How a Bill Becomes a Law- Reading a Flowchart, Questions, Project

The 22-page, easy-prep resource, How a Bill Becomes a Law- Reading a Flowchart, Questions, Real World Project provides a detailed lesson plan to help students learn how to read a flowchart and interpret the information on them, something students often find challenging. In the process, students learn about the complex process for how a bill becomes a law in Congress. They then answer questions by referring to the flowchart. The lesson plan includes essential and guiding questions, objectives and learning targets that are aligned with the Common Core Standards, a handy reference guide, About this Resource, teacher and student copies of the flowchart, questions, and a key. It also includes a real-world project in which students work in groups or partners to explore a current proposal for a bill, analyze and interpret it, offer their opinions on whether it is a useful bill, as well as their predictions on whether it will make it to the president's desk for a signature or a veto. Students then complete a self-reflection on what they learned about the legislative process as well as their process for creating their presentation. A rubric is included as well.

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• Into Lessons: Creating Schema

--Lesson 1: Overview of the Constitution of the United States of America

--Lesson 2: Origins of the Constitution and Essential Terms

--Lesson 3: The Seven Principles of the Constitution

• Through Lessons: Learning the Content

--Lesson 4: The Preamble: The Goals of the Constitution

--Lesson 5: The Three Branches of  Government: Articles 1, 2, and 3

--Lesson 6: How a Bill Becomes a Law

--Lesson 7: Federalism, Separation of Powers, and Checks and Balances

--Lesson 8: Articles 4, 5, 6, and 7 of the United States Constitution

--Lesson 9: The Bill of Rights Unit (and a Little About Amendments 11-27)

Extras (from the Unit: Every Four Years… The Presidential Election)

--Lesson 10: What Are Your Political Viewpoints?

--Lesson 11: Major and Minor Political Parties

--Lesson 12: A Brief History of Who Can Vote in the United States

--Lesson 13: The Nuts and Bolts of the United States Presidential Election

Beyond Lessons: Summative Assessments

• --The Consitution is a Living Document

• --The Bill of Rights Explained Project: A Project to Assess Knowledge and Understanding