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Legislative Unit

AZ Legislature 2008

4.21

Unit Intro
AZ Issues

4.22

AZ Issues

4.23

4.24

4.25

West Wing

4.28

Bicameral Activity
Parliamentary Procedure Introduction
Parliamentary Procedure definitions
Parliamentary Procedure Chart of Motions
Debate

4.29

4.30

Check in bills and assign to committees
House and Senate Leadership – Committees in Congress
Elect Party leaders
Determine a class majority party
Links to Standing Committees in Congress

Read Chs 10-12

5.1

AZ Issues/principles quiz

5.2

Voter registration, distict assignments, elect party leaders, committee demo

5.3 and 5.5

Standing Committees
Party Caucus
Speaker sets agenda
Standing Committees meet
Speaker sets agenda

5.6 and 5.7

Whole house debate
Legislative Session
Congress from CSPAN

5.8 to 12

Mr Smith

5.13

Unit Review

5.14

Essay exam, in-class. Due at the end of class.
Essay questions posted here

5.16 and 16

Political Ideology

5.24

Final Exam

The Seven Principles of the Economic Way of Thinking and Reasoning

It's all about individual choice - Luck has nothing to do with it; marginal analysis ... everything.

1. People choose.
2. People’s choices involve costs.
3. People respond to incentives in predictable ways.
4. People create economic systems that influence individual choices and incentives.
5. People gain when they trade voluntarily.
6. People’s choices have consequences that lie in the future.
7. The laws of supply and demand affect every aspect of life

Related Standards

2SS-P4. Analyze the structure, powers, and roles of the legislative branch of the United States government, with emphasis on:

PO 1. specific powers delegated in Article I of the Constitution, checks and balances such as veto override, impeachment, Senate confirmation of appointments, and treaties
PO 2. the role of competing factions (The Federalist Number 10)
PO 3. how the lawmaking process operates, including the role of leadership within Congress
PO 4. the influence of the unelected such as staff, lobbyists, and special interest groups

SS-P9. Analyze the structure, power, and organization of Arizona’s government as expressed in the Arizona Constitution, with emphasis on:

PO 3. Arizona’s legislature, its structure, how a bill becomes law, and the impeachment process

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