一 fourth branch restart turn in your home prep from last night
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一 Fourth Branch Restart Turn in your home prep from last night. Pick up your Fourth Branch papers from the back cart. Get back into yesterday’s groups. Remember, I need EXACTLY 8 groups. 三 Fourth Branch or 一 Fourth Branch. Time for group work! I need exactly eight groups today. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
一 Fourth Branch RestartTurn in your home prep from last night.
Pick up your Fourth Branch papers from the back cart.
Get back into yesterday’s groups.
Remember, I need EXACTLY 8 groups.
三 Fourth Branch or 一 Fourth Branch
Time for group work!I need exactly eight groups today.
Each person will need a worksheet from the back of the room. As a group, take five minutes to fill out the chart on the worksheets.
I do not want approximations; I only want answers your group is certain about. If you aren’t sure, please don’t guess.
Let’s talk about the answers.
Executive Legislative Branch JudicialBranch House Senate Branch
Who is involved?
President Representatives SenatorsSupreme
Court Justices
What do they do?
make agenda
sign/veto laws
enforce laws
introduces laws
write laws
vote for laws
introduce laws
write laws
vote for laws
decide if laws are constitu-
tionalDo citizens
get to vote for the person?
yes yes yes no
How do citizens’ votes count?
all of a state’s electoral
votes go to a candidate that wins a majority in
the state
vote directly for candidate
vote directly for
candidateno voting
Executive Legislative Branch JudicialBranch House Senate Branch
What do they do?
make agenda
sign/veto laws
enforce laws
introduces laws
write laws
vote for laws
introduce laws
write laws
vote for laws
decide if laws are constitu-
tionalDo citizens
get to vote for the person?
yes yes yes no
How do citizens’ votes count?
all of a state’s electoral
votes go to a candidate that wins a majority in
the state
vote directly for candidate
vote directly for
candidateno voting
Responsible to how many citizens?
entire U.S.Citizens living
in rep’s district
entire state entire U.S.
Executive Legislative Branch JudicialBranch House Senate Branch
How do citizens’ votes count?
all of a state’s electoral
votes go to a candidate that wins a majority in
the state
vote directly for candidate
vote directly for
candidateno voting
Responsible to how many citizens?
entire U.S.Citizens living
in rep’s district
entire state entire U.S.
Odds of in-person contact?
low better moderate very low
Could your calls, emails, or letters change their minds?
yes yes yes no
Responsible to how many?and
Overall Impact of your “citizen power”
As a group, read through the back of your worksheet.
Finish the bar graphs at the bottom of the sheet.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsI am passing out another worksheet to each person.
Before we go further, I need someone to read the instructions out loud.
Now I need someone else to read the instructions out loud.
Find your groups’ letter, e-mail, or phone call from Wally and read through it. Choose if Wally should
trash / delete / hang up or mail / send / calland write your groups reasoning why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 1, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 1, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 2, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 2, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 3, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 3, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 4, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 4, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 5, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 5, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 6, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 6, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 7, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 7, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
四 Fourth Branch ReadingsGroup 8, read your situation to the class. Don’t tell
us how you handled it yet.
Class, what should Wally do?
Group 8, do you think the class is right? Why?
Class, write down the correct answers and write the reason why.
As you leave, turn in every paper we worked with today
into the bin on the front table.
Once everyone is sitting quietly, I will dismiss you.