Composition of Congress
Learning Objectives To evaluate to what extent Congress can be described as representative?
PRESENTATIONS 1.Socio-economic background 2.Age and Gender 3.Race and ethnicity, and Religion 4.Sexual orientation and Disabilities
Enduring Questions To what extent is Congress representative of US society? Should Congress be a microcosm of US society?
To what extent can Congress be described as “representative”? Representative Not Representative
Homework Reading and Note Taking, Chapter 5, Powers of Congress p