Welcome to American Government.
This wiki pathfinder was created for Ms. Wilson's class to assist in completing the Unit 11 project.
Your groups' topics are from your textbook, United States Government, Unit 2: the Legislative Branch include the following sections: The House of Representatives, The Senate, Congressional Committess, Constitional Powers, Congress and the President, How a Bill Becomes Law. Here is the Rubric for the project.
Here you will find information on Internet sites and our library databases to help you complete your project. Please contribute to this wiki by adding credible internet sites/databases and your comments on the resources.
Remember to follow UHS Acceptable Use Guidelines.
DATABASE RESOURCES
Subscription Library Databases from UHS LIBRARY HOME PAGE
(Databases require a name and password found on our library bookmarks or library moodle page)
ABC-CLIO American Government
When putting in a search term (i.e. Legislative) look for the sections- Activites, Discusion Topics and Visuals for some teaching ideas
ABC CLIO- History Reference Center
Put in your terms in the box as a keyword search or search the specific title in this e-book collection: The Legislative Branch of The Federal Government
INTERNET RESOURCES
THOMAS
Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.
Ben's Guide to the US Government
GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government.
This page of Ben's guide (from the GPO) is geared for grades 9-12 and has the following sections
Our Nation |
Historical Documents |
Branches of Government |
How Laws Are Made
National versus State Government |
Election Process | Citizenship |
Games and Activities
Glossary |
U.S. Government Web Sites for Kids
The Dirksen Congresional Center: The Dirksen Congressional Center is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization in Pekin, Illinois, that seeks to improve civic engagement by promoting a better understanding of Congress and its leaders through archival, research, and educational programs.
Note: Look at some of the tabs at the top of this page and please note On each section, links are on the Bottom Right Corner of the brown border!
CONGRESS FOR KIDS
CONGRESS LINK CongressLink provides information about the U.S. Congress -- how it works, its members and leaders, and the public policies it produces. CLICK on the links on the bottom right titled:
ABOUT GOVERNMENT
CONGRESSLINK
CSPAN CLASSROOM
Lots of great video clips and discussion questions! The site is broken into different sections. There is a section for each branch of the government. To access the videos log in using my username: unionvillehs password:unionvillehs
Create Crossword Puzzles
Easily create crossword puzzles just by entering the words and clues.
OTHER RESOURCES
Comments (1)
MLockhart said
at 2:04 pm on Mar 26, 2009
The thomas website helped me learn some things about Congress,
about powers and legislative rules for the power point.
Thanks.
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