The Legislative Branch of Government

Today in class, we learned about how the U.S. Constitution sets up the three branches of government and in particular, the legislative branch. We learned that the purpose of the legislative branch is to make laws. We created a vocabulary chart covering some very important terms and then students participated in a group activity where they were to construct their own plan for a legislative branch of government in their "committees." Some students represented small states and some represented large states. The guidelines for the activity are posted below. Please let me know if you have any questions. Note: Due to a shortened class period, 7th period worked on an alternative activity. They completed the vocabulary chart but then they were asked to come up with an idea for a law and construct a letter to one of their representatives requesting that their law be presented as a bill.