Unit Essential Question(s)
Why do people create, structure, and change governments?
Unit Benchmarks
SS.7.CG.3.7 Explain the structure, functions, and processes of the legislative branch of government.
Students will...
• Students will examine the processes of the legislative branch (e.g., how a bill becomes a law, appointment confirmation,
committee selection).
• Students will compare local, state, and national lawmakers (e.g., city/county commissioners/council members; state legislators
[representatives
and senators]; and U.S. Congressmen/Congresswomen [representatives and senators]).
• Students will compare and contrast the lawmaking process at the local, state, and national levels
Unit Vocabulary
legislative branch, Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, Bicameral, Senate pro tempore, Speaker of the House, law, Committees in Congress Appointment. confirmation, committee selection, city/county commissioner, city/county council members, state legislators, state representatives, state senators, U.S. Congressmen/Congresswomen, U.S. Representatives, U.S. Senators, ordinance (local law), statute (state law), act (federal law)
Why do people create, structure, and change governments?
Unit Benchmarks
SS.7.CG.3.7 Explain the structure, functions, and processes of the legislative branch of government.
Students will...
• Students will examine the processes of the legislative branch (e.g., how a bill becomes a law, appointment confirmation,
committee selection).
• Students will compare local, state, and national lawmakers (e.g., city/county commissioners/council members; state legislators
[representatives
and senators]; and U.S. Congressmen/Congresswomen [representatives and senators]).
• Students will compare and contrast the lawmaking process at the local, state, and national levels
Unit Vocabulary
legislative branch, Congress, House of Representatives, Senate, Bicameral, Senate pro tempore, Speaker of the House, law, Committees in Congress Appointment. confirmation, committee selection, city/county commissioner, city/county council members, state legislators, state representatives, state senators, U.S. Congressmen/Congresswomen, U.S. Representatives, U.S. Senators, ordinance (local law), statute (state law), act (federal law)
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