1. Warm-up
Pick up a Warm-Up Sheet from the Front Table and find your NEW seat!
Interpret the following quote:
“Government departments are like icebergs."
John F. Kennedy, 1962

2. Objective
Students will be able to determine the function and purpose of several bureaucratic agencies by constructing Cornell notes and composing a well-written BCR.

3. Agenda Warm-up Objective Cornell Notes: Bureaucracy
Classwork: Match the Department
BCR Practice
Review

4. Cornell Notes: Bureaucracy
Get out your notes from last week and add to them!
The essential question for this section is…
How does bureaucracy assist and/or impede the democratic process?

5. Bureaucracy
the many departments, agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, organizations and advisory committees of the executive branch
The bureaucracy helps the executive branch carry out the laws and day-to-day functions of the government in order to maintain order and safety of all citizens.

6. Federal Bureaucratic Agencies
Cabinet Departments – Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Census Bureau
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

7. Maryland Bureaucratic Agencies
State Departments – Aging, Agriculture, Budget & Management, Business & Economic Development, Disabilities, Education, Environment, General Services, Health & Mental Hygiene, Housing & Community Development, Human Resources, Juvenile Services, Labor Licensing & Regulation, Natural Resources, Planning, Public Safety & Correctional Services, State Police, Transportation, Veterans Affairs
Maryland Environmental Service
Maryland Public Service Commission
Chesapeake Bay Trust
Maryland Higher Education Commission

8. Classwork: Match the Department
Find the person that matches you!
If you have a department name, find the description.
If you have a description, find the department name.

9. Classwork: Match the Department
Stand with the person who has the corresponding description or department name.
We will be going around and reading what’s on the strips of paper.
If the description does not match the department, then, as a class, we will find the proper match.

10. BCR Practice
Read the prompt below and answer the question in the form of a BCR!
Even though they are part of the executive branch, bureaucrats are often allowed to actually help determine public policy.
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the above statement.
Should the bureaucracy be able to determine policies affecting the entire nation? Explain.
Include details and examples to support your answer.

11. Homework
Revise and write a summary for any of the notes we did in the last couple weeks!
I will be checking them tomorrow!
You will need them for what we’re doing tomorrow!

12. Did we cover everything?
Students will be able to determine the function and purpose of several bureaucratic agencies by constructing Cornell notes and composing a well-written BCR.