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Monday 9/29

Monday 9/29. RAP What did you think of the movie “Thank you for Smoking”? Would you like to be a lobbyist? Explain. Today: Please read Ch. 10.1 and 10.2 and answer the questions as you read. Please work quietly. You may listen to music…one ear bud in and one out. This is DUE Wednesday.

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Monday 9/29

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  1. Monday 9/29 RAP • What did you think of the movie “Thank you for Smoking”? • Would you like to be a lobbyist? Explain. • Today: • Please read Ch. 10.1 and 10.2 and answer the questions as you read. • Please work quietly. • You may listen to music…one ear bud in and one out. • This is DUE Wednesday. • You have a quiz on vocabulary from Unit 2 on Tuesday!!! • Please put your textbooks back on the shelf!  • Have a great day!

  2. Tuesday 9/30 RAP • How did you study for the vocabulary quiz? Today: • Study for quiz for about 10 minutes. • Take Quiz on Unit 2 vocabulary. • Finish reading and taking notes on Ch. 10.1 and 10.2.—We will review on Wednesday. • If you have completed these notes, please take a handout off the podium for Ch. 10.3 and 10.4. • Due Thursday.

  3. Wednesday 10/1 RAP • Look at the map on page 263 and the table on 264, please answer the question (s) below each one. • Today: • Review Ch. 10.1 and 10.2; work on or complete Ch. 10.3 and 10.4—Due on Thursday. • If you have finished all of this, you may begin reading and taking notes, with the handout on the podium; on Ch. 11 and 12.

  4. Ch. 10.1 – The National Legislature • You live in a representative democracy- representatives of the people who are responsible for the day to day work of government. • Congress—made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate. • They are responsible for translating the public will into public policy in the form of law. • Constitution divides power between the two houses of Congress for historical, practical, and theoretical reasons. • Historical—British Parliament had been bicameral since the 1300s. • Practical-Bicameralism was the only way to settle the disputes between the Virginia and New Jersey plans. • Theoretical-The Framers believed only bicameralism could provide the necessary system of checks and balances.

  5. Framers saw bicameralism as a way to diffuse the power of Congress and prevent it from overwhelming the other two branch's-executive and judicial. • Some people, for over 200 years now, have thought that the Senate should be abolished. (Would never be done) This is said because the states are equally represented but not the people.

  6. http://www.house.gov/ • Terms: each term lasts for two years. • The start of a new term is on January 3, 2015; it will be the 114 congress. • Sessions: the time period during which Congress assembles and conducts business. • Adjourns: Congress adjourns, or suspends until the next session. • Prorogue, or adjourn, a session is done by the President when Congress cannot agree on a date. (no President has done this) • Special session: President may call this when some emergency has come up. (only 26 have been held)

  7. Analyzing Maps: page 266 • With the person next to you. • Read through this page and answer the questions --#1 and 2.

  8. Ch. 2-House of Representatives • The House of Representatives consist of 435 members. • Constitution bases the total number of seats per state based on population of that state.

  9. Arizona http://www.house.gov/representatives/#state_az

  10. Reapportion: redistribute the seats in the H o R happens every 10 years. • Look at the map on page 268—answer the question below it. • All Congressional elections are held on Tuesday, following the first Monday, in November. Alaska may hold theirs in October, but they never have.

  11. Gerrymandering • Districts that have been drawn to the advantage of the political party that controls the State’s legislature.

  12. Qualifications • 25 years old • Must have been a citizen of the U.S. for at least seven years • Must be an inhabitant of the State from which he or she is elected. • Also, a custom that he or she must live in the district he or she represents but not listed in the Constitution. • The House can punish a member for disorderly behavior, they also can refuse a seat to a member elected by a majority vote. • 1900, refused a seat to Brigham H. Roberts of Utah because he was a polygamist. • But, in 1969 Powell v. McCormack, the Supreme Court held that the House could not exclude a member elect who meets the Constitution’s standards of age, citizenship, and residence. • The House has expelled four members; three in 1861 for their support of rebellion and one in 1980 for corruption. • Some have resigned to avoid expulsion.

  13. Look at the table on page 272—answer the question below it. Look at the picture of Harold Ford Jr. on page 273, and answer the question below it.

  14. Work on Ch. 10.3 and 10.4 or Ch. 11 and 12 •  QUIETLY!

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