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Bell Ringer Get out a blank sheet of paper. Head it with your first and last name, today’s date, and the period you have civics. Title the paper “Why Do We Have a House and Senate?” Write just the answer to these questions: 1)Congress is in the _________________________ branch. 2)Congress’ main job is to ______________________________. 3)Congress is divided into two houses: the _______________ and the House of Representatives. 4) Each state has _________ Senators. 5) A state’s number of members in the House of Representatives is based on its ___________________. 6) A draft of a law is called a _________________. Possible Answers will appear when the bell rings one two three carry out laws bill President Senate interpret laws make laws population legislative executive

1) Congress is in the _legislative_ branch. 2) Congress’ main job is to _make laws_. 3) Congress is divided into two houses: the _Senate_____ and the House of Representatives. 4) Each state has _2_ Senators 5) A state’s number of members in the House of Representatives is based on its _population_. 6) A draft of a law is called a _bill_.

Please read and write your answers carefully. Question 1 From your perspective as a student, how would you rate how your school handles cell phones? 1 Super unfair every day 2 Unfair most of the time 3 Unfair about half the time 4 Kind of unfair sometimes 5 Fairly every day Question 2 If you were a teacher here, which of the following statements would you agree with?  I enforce the school’s rules on cell phones, so they are not a problem.  Cell phones are sometimes a problem in the classroom.  I hate cell phones in the classroom and wish I could get rid of them all!  It doesn’t bother me if students use cell phones in my classroom.

Why Do We Have a House and a Senate? We will be doing a role-play activity to model how Congress works. Congress means the HOUSE of Representatives and the SENATE. I will now put you into groups. Please look at the board for directions on where the desks need to be moved to.

Voting Activity Worksheet Please fill out part A and part B. You may ask others in your group for clarification, but please make the answers your own (BASED ON YOUR ROLE).

Battle of the Plans (template) before & after school anytime family emergencies anytime never anytime teacher takes phone to office teacher asks student to wait no yes Student Plan When may cell phones be used? When is texting allowed? May students listen to music on cell phones during class? What should happen if a student makes a cell phone call during class? May students use the Internet on their cell phones during class? Teacher Plan before & after school anytime family emergencies anytime never anytime teacher takes phone to office teacher asks student to wait no yes

Battle of the Plans (template) before & after school anytime family emergencies anytime never anytime teacher takes phone to office teacher asks student to wait no yes Student Plan When may cell phones be used? When is texting allowed? May students listen to music on cell phones during class? What should happen if a student makes a cell phone call during class? May students use the Internet on their cell phones during class? Teacher Plan before & after school anytime family emergencies anytime never anytime teacher takes phone to office teacher asks student to wait no yes

Voting (2 rounds)

Compromise Proposal (template) When may cell phones be used?Type proposal here When is texting allowed?Type proposal here May students listen to music on cell phones during class? Type proposal here What should happen is a student makes a cell phone call during class? Type proposal here May students use the Internet on their cell phones during class? Type proposal here

Compromise Proposal (template) When may cell phones be used?Type proposal here When is texting allowed?Type proposal here May students listen to music on cell phones during class? Type proposal here What should happen is a student makes a cell phone call during class? Type proposal here May students use the Internet on their cell phones during class? Type proposal here

Application Activity This will be home prep due tomorrow. We are going to work on it together in class now.