The Legislative Branch: The Senate

Congressional Districts: 108th Congress - Worksheet
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/
houseofrep/congdistricts.htm
Learn more about gerrymandering and how it relates to the reapportionment and redistricting of congressional seats by completing the printable worksheet and using printable maps of the congressional districts - 108th Congress.

Constitution Test #1 and #2 http://www.constitutionfacts.com/exam.shtml
Multiple-choice tests with specific questions related to the legislative branch of our government and other related topics.

Fantasy Congress: Where People Play Politics
http://www.fantasycongress.com/
Fantasy Congress™ offers you the power to "play politics." As in other fantasy sports, you - the Citizen - draft a team of real-life legislators from the U.S. Congress who will score points for your team based on their performance. Join and compete against a league of friends or form a league of your own! You earn points based on the productivity of your chosen Members of Congress and can trade, bench or even drop underperformers.

Government Puzzle http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/25.htm
Crossword puzzle

How a Bill Becomes a Law
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/15c.htm
Information and tasks about how both parts of the legislative branch are involved in the lawmaking process.

Knowing About Congress
http://flashcardexchange.com/flip.jsp?init=216306
Find out how much you already know about Congress, or learn as you go, using the online flashcards that you can flip through, print in a variety of formats with custom fonts and font sizes, or download to a Palm Pilot or Windows CE device.

Learn About the Congressional Committee System
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2002/fyi/lesson.plans/09/18/
intelligence.probe/
Use this opportunity to introduce students to the congressional committee system. Have them read Intelligence Probe and answer the listed questions to help them learn about the committees of the House and Senate and their functions.

The Legislative Branch
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/9.htm
Read "The Legislative Branch" and complete the tasks as individuals or partners using the suggested web sites.

Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/
olc/stu/graphics/xwords/xword07.html
Crossword Puzzle

Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/
olc/stu/graphics/sims/sim07.htm
Redistricting simulation

Political Participation and Voting: Expressing the Popular Will
http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/polisci/patterson/
olc/stu/sa07.htm
Self-assessment multiple-choice and true/false quizzes

Senate Seeker
http://www.senateseeker.com/
An online game where you actually create a candidate and run for Senate! You can run ads to either strengthen yourself or to attack your opponent, you can give speeches about various issues, you can sell out to interest groups, you can fundraise to get money, you can prepare for the debates, and you can visit actual schools.

The Senate - Voice of the States
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/12.htm
Read "The Senate -- Voice of the States" and complete the tasks as individuals or partners using the suggested web sites.

Trivia
http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=9462&origin=
http://www.funtrivia.com/search2_act.cfm_QN_type=
quizzes_AND_searchstring=congress%2C%2Bcongress
%2C%2Bcongress%2C_AND_search1=Go%21
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Worksheet - The Legislative Branch
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/10.htm
Fill in the blanks in the sentences.

Worksheet - Questions for The Senate - Voice of the States
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/13.htm
Fill in the blanks in the sentences and complete the extra credit research.

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