1. Introduction to Congress: Exploring the Government Shutdown
Tuesday, 1/23
Wednesday, 1/24

2. Objective: Students will learn the history of US government shutdowns & how the current shutdown is impacting Americans.
Each group will read an article on the government shutdown
Use the newsprint to write down the following:
A summary of the article;
Impact of the shutdown based on the facts in your article;
A graphic or image relating back to your group’s article.
Hang up your poster when done
Take notes on these posters
A quiz next time on the shutdown. You can use your notes.

3. Links to articles
History of gov’t shutdowns:
Why the gov’t shuts down & why it shut down now:
Shutdown & the economy:
Shutdown & Native Americans:
Shutdown & African Americans:
6) Shutdown & Migrants:
7) Shutdown & schools:
8) Shutdown & Veterans: