一 fourth branch restart turn in your home prep from last night

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.