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Your Learning Objective
Your Learning Objective
CON-3.A: Describe the different structures, powers, and functions of each house of Congress.
CON-3.A: Describe the different structures, powers, and functions of each house of Congress.
CON-3.A.1: The Senate is designed to represent states equally, while the House is designed to represent the population.
CON-3.A.2: Different chamber sizes and constituencies influence formality of debate.
CON-3.A.3: Coalitions in Congress are affected by term-length differences.
CON-3.A.4: The enumerated and implied powers in the Constitution allow the creation of public policy by Congress, which includes:
◆ Passing a federal budget, raising revenue, and coining money
◆ Declaring war and maintaining the armed forces
◆ Enacting legislation that addresses a wide range of economic, environmental, and social issues based on the Necessary and Proper Clause
Essential Content
Essential Content
Day One :
Read Article I of The Constitution. Note well the structure of Congress and the Powers of the individual chambers
Assignment: Congress: The Senate and the House of Representatives
List (with definitions) of key terms for ch. 13
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Day Two:
Congress: Slide Show (slides 1-14)
Homework (two nights worth): The Organization of Congress: Parties and Interests (Committees)
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Day Three:
News Hour 11/14: Transition of Executive administrations
CFU on Congress: House and Senate
Representation in The House of Representatives
Congress: Slide Show (slides 16-20)
Homework finish this assignment assigned last class: The Organization of Congress: Parties and Interests (Committees)
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Day Four:
Finish redistricting notes and game (from Congress: Senate and House page)
Baker v Carr and Shaw v Reno
Successfully Gerrymander the state of Hexapolis
--linked within redistricting slide show
Extra Support
Extra Support
Crash Course on the history of Congress, qualifications to serve and the differences between the houses
14-minute video with 2 law professors explaining the important provisions of Article I
Extend Your Learning
Extend Your Learning
Read the short essay below on the Seventeenth Amendment: meant to make the Senate more democratic, it also impacted the principle of federalism. Then read the 2 differing viewpoints linked on the right.
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