **Chapter 5/Section 2 reading guide**, and our **Section 1 Quiz**.

11-12-09 PowerPoint

**November 11**
We will finish up our work today on section 1 of Chapter 5, dealing with the Senate and the requirements for membership in the Congress. We'll take a closer look at Representative Todd Platts as well. Homework for Thursday is the vocabulary exercise, downloadable below, and a Congressman Scavenger Hunt due Friday.

11-11-09 Powerpoint 11-10-09 Powerpoint Reading Guide, Chapter 5, section 2 House Letter Template

November 9
Our work today delves into Congress. We'll take a closer look at the House of Representatives and the Senate. Our homework for today is twofold:

First, we have a Congressman Scavenger Hunt & Letter due on Friday. Second, we have a vocabulary exercise due on Thursday

As we begin to study the Legislative branch of our government in depth we will start by reading Section 1, which gives us basic information about each house of Congress as well as our Congressmen.

Our homework for Monday will be to read Chapter 5, Section 1, and complete the associated reading guide.

Chapter 5, Section 1 reading guide