Introduction
After the American Revolution our founding fathers were responsible for creating a new government. They wanted to make sure that our new government did not allow any one person too much control or power. They decided to split the government into three parts, with each part having different abilites and powers. They called the parts branches. We have three branches in our government.
They are :
The Legislative Branch
The Judicial Branch
The Executive Branch
In this webquest, you will learn about the abilites and powers that each branch has.
Task
1. Go to this website ; http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/branches_government.htm read the information and click the yellow arrow to play the game.
2. After you're done with the game listed above, write down ur score and list 2 powers for each of the 3 branches (your learn this by playing the game first).
3.Play the Checks and Balances game here at this website; http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/checks_and_balances.htm
4. Try your best to get all of them right, and list a couple of ways each branch checks the other (you learn this by playing the checks and balances game first).
5. Go to this Website and play the activity,try to complete the powers of the President; http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/usa_game/government/executive_branch.htm
6. After you complete the powers of the president, list them down, and go ahead and try completing the powers of other people in the Executive branch.
7. After playing the previous games you should be able to play the following game. This game is more of a challenge then the ones before, so try to get as many right as you can;http://webfc.rockingham.k12.va.us/~aruliffson/Executive%20Branch%20Fling%20the%20Teacher.html
8.If you guessed on any of the questions in the previous games, and got them right, write down the question and answer for it. If anything was confusing in the previous quiz look them up and find the right answers for them (just for your own benefit).
9. Read the page from this website; http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/national/senate.html
10. After that, read this page; http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/national/house.html
11. Read this short paragraph next; http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/government/national/judicial.html
12. After all of that reading you are now ready to play this game; http://www.quia.com/cb/23929.html
13. Go through this website to review everything you've learned, for it will be useful for the quiz and process page.
14. Write a short 4-6 sentence paragraph about the role of a senator or representative , using the information from the previous websites.
Credits
This webquest has been modified and changed from the the below website.
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