AE Grade 7 Assignment

In your Social Studies class, you have been learning about the Branches of Government.

In your English Class, you have been reading Tangerine, by Edward Bloor.

While listening in on your Social Studies lesson one day about the Branches of Government, all I could think about was the Homeowner’s Association and Paul’s mom in Tangerine!

How can that be?

Think about it.

The Branches of Government all play a unique role in our country. Right?

• The Executive Branch, the President, is responsible for either Passing or Vetoing a Bill.
• The Executive Branch of the Government has the President, Vice President, and all the cabinet members. The President is allowed to pass or veto a bill that the legislature sends him. The