1. Write your journal
2. Watch this video and write a 1/2 page summary http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7032552n
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Tuesday November 9. 2010
1. Write your journal
2. Make a poster for President, using Formal Qualifications pg. 356-357 and Pay and Benefits pg. 358, and a poster for Presidential Succession pg. 359
2. Make a poster for President, using Formal Qualifications pg. 356-357 and Pay and Benefits pg. 358, and a poster for Presidential Succession pg. 359
Monday, November 8, 2010
Monday November 8, 2010
1. Write your journal.
2. Give examples of how president Obama would exercise the following powers:
2. Give examples of how president Obama would exercise the following powers:
Chief of state
chief executive
chief administrator
chief diplomat
commander in chief
chief legislator
chief of party
chief citizen
3. The President of the United States makes $400,000 per year. In your opinion, is this too much or too little money? Why or why not? How much money should the president make? Your response must be one paragraph.
Friday November 5, 2010
1. Write your journal
2. Vocabulary. You have to write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence for the following words:
Chief of state
chief executive
chief administrator
chief diplomat
commander in chief
chief legislator
chief of party
chief citizen
2. Vocabulary. You have to write the word, definition, and use the word in a sentence for the following words:
Chief of state
chief executive
chief administrator
chief diplomat
commander in chief
chief legislator
chief of party
chief citizen
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Wednesday and Thursday November 3 and 4, 2010
Today was block scheduling.
1. Write your journal
2. We took the test. You are going to have to take the test when you come back, so study for it.
1. Write your journal
2. We took the test. You are going to have to take the test when you come back, so study for it.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Tuesday November 2, 2010
1. Write your journal
2. Here is the study guide for the test:
Study Guide- The Legislative Branch. Chapters 10, 11, 12, pages 258-349
1. How old do you have to be to run for the Senate? (pg. 277 and Posters)
2. Why is the lawmaking function of Congress central to democracy? (Notes)
3. What are the qualifications for Senators? (pg. 277 and Posters)
4. Screening bills for floor consideration is a major duty of whom? (Notes)
5. What is the regular period of time during which Congress conducts its business? (Notes)
6. What longstanding custom is required of candidates for the House of Representatives? ( 272, last paragraph)
7. How long are Senator Terms? (pg. 272)
8. What are the qualifications to run for a Senator? (pg. 277 and Posters)
9. What branch of Congress must approve treaties? (Notes)
10. Who has the power to propose constitutional amendments? (Notes)
11. What did the implied powers doctrine, upheld in McCulloch v. Maryland, give Congress the power to do? (Notes)
12. Who does Congress share foreign relations power with? (Notes)
13. What 3 roles do members of Congress fill? (Notes)
14. On the average, which group of people occupies the majority of seats in Congress? (Notes and pg. 279)
15. When are congressional elections held? (Notes)
16. What are the differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives? (pg. 272 and Posters)
17. In McCullough v. Maryland, what did the Supreme Court uphold? (Notes)
18. Who has the power to declare war? (Notes)
19. What branch of Congress has the power to impeach? (Notes)
20. How can a bill become a law without the President’s signature? (pg. 346)
21. At what step, do most measures or bills die? (Worksheet, pg. 344)
22. What is the purpose of a filibuster? (Notes)
23. What is eminent domain? (Notes)
24. What is the Necessary and Proper clause also known? (Notes)
25. In the Vice President’s absence, who is the presiding officer of the Senate? (pg. 323)
26. How many members are in the House of Representative? (Notes)
27. What is Gerrymandering? (Vocabulary and pg. 271)
28. How long are House of Representative members elected to serve? (pg. 272)
29. How old do you have to be to run for the House of Representatives? (pg. 272)
30. How many Senators are there from each state? (Notes)
2. Here is the study guide for the test:
Study Guide- The Legislative Branch. Chapters 10, 11, 12, pages 258-349
1. How old do you have to be to run for the Senate? (pg. 277 and Posters)
2. Why is the lawmaking function of Congress central to democracy? (Notes)
3. What are the qualifications for Senators? (pg. 277 and Posters)
4. Screening bills for floor consideration is a major duty of whom? (Notes)
5. What is the regular period of time during which Congress conducts its business? (Notes)
6. What longstanding custom is required of candidates for the House of Representatives? ( 272, last paragraph)
7. How long are Senator Terms? (pg. 272)
8. What are the qualifications to run for a Senator? (pg. 277 and Posters)
9. What branch of Congress must approve treaties? (Notes)
10. Who has the power to propose constitutional amendments? (Notes)
11. What did the implied powers doctrine, upheld in McCulloch v. Maryland, give Congress the power to do? (Notes)
12. Who does Congress share foreign relations power with? (Notes)
13. What 3 roles do members of Congress fill? (Notes)
14. On the average, which group of people occupies the majority of seats in Congress? (Notes and pg. 279)
15. When are congressional elections held? (Notes)
16. What are the differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives? (pg. 272 and Posters)
17. In McCullough v. Maryland, what did the Supreme Court uphold? (Notes)
18. Who has the power to declare war? (Notes)
19. What branch of Congress has the power to impeach? (Notes)
20. How can a bill become a law without the President’s signature? (pg. 346)
21. At what step, do most measures or bills die? (Worksheet, pg. 344)
22. What is the purpose of a filibuster? (Notes)
23. What is eminent domain? (Notes)
24. What is the Necessary and Proper clause also known? (Notes)
25. In the Vice President’s absence, who is the presiding officer of the Senate? (pg. 323)
26. How many members are in the House of Representative? (Notes)
27. What is Gerrymandering? (Vocabulary and pg. 271)
28. How long are House of Representative members elected to serve? (pg. 272)
29. How old do you have to be to run for the House of Representatives? (pg. 272)
30. How many Senators are there from each state? (Notes)
Monday November 1, 2010
1. Write your journal
2. We took notes today. Here they are:
• Congress
The Legislative Branch
• The House of Representatives and the Senate
• 435 members of the House of Representatives- Based on population of the state.
