3 Branches and the Supreme Decisions

Tuesday: Legislative Branch and how a Bill becomes Law.

• Legislative open note quiz
  Description: Read the lesson and answer all of the questions in the quiz at the end of the reading.
• Watch Bill Becomes law
  Description: Watch a "Bill becomes Law" by School house Rock, then write down the process in a Word Document
• Lawcraft Game
  Description: Join Congress and welcome to the law making process.

Thursday/Major Supreme Court Cases and facts

• List of Major Supreme Court Cases
• Major Supreme Court Facts
• Landmark Cases and Verdicts
• Major Case Videos
• PBS Supreme Court
• Journal on Supreme Court Cases
  Description: The students will find one of the landmark cases and use the resources as well as Google search in order to write a 5 paragraph paper along with the prewriting and rough draft.

Monday/ Executive Branch

• Prior Knowledge Chart
  Description: Write all the details of all the branches, and questions that you may have about each.
• Easy Guide to history of the Executive Branch
• Become President for the day
  Description: Join PBS kids and follow the process and become President for a day.
• Checks and Balance Chart
  Description: Copy down the information on the chart.

Wednesday/ Judicial Branch and the Court System

• Journal
  Description: Using the list of Supreme Court Justices write a 300 word Essay on the backgrounds of the Justices and how they got to the Supreme Court
• Biographies of the Supreme Court Justices
  Description: This is a list that can be used in order to do the journal on the Supreme Court Justices.
• Video on the 3 Court System

Writing Process
4 square Template
Description: This will be used as a prewriting to your essay.
4 square example
Description: This is an example of the 4 square
Writing Process
4 square Template
Description: This will be used as a prewriting to your essay.
4 square example
Description: This is an example of the 4 square