Bell RingerGet 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 Answerswill appear when the bell rings

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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?

A) I enforce the school’s rules on cell phones, so they are not a problem.

B) Cell phones are sometimes a problem in the classroom.

C) I hate cell phones in the classroom and wish I could get rid of them all!

D) 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.

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Voting Activity WorksheetPlease 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)

anytime

family emergencies

anytime

teacher asks student to wait

yes

Student PlanWhen 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 Planbefore & after school

family emergencies

never

teacher asks student to wait

yes

Battle of the Plans

before & after schoolanytime

family emergenciesanytime

neveranytime

teacher takes phone to office

teacher asks student to wait

noyes

Student PlanWhen 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 Planbefore & after school

anytime

family emergenciesanytime

neveranytime

teacher takes phone to office

teacher asks student to wait

noyes

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

When may cell phones be used? If something is cancled When a family member is diing

When is texting allowed? Family emergency

May students listen to music on cell phones during class?

When they are done with there work and there is a way for the teacher to get their

attention.

What should happen is a student makes a cell phone call

during class?Ask to stop

May students use the Internet on their cell phones during

class?Yes

Application ActivityThis will be home prep due tomorrow.

We are going to work on it together in class now.

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