Tuesday, March 24: Today students were divided into their political parties to quickly discuss which bills their party will support. They were then divided into Senate Committees. They presented their bills to the committees and gave their advocacy speeches. The groups discussed the bills and decided on what changes they needed to make and which ones to send before the Senate as a whole. The bills chosen will present their advocacy speeches to the Senate next class.
Due: Official Bill Proposal, Advocacy Speech Homework: Fix and clean up advocacy speeches Thursday, March 26: The bills chosen by the committees were presented in class today. Students debated each bill and then voted on them. In any spare time, students started the "Reporting the Senate" assignment. In Class: Voting Tracker Homework: Reporting the Senate
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Monday, March 16: Students had the class period to work on their campaign posters and introductory speeches. These are due next class!
Due: State Research In Class: Campaign Poster & Introductory Speech Homework: Finish poster and speech for presentation next class Wednesday, March 18: Students gave their Introductory Speeches to the Senate today. They then started researching and writing their bill. Due: Campaign Poster & Introductory Speech In Class: Research and Write Bill Homework: Write Bill Friday, March 20: Students finished writing their bills today and wrote their Bill Advocacy Speeches. Due: Written Bill In Class: Bill Advocacy Speech Homework: Finish preparing Bill Advocacy Speech Tuesday, March 10: First we finished the Voting in Congress activity. Then students were given a worksheet to complete as they researched their chosen state for the Senate Simulation. Once completed, they started writing their Senate Introductory Speeches.
In Class: State Research, Introductory Speech Homework: State Research Thursday, March 12: Students played the LawCraft game on iCivics.org as practice for the simulation. We then reviewed for the test. In any remaining time, students worked on their introductory speeches. In Class: LawCraft Homework: State Research Monday, March 2: Today students took the Constitution Unit Test. They then reviewed what the Legislative Branch does with "Congress in a Flash", a reading and worksheet that is due next class.
In Class: Unit Test Homework: Congress in a Flash Wednesday, March 4: Today we discussed why we have a House and a Senate. Students were given the role of 'teacher' or 'student' and told to come up with a new cell phone policy. After a few rounds of voting, we came up with a compromise. Students then completed the Large vs. Small states worksheet. We concluded the simulation by having students make comparisons between how Congress works and the teacher vs. student voting process. With remaining time, students filled out what states they would be interested in representing in the Senate and took a political party quiz. Due: Congress in a Flash In Class: Simulation Participation Homework: Large vs. Small States Friday, March 6: Today we practiced voting in Congress. First they filled out their Congress Notetaking Booklet. They were then given scenarios and asked to vote on them. Due: Large vs. Small States In Class: Notetaking Booklet, Voting Guides |