1. Gerrymandering

2. Today’s Objective After today’s lesson, students will be able to…
Explain gerrymandering and its importance
Essential Skill:
Explicitly assess information and draw conclusions

3. Formal Qualifications
House
Age: 25 years
Citizenship: 7 years
Residency: Live in state you represent
Size: 435 members
Term: 2 years
Senate
Age: 30 years
Citizenship: 9 years
Residency: Live in state you represent
Size: 100 members
Term: 6 years

4. But first…Review
What are the requirements to be a representative and senator?
Which part of Congress represents the entire state?
Whose members go up for reelection 1/3 at a time?
Why is the House of Representatives considered more responsive to the will of the people?
Why is the Senate considered to be a more prestigious title?
What is the minimum number of representatives in Congress that a state can have (both senators and members of the House)?
What is an incumbent and is it an advantadge?

5. Leadership Positions Speaker of the House (*John Boehner)
Considered the most powerful member of Congress
Officer of the House and the majority party’s leader
President of the Senate = Vice President (Joe Biden)
Presiding officer of the Senate
President Pro Tempore (Orrin Hatch)
Substitute for presiding officer of the Senate
Longest serving member of the Senate

6. Gerrymandering Video Ideas to know: Census Reapportionment
Every 10 years
Reapportionment
Redistribution of House seats based on changes in state populations