Copy the question, use the maps on pages to answer; Please have planner out and on your table. 1)According to the 2000 map, which states gained the most representatives? 2)According to the 2000 map, which states lost the most representatives? 3)According to the 2000 map, which state has the most representatives? 4)According to the 2000 map, how many representatives does Alabama have in the House of Representatives? 5)How many representatives did Alabama have in 1950?

 Explain how Congress is organized  Examine the roles of committees in Congress

oNext Test – Chapter 4 test will be on Thursday, 3/1 o5 AR books read and passed by 3/13 oEnd of grading period is 3/13

Bell ringer T – Chart on Congress Video – The Congress Ch. 4 test

____ members allotted by population Each state divide into _____ Which includes roughly same number Of constituents Representatives serve _____ year terms Usually focus on their own _______ Rather than the whole state Framers designed it so that members of House would be _____ to the people than the Senate

1.You use it between your head and your toes, the more it works the thinner it grows. What is it? 2.A father's child, a mother's child, yet no one's son. Who am I. 3.Why can't you take a picture of a man with a wooden leg? 4.How can you give someone $63 using six bills, without using any one dollar bills? Please write down question (4); Please have planner on your table.

 Explain how Congress is organized  Examine the roles of committees in Congress

oNext quiz – Ch. 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday, 3/8 o5 AR books read and passed by 3/13 oEnd of grading period is 3/13

Bell ringer T – Chart on Congress Video - Bullying

_____ members allotted by population Each state divide into ______ Which includes roughly same number Of constituents Representatives serve ______ year terms Usually focus on their own ______ Rather than the whole state Framers designed it so that members of House would be closer to the _______ than the Senate _____ members – 2 from Each state Represent the entire ______ Rather than a particular district Serve _____ year terms Terms are _______ so that 1/3 Of Senate is up for election Every 2 years Staggered terms ensures A certain amount of _____ And ______

Read page138, copy statement and fill in the blanks; Please have planner out and on your table. 1.The Framers of the Constitution intended to make the _____ more powerful than any other branch. 2. Congress is described in ____ of the Constitution. 3. Each term of Congress starts on January 3 rd of _____ numbered years. 4. A typical session of Congress lasts from January until _____. 5. A ____ occurs when Congress gathers to hear the State of the Union Address.

 Explain how Congress is organized  Examine the roles of committees in Congress

oNext quiz – Ch. 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday, 3/8 oPride Break on Friday, March 9 th (???) o5 AR books read and passed by 3/13 oEnd of grading period is 3/13

Bell ringer 4 Types of Committees Video – Congress Congressional Leadership

Standing ________ Committee that Works from session To session (q); Sen.  ___; House  ____ Select Created to do a special Job for a _________ Of time (t) ; for example …

Joint Committees that include Members of both ______ and the ______ Conference Temporary committee which Helps House & Senate Agree on details of a ________ ________(q)

is the most Powerful leader in the HoR (t) Person who usually acts as Chairperson of the is Pro Tempore (q) (for time being) (q) Steers through House And influences most other House business Usually filled by a member Of party and is more Ceremonial Real leaders in “C” are (q); Make sure laws are Passed in best interest of own parties; Floor leaders are helped by party “whips” or second in command

Read Pages 151-2; Copy statements and fill in the blanks; Please have planners out and on table. 1. According to Constitution, to run for ____, you must be at least 30 years old and live in the state you plan to represent. 2. Members of the House of Representatives must be at least _____, and live in the state they represent. 3. Nearly half of all members of Congress are _____. 4. Members of Congress receive an annual salary of ______. 5. The Constitution grants senators and representatives, _____ in certain situations.

 Identify the powers given to the Constitution  Cite the powers that the Constitution denies Congress

oNext quiz – Ch. 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday, 3/8 oPride Break on Friday, March 9 th (???) o5 AR books read and passed by 3/13 oEnd of grading period is 3/13

Bell ringer Outline – The Legislative Powers of Congress 8 review questions you should know for 6-1, 62 quiz HWK – Ch. 6 Vocabulary Activity

Framers (146) 1. Could not foresee every that arises 2. Article 1, Section 8 spells out the major powers of Congress ( powers) Necessary and Proper Clause (146) 1. Powers that Congress has because of Necessary & Proper clause are powers 2. Clause 18 is often called the Clause Making laws (146) 1. Congress can pass laws governing all federal Property including Can also establish and federal courts Power to Tax (147) 1. All tax bills or other revenue bills must start in the Framers believe that those closest to people Should be ones to propose

What is an oddly shaped District designed to Increase the voting Strength of a particular Group? What is the term For the people Represented by A congressperson. What a population Count that is taken Every ten years Called? What are the Permanent committees In the Senate and H of R that continue their Work from session to Session called? Committees that are Created to help the House And the Senate agree on Details of a proposed law Are called what? Who are real leaders In the Senate and Most powerful players In the H of R? The person who Usually acts as the Chairperson of the Senate is whom? What is a Latin Phrase which means “for the time Being”?