Test on Congress Tuesday April 30th

Test on Legislative Branch – It is not easy….spend the time to get ready!

50 points – Multiple Choice, Completion, and Short Answer

1. Facts about Congress (T-chart on House and Senate)

2. Congressional Districts (drew the MN districts and looked at some maps)

3. Committees – types of committees and roles of committees in the functioning of Congress. (read and took some notes)

4. Lawmaking process (chart of the steps in the process

5. Vocabulary (refer to the quiz and which terms we did poorest on)

6. Expressed powers and implied powers of Congress (assignment on powers of Congress)

7. Budget study – Vocabulary, Trends, Spending and Revenue. Don’t worry about the numbers!

8. Know the people who represent you in Congress (There are 3)

Happy Tax Day

With as many of you government students that have asked questions about taxes this semester, I thought I would post this article in honor of the upcoming Tax Day April 15th. Yes the president must pay taxes and this article mentions how much tax the Obama's owed this past year "Obama's Report Their Income Declined in 2012 Tax Returns"

Happy Tax Day,
Mr. Thompson

The Law-Making Process Firsthand

For those of you in US Government class whose favorite words are now filibuster or cloture, or have a strong liberal or conservative view on gun rights/control, here is an article for you. For those of you interested in party politics, the law-making process or just have a general interest in helping yourself do better on your next government test, this article might be for you. Senate Opens Debate on Gun Bill

Happy ICE DAY,
Mr. Thompson

Political Ideology/Philosophy Survey

Hey US Government students. Your assignment is to go to one or more of the websites and take the political philosophy or ideology surveys. Then, once you have been given your results, please write a short entry in the comments section explaining which survey you took and what you learned about yourself from the survey. Be sure to compare your results from this survey and the 25 question one we took in class. Were the results similar or different and how so?

Political Compass - this survey asks a series of questions that you may respond to. Submit your answers and your score will be plotted in a 4 quadrant graph explaining who you are.

Political Typology - respond to a series of prompts based on what you agree most with and then find out how you compare with the rest of America.

Political Survey - Read statements and check whether you agree with statement or not. Then your results will be plotted on a 4 quadrant grid explaining your politics.

Political Ideology Survey - Read statements and respond with whether you agree or not. Submit and find out your results.

Your results should be posted by midnight on Sunday April, 14th. Write it well and complete the task for 10 points.
Enjoy, Mr. Thompson