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Have a seat and let’s watch the NEWS!! WELCOME BACK!! Have a seat and let’s watch the NEWS!! 10 minutes

Yates and Hoben need 10 minutes or so to explain the switch away from Notebooks to Folders New folder system!!

On the paper provided, your team will write down all the things you can remember about the executive branch of Government. The team with the most accurate facts WINS!! 10-15 minutes to let them write things down and discuss/review the Exec Branch The executive branch

Re-read: Principles of the constitution 30 minutes to re-read and review the next two slides

The United States Government is made up of three separate and equal branches each with their own powers. Legislative – Makes Laws Executive – Enforces Laws Judicial – Interpret Laws Separation of Powers

No single branch of government has much more power than the other two = balanced. Each branch was given powers to check or STOP the other two. This idea here was to prevent any of the branches from becoming too strong. Checks and balances

The legislative branch has Two Houses of Congress House of Representatives Senate 435 members based on each states population Represent the people who live in their districts Resident of the US for 7 years Must be 25 100 members – 2 per state Represent their entire state Resident of the US for 9 years Must be 30 A few minutes to hit the high points (I plan on pointing out that we call the Leg Branch CONGRESS in this country only The legislative branch has Two Houses of Congress

We are going to create a set of vocabulary flash cards for this Unit because there are SOOOOOOOO many words!!! Index cards

THE words Declare war Impeachment Necessary and proper Committees Majority leader Majority vote Minority leader President pro tempore of the Senate Speaker of the House Special interest groups THE words