1. Do Now 4-20-12 Prepare to hand in your Lesson 3A Packet on Mexico’s History.

2. Mexico Lesson 3 B Government

3. Word Splash On the back of your cover page write an answer to the following question: What do you know about the US government?

4. Essential Question How would you explain the government of Mexico?

5. Do Now Define the following vocabulary words in your packet:  presidential democracy  Branches of government

6. United States Government

7. Executive BranchLegislative BranchJudicial Branch Enforces or carries out the laws President and Cabinet Makes the laws Supreme Court Judges Interprets the laws Congress- Senate House of Representatives

8. How would you describe the government of Mexico? 1. Read page 185. 2. Complete the Flow Chart for the Mexican Government in your packet

9. Do Now 4-23-12 What is the major difference that we have found so far about the Mexican government as we related it to the United States?

10. Clock Partners- 3 o’clock Complete the flow chart for the government of Mexico. Use your U.S. government flow chart to help guide you if necessary

11. Flow Chart

12. Mexico’s Government Presidential Democracy Executive Branch Legislative Branch Judicial Branch

13. Flow Chart Mexico’s Government Presidential Democracy Executive Branch establishes gov’t policy proposes new laws controls the nations finances appoints judges and a cabinet Legislative Branch General Congress Chamber of Deputies 500 Senate 128 Judicial Branch Supreme Court of Justice

14. Do Now 1-24-10 If you were a Mexican citizen, what changes would you like to see happen to the government??? Place your answer on the back of your pink packet

15. Graphic Organizer 1. 9/15/1810 2. Miguel Hidalgo 3. Spain 9/16/1821 4. Democratic rights, land ownership 5. United States- for land over Texas- Texans rebelled. 6. Treaty of Guadalupe 7. add to or take over 8. Bought them from Mexico

16. 9. Benito Juarez 10. 1876 finances 11. Francisco Madero Diaz’s 12. Mexican Revolution/ presidential democracy 13. PRI Institutional Revolutionary Party 14. stronger, more powerful president 15. Senate Chamber of Deputies

17. Summarization Activity How would you describe the government of Mexico?