Week #9 Task List:)

Pick your topic for your research paper
Read Chapter Eleven of Struggle for Democracy textbook
Read Chapter Seventeen of Struggle for Democracy textbook
View Chapter Eleven Presentation (pdf/optional)
View Chapter Seventeen Presentation (pdf/optional)
Complete Worksheet #5 on Chapters 11 & 17
Complete Quiz #5 on Chapters 11 & 17 (two attempts)
Watch a video about our national debt
Take a congressional budget challenge online
Compose two posts for discussion on your congressional budget results
Find a political news article from the internet and write an internet article review (IAR) and respond to another student's IAR.

Chapter Eleven Learning Objectives

After reading Chapter Eleven, you should be able to:

Discuss how Congress is shaped by the U.S. Constitution.
Explain the advantage of incumbency and assess the role of money and interest groups in congressional elections.
Identify the four main types of legislation and show how a bill becomes a law.
Review the differences between the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Understand why the committees and subcommittees are central to an understanding of the legislative process.
Describe the functions of legislative leaders and political parties in Congress.
Decide whether Congress carries out the representative responsibility in a way that can be considered democratic.