1. Agenda for the day 1.Overview of the Legislative Branch 2.Mirror Activity 3.Guided Reading notes on House of Representatives 4.Legally Blonde clip: The Hopper! 5.White board review (last 15 minutes)

2. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan

3. Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Republican)

4. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi

5. Majority Whip Steve Scalise

6. Minority whip Steny Hoyer

7. Republicans

8. Democrats

9. The House of Representatives

10. The Legislative Branch

11. 100435 = reps.Pop. Reps. Bicameral Legislature

14. Georgia’s Congressional districts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%27s_congressional_districts Incumbents have the advantage! Easy to raise money (already worked with members of district) Gerrymandered to advantage People they best represent their beliefs

15. Qualifications and terms Senate 30 years old Citizen for 9 years before election Legal resident of the state they represent 6 year term House of Representatives 25 years old Citizen for at least 7 years Legal resident of state you represent (usually live in the district they represent) 2 year term

16. Leaders Senate Vice President House of Representatives Speaker of the House

17. Because we are a representative form of government, should Congress mirror the people?

18. Activity Step 1: Compile data for Gender and Ethnicity using handout Step 2: Compile data for the U.S. using the census website http://www.census.gov/ Step 3: Create a chart and summarize your findings.

19. Guided reading on House of Representatives Qualifications, terms, and leadership

20. How does a bill move through the House of Representatives? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO5gXBF559I Clip from Legally Blonde

21. White board review What 2 houses make up the Legislative Branch? Senate House of Representatives# and Representation? 100 (=)435 (population)

22. (Reapportionment/Gerrymandering) is the using the census and state population to determine representation in Congress.

23. (Reapportionment/Gerrymandering) is when district lines are drawn for the advantage of one political party.

24. (Vice President/Speaker of the House) is the leader of the Senate.

25. (Vice President/Speaker of the House) is the leader of the House of Representatives.

26. The speaker’s top assistant is the (whip/majority leader), their job is to help the party’s legislative program.

27. (Vice President/whips) are assistant floor leaders and try to persuade people to vote according to the party.