• 100 members of the Senate- Two from each state.
• Members of Congress are legislators, committee members, and servant to constituents.
• Both members of the House and the Senate are elected by citizens of their states. Elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered years.
• Where does Congress get its Power?
• Article I, Section 8, of the US Constitution states the expressed powers of the Congress.
• The implied powers doctrine, upheld in McCulloch v. Maryland, gives Congress the power to do anything reasonably related to carrying out the expressed powers.
• The “Necessary and Proper Clause” also known as the “elastic clause” allows Congress to do things not explicitly expressed in the Constitution.
• Congressional Diversity (or lack thereof)
• Our Representatives
• Congressional Powers
• Collect taxes, duties, and excises.
• Borrow money
• Coin Money
• Punish Counterfeiters
• Establish post offices and post roads.
• Punish pirates
• Create courts inferior to the Supreme Court
• Declare War
• Raise and support armies.
• Propose constitutional amendments
• Impeach
• Investigate
• Congress also makes laws
• Bills, or proposed laws, must be approved by a majority of the Senate and the House
• The lawmaking function of Congress is central to democracy because it is the means by which the public will become public policy.
• Most bills, or measures, are introduced in committees.
• Screening bills for floor consideration is a major duty of committee members.
• Senate Committees
• House Committees
• Congress Hodgepodge
• Congress meets for a session
• All treaties must be approved by 2/3 vote of the Senate
• Congress shares foreign relations power with the President
• The House of Representatives is given the power to impeach
• The purpose of a filibuster is to prevent action on a bill
• Eminent Domain is the inherent power to take public property for private use.
2. We took notes today. Here they are:
• Congress
The Legislative Branch
• The House of Representatives and the Senate
• 435 members of the House of Representatives- Based on population of the state.
• 100 members of the Senate- Two from each state.
• Members of Congress are legislators, committee members, and servant to constituents.
• Both members of the House and the Senate are elected by citizens of their states. Elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each even-numbered years.
• Where does Congress get its Power?
• Article I, Section 8, of the US Constitution states the expressed powers of the Congress.
• The implied powers doctrine, upheld in McCulloch v. Maryland, gives Congress the power to do anything reasonably related to carrying out the expressed powers.
• The “Necessary and Proper Clause” also known as the “elastic clause” allows Congress to do things not explicitly expressed in the Constitution.
• Congressional Diversity (or lack thereof)
• Our Representatives
• Congressional Powers
• Collect taxes, duties, and excises.
• Borrow money
• Coin Money
• Punish Counterfeiters
• Establish post offices and post roads.
• Punish pirates
• Create courts inferior to the Supreme Court
• Declare War
• Raise and support armies.
• Propose constitutional amendments
• Impeach
• Investigate
• Congress also makes laws
• Bills, or proposed laws, must be approved by a majority of the Senate and the House
• The lawmaking function of Congress is central to democracy because it is the means by which the public will become public policy.
• Most bills, or measures, are introduced in committees.
• Screening bills for floor consideration is a major duty of committee members.
• Senate Committees
• House Committees
• Congress Hodgepodge
• Congress meets for a session
• All treaties must be approved by 2/3 vote of the Senate
• Congress shares foreign relations power with the President
• The House of Representatives is given the power to impeach
• The purpose of a filibuster is to prevent action on a bill
• Eminent Domain is the inherent power to take public property for private use.
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