Open Bills in Congress.... mskuburas.blogspot.com

Overview: You will be researching a bill that is currently open in Congress. After reading about and familiarizing yourself with the bill, you will write a 3 paragraph essay describing the bill and giving your personal opinion on whether this bill should be passed or not. You need to back your opinion with reasoning. You may research facts to support your opinion.

Paragraph 1: Title of bill, date introduced, name of representative or senator that introduced the bill, party of the representative or senator (Republican, Democrat) and a short 1-2 sentence preview of what the bill is about.

Paragraph 2: More thorough description of the bill and some facts about the topic of the bill

Paragraph 3: Your opinion of the topic and bill, Would you vote for this bill if you were a representative or senator in Congress?  

To find an open bill in Congress  CLICK HERE

Further instructions:

Type your essay in a word document. The font should be size 12.  Font style should be easy to read (Arial or Times New Roman)

Make sure to pay attention to mechanics and grammar.

Bill of Rights Glogster

Using Glogster.com create a digital poster telling about the first 10 amendments of the Constitution.

You need to include text boxes to write about the Bill of Rights (which are the first 10 amendments of the Constitution... these can be found on page 221 of our textbook)

You also need to include one image or video for each amendment.

Checklist

Do you have the following?

Amendment 1                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 2                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 3                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 4                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 5                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 6                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 7                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 8                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 9                             _____ Description           _____ Image or Video
Amendment 10                           _____ Description           _____ Image or Video

Citizenship Passport

This passport will be due on Thursday! 

Cover Page


Your Information (Page 2)

  *****************Follow this format! Include only the things below:

---This page is horizontal. Include a picture of yourself, your last name, first name, and date of birth!



MY DUTIES (Page 3)

This page is VERTICAL!!! The heading should say My Duties! List the duties required by law here! Make it pretty and colorful. 

 MY RESPONSIBILITIES(Page 4)

This page is VERTICAL!!! The heading should say My Responsibilities and should list the responsibilities of citizens listed in the book. Remember make it pretty and colorful ;)


 Getting Involved (Page 5-6)

These pages are also VERTICAL!!! Design at least 5 stamps to represent your duties, responsibilities, and to list specific ways you might get involved. 

     JUST SOME EXAMPLES!!!