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Learn to control all three branches of the US government! How does a law become law? Follow this decision tree in the life and death of a bill in Congress. Do you urgently need to study legislation? This lesson is designed to cover the basics in one lesson. Students will learn who Congress is, what the Constitution says about the legislature, and how a bill becomes law. They analyze the specific language of the Constitution, compare the House of Representatives and the Senate, and model the legislative process by merging two versions of the same fictitious law. Do you have a 1:1 class? Download fillable PDF versions of these teaching materials below! What does the legislature do? In this overview lesson, students will learn about the structure and functions of the legislature, including the powers of Article I. Students will learn about the bicameral structure of Congress and compare the House and Senate, how they serve and who they serve. Where do we draw the line? Learn how redistribution turns into fraud and how fraud negatively affects people in these areas. Enter the legislative process of Congress. Make the game more meaningful for your student with our suite of activities and tests designed specifically for LawCraft. This easy-to-use expansion pack helps give context and purpose to your game, while also reinforcing and evaluating game concepts. That means deep learning for students and best practices for game-based learning for you! This extension pack uses the Google Presentation Pack and is designed for use with projectors or interactive whiteboards. Members of the House and Senate decide who takes on important leadership roles. Tell students how party leaders set the agenda for Congress with this printable infographic. There are separate infographics for the House and Senate that students can mix and match! Looking for more? Link this infographic witha mini-lesson on congress management. What does it take for a bill to become law? In this WebQuest, students will learn that the process is not easy as they trace the history of the landmark legislation that marked Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a federal holiday. Students will discover how a bill becomes law and appreciate the impact of public lobbying in the process. Do you sometimes want to make the rules? Well, there are people whose job it is to make the rules for this country. These rules are called laws, and the people who make them are members of Congress. Learn about members of Congress and what they do in this WebQuest. Maybe one day you will be! Featured Article: Can You Gerrymander Your Party Into Power? Ella Koeze, Denise Lu, and Charlie Smart Every 10 years after the census, the United States redraws congressional and legislative district boundaries to reflect population changes. This process is called redistribution. Although this process may seem simple, it is anything but. As most state legislatures draw new congressional maps, they are subject to gerrymandering, the deliberate distortion of district maps to give one party an advantage. To help you understand how it works, The Times created an imaginary country called Hexapolis, where your sole mission is to put your party in power. In this lesson we invite you to play. See if you can win, then ask yourself: What does winning mean for democracy? Then check out other articles and videos to see what redistricting and gerrymandering look like in the real world. Before you start maneuvering, familiarize yourself with some of the key terms youll encounter: political party congressional district gerrymandering district disenfranchisement partisanship Write down what, if any, you know about each of these terms. Then find each word and add moreInformation about your definition. Click the link below to play Can You Conquer Your Party to Power? Please read the instructions carefully. After playing the game, read the summary and then answer the following questions: 1. What did you notice while playing? For example, was it easy or hard for you? What surprised you? What was the challenge for you? What strategies have you developed along the way? Did you manage to bring your party to power? 2. If you managed to manipulate your way to power, you saw the message: Good for your party, but not good for democracy. What do the authors mean? 3. What does it mean to make a space compact? Why is it important to create compact hiding places?4. What is chop and pack? Did you use any of these strategies when creating your maps? How do they work to consolidate party power?5. How can the newly adopted map of Texas be an example of partisan machinations? The Voting Rights Act of 1965 prohibits watering down the votes of people of color. How did you see the impact of this law on the game? Why do you think Congress outlawed such racial fraud? 7. How does the Hexapolis redistribution compare to US practice? What have you learned about redistribution and cheating by playing this game? Option 1. Play again... and again. Try playing again in the same group or in a different group. What additional ideas did you come up with? Did you use any of the strategies you learned? how they worked Is it easier for the yellow side or the purple side to win? why do you think? In a Times Insider article on the development of this game, Charlie Smart, one of the developers, explained what he hopes readers will learn from this: Mr. Smart said that while the juggling cards look a bit wobbly, the basic mechanics of the cheat are understood, Whether in real life or in a simulation, dont get confused. The tool also makes it easy to see how the policies work

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