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=Legislative Branch= toc

Senate
The Senate is the smaller house. What is their power? Explore the Senate through these sites. Look for the worksheets to take notes as you progress. Government Puzzle @http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/25.htmCrossword puzzle **How a Bill Becomes a Law** @http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/15c.htm Information and tasks about how both parts of the legislative branch are involved in the lawmaking process. **Knowing About Congress** @http://www.flashcardexchange.com/flashcards/view/216306 Find out how much you already know about Congress, or learn as you go, using the online flashcards that you can flip through, print in a variety of formats with custom fonts and font sizes, or download to a Palm Pilot or Windows CE device. The Legislative Branch @http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/3branches/9.htm Read "The Legislative Branch" and complete the tasks as individuals or partners using the suggested web sites. **Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will** http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/ olc/stu/graphics/sims/sim07.htm Redistricting simulation **Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will** http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/ olc/stu/sa07.htm Self-assessment multiple-choice and true/false quizzes **Senate Seeker** @http://www.senateseeker.com/ An online game where you actually create a candidate and run for Senate! You can run ads to either strengthen yourself or to attack your opponent, you can give speeches about various issues, you can sell out to interest groups, you can fundraise to get money, you can prepare for the debates, and you can visit actual schools. **The Senate - Voice of the States** http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/ 3branches/12.htm Read "The Senate -- Voice of the States" and complete the tasks as individuals or partners using the suggested web sites. **U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour** @http://www.senate.gov/vtour/index.html U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour is an interactive, user-friendly, comprehensive and integrated multimedia tour of the U.S. Capitol. It includes panorama views and historical information about the rooms of the U.S. Capitol, as well as information about the objects found in those rooms. This tour will leave you with the feel of an actual visit to the U.S. Capitol and serves to provide a unique "Capitol" experience. **Worksheet - The Legislative Branch** http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/ 3branches/13.htm Fill in the blanks in the sentences and complete the extra credit research.
 * Congressional Districts: th Congress - Worksheet** **Find a Representative or Senator** @http://www.govtrack.us/congress/findyourreps.xpd Do you know who represents you in Congress? Find a representative or senator using congressional district maps or searching by name or zip code. At this site, you can also view the membership of House, Senate, and Joint committees, and the bills assigned to them, or take a look at statistics about missed votes and bill sponsorship.
 * Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will** http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/ olc/stu/graphics/xwords/xword07.html Crossword Puzzle

House of Representatives
The House has many respresentives. Explore these sites and take notes on the worksheets listed. What is their power?

Bill Becomes a Law
Our concerns and isues become bills to then become the law. Explore these sites to see what the process is and why we have these steps. You are then going to demonstrate how a bill becomes a law. Collect all the information you can. -Explore by watching the power point while completing the worksheet. -- --_

--[|Bill into Law] Follow this to get another idea about turning a bill into law.

---Final Group task [|Bill into Law webquest]