Finish Online Work and Survey

Complete the survey regarding the Super Bowl. (you'll have to login to GoogleApps.  Remember to logout and shut down the iPod after you are done!




Then finish your Ch 14 & 12 online work

Need E.T.

I was out yesterday - knee is still in pain..  You watched Stossel's "Is America #1?" presentation.  There was a worksheet with questions that you should have done by Friday.  We will cover How a Bill Becomes a Law on Friday.  IN class today, we discussed the situation in Egypt.

Regular Computers Today

Some of you do not seem to understand that when you are instructed to read something, you actually have to read the whole thing.  Amazingly, many of you seemed to finish yesterday's task (or at least come close).  There should be no problem finishing today's expectations as well. 

Chapter 12, Section 1:  Seniority Rule

Read about seniority in the United States Congress (http://www.auburn.edu/~johnspm/gloss/seniority)

Write five questions about the seniority rule's origins and effects. Pick three of these questions and answer them as fully as possible. You may work with a partner.

Chapter 12, Section 2:  Congressional Committees

Select a Web page of one committee from the House of Representatives and visit the site. Make a list of five things that committee does.  (http://www.house.gov/house/CommitteeWWW.shtml)

Chapter 12, Section 3:  How a Bill Becomes a Law

Create a flow-chart that explains how a bill becomes a law (include veto possibilities).

If/When you have finished, take the computer quizzes & tests for chapters 14 and 12. 

There will be a Unit Exam next Wednesday, February 9.

Do not rush through your work just to get it done.  READ and take your time!

iPods for classroom use?

Below is what was distributed along with an iPod touch.  I wonder how it works/worked.

Chapter 14: Follow the chapter link from online textbook resource (found on blog) and select Go Online Activities.

Section 1: Growth of Presidential Power

Write an opinion on how the President's power has increased or decreased. Be sure to give several examples.

Section 2: President’s Appointing Power

Do Presidents have too many political appointees?

Write a brief response in which you either defend this argument or argue a different opinion.

Section 3:  Executive Agreements

Use the figures in the paragraph to create bar charts showing the number of executive agreements and treaties made in the three time periods:

(1) the first 50 years since independence (1776–1826);

(2) from that early period, up to World War II (1827–1940); and

(3) recent decades (1940–1989).

Write a caption for your graphs that identifies the trends shown and the reasons for the trends.

During the first half-century of its independence, the United States was party to sixty treaties but to only twenty-seven published executive agreements. By the beginning of World War II, there had been concluded approximately 800 treaties and 1,200 executive agreements. In the period 1940-1989, the Nation entered into 759 treaties and into 13,016 published executive agreements. Cumulatively, in 1989, the United States was a party to 890 treaties and 5,117 executive agreements. To phrase it comparatively, in the first 50 years of its history, the United States concluded twice as many treaties as executive agreements. In the 50-year period from 1839 to 1889, a few more executive agreements than treaties were entered into. From 1889 to 1939, almost twice as many executive agreements as treaties were concluded. In the period since 1939, executive agreements have comprised more than 90% of the international agreements concluded.

Section 4:  Presidential Veto Power

Read about the types of presidential vetoes and what actions Congress can take once the President vetoes a bill.

Create a flow chart that shows the steps in the veto process and the possible outcomes.