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Date Taught
Goals
Literacy Goals
Objectives
Pre-Requisite
Knowledge and Skills
Materials, Equipment,
Supplies, Technology,
Preparation
Intelligence
X Visual
Verbal
Entry Point(s)
Individual
activity
X Logical
Scavenger
hunt/Web Quest
Kinesthetic
Accommodations
Musical
Given the low content knowledge and varied language skills
of the class, this assignment was designed to provide
students with sentence frames to take some of the pressure
off students to utilize a great deal of new vocabulary. It is
important that they begin to work with the content, but their
chances of experiencing success will increase if they have
experienced some positive achievements. This assignment is
also designed as a whole to allow students to pace
themselves through.
This assignment could be read aloud for a student who
needed modifications. If necessary, simplified questions
could be provided to facilitate interpretation by students.
Procedure
Brief discussion of yesterdays lesson, problems and
solutions.
The teacher will begin the lesson with a brief discussion of
the previous day and popcorn some questions related to the
content students did get yesterday. Then, the teacher will
explain the basics of the assignment, including where to find
the website address.
Modifications
Anticipatory Set,
Motivation, or Hook
Teaching
Naturalistic
most of them asked if they could take it home as homework when they did not finish on
time. They have only had homework once before, and not many completed it, so for
them to voluntarily take this assignment home makes me think it must have been a good
experience for them. The differentiation seemed to work well also, keeping students who
would normally finish early and become restless occupied. Because I had designed the
website myself, I also found that I was better able to gauge their progress and judge why
some of them experienced difficulty with some elements (mostly vocabulary).
In fact, this lesson was such a success that if I were to continue to teach this class I
think I would make this a regular format for notes, challenging them further as the class
went on but keeping the same core ideas. I think this really allowed people to work at
their own pace, which is a regular struggle for this class. Also, they did not need to be
self-conscious about where they were at because everyone was largely on-task and not
looking at their peers, which is also something this group struggles with.
Name:____________________________
Go to www.mrsarmstrongmck.wix.com/amgovquest
Click on Version A at the top of the webpage. Follow the links to help you answer the questions and
fill in the blanks below. For questions that ask you to interpret information, please use complete
sentences.
1. Congress
A. Congress is part of the ________________ branch of the U.S. government. This branch is
responsible for making ____________.
B. The ____________________ and the ________________ are the two houses that form Congress.
Both are formed by people who were _______________ by people in the United States.
2. The House of Representatives
A. There are currently ____________ members of the House of Representatives. The number of
representatives is determined by ___________________________.
- Proportional Representation is: _________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.
B. Only the House can introduce _____________ bills.
C. The Representative for our district is __________________________.
- Read their profile. Do you think that their views line up with Salems? Why or why not?
3. The Senate
A. There are ___________ members of the Senate. There are ________ senators for every state.
- If every state has the same number of senators, then how is the role of senators different than
the role of representatives? What is their role for the state as a whole? ____________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
B. Oregons senators are ____________________ and _______________________.
4. Congressional Leadership
A. The Speaker of the House acts as _____________________________. They are the
________________ officer (they are responsible for managing sessions) and are _______________ in
line to succeed the President if necessary, after the Vice President.
- Our current Speaker of the House is _____________________.
B. The position of President of the Senate is held by the _____________________________. They
have no vote in the Senate unless ______________________.
- Our current President of the Senate is ____________________________.
5. Powers Given to Congress
A. List 4 powers given to Congress
_____________________
_________________________
_____________________
_________________________
- Which power given to Congress do you think is the most important? Why?
6. Limits of Power
A. List 3 powers not granted to Congress.
____________________
__________________________
____________________
- Why do you think these powers were denied to Congress?
7. Congressional Moments
Choose one of the topics addressing the history of Congress. Watch the video, then answer these questions.
A. Which topic did you choose?
C. Given what you now know about Congress, in what ways do you think Congress influences your
life? Do you think (from your observations of the news, conversations weve had in class, etc.) that
Congress is doing its job well? Why or why not?
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Name:____________________________
Go to www.mrsarmstrongmck.wix.com/amgovquest
Click on Version B at the top of the webpage. Follow the links to help you answer the questions and
fill in the blanks below. For questions that ask you to interpret information, please use complete
sentences.
1. Congress
A. Congress is part of the ________________ branch of the U.S. government. This branch is
responsible for making ____________.
B. The ____________________ and the ________________ are the two houses that form Congress.
Both are formed by people who were _______________ by people in the United States.
2. The House of Representatives
A. There are currently ____________ members of the House of Representatives. The number of
representatives is determined by ___________________________.
- Proportional Representation is: _________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________.
B. Only the House can introduce _____________ bills.
C. The Representative for our district is __________________________.
- Read their profile. Do you think that their views line up with Salems? Would you have voted
for them? Why or why not?
3. The Senate
A. There are ___________ members of the Senate. There are ________ senators for every state.
- If every state has the same number of senators, then how is the role of senators different than
the role of representatives? What is their role for the state as a whole? ____________________
___________________________________________________________________________.
B. Oregons senators are ____________________ and _______________________.
4. Congressional Leadership
A. The Speaker of the House acts as _____________________________. They are the
________________ officer (they are responsible for managing sessions) and are _______________ in
line to succeed the President if necessary, after the Vice President.
- Our current Speaker of the House is _____________________.
B. The position of President of the Senate is held by the _____________________________. They
have no vote in the Senate unless ______________________.
- Our current President of the Senate is ____________________________.
5. Congress in Action
A. Which committee did you pick? What about it interests you? Does this topic have any influence in
your life, or were you just curious? (Either answer is completely acceptable!)
B. Look at some of the bills that have been introduced to your committee recently. Pick one to examine
a little more. Browse the page, look over the text of the bill (look at introductory material, headings,
practice your skimming!) Which bill did you examine? What about it caught your attention?
C. How much of a chance does it look like your bill has of being passed? Why might that be?
6. Reflection
A. Considering what weve learned in the past few days and your own experiences, what role do you
think Congress has in the lives of young people today?
B. When, if ever, does the activity of the legislative branch catch your attention? Is this a good thing or
a bad thing, and what would you do to change it? If you would like, you could bring in some examples
from the news to support your opinion.
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