The Legislative Branch creates laws, balances the budget, and decides if the country will go to war or not.
Representatives are elected to speak for a group of people.
The process for an idea to become a law has many steps.
Listen for main ideas in your videos and text.
Summarize important ideas in your notebooks (pages 3 - 6). Discuss your notes with a partner once completed.
Activity 1:
(Fill in the blank on pg. 3)
Activity 2:
Activity 3: (Take notes on pages 4 & 5)
Power of the Purse (Budgeting $)
Activity 4:
(May do AFTER Activities 5 & 6)
Checkpoint Quiz - The Legislative Branch
Activity 5: (Notes on pg 6)
OR
How laws are made (in Edpuzzle... a bit "spicier" - $50)
Activity 6: (Notes on pg 6)
Activity 7: ($25 for passing a bill or a budget)
OR
Activity 8:
($25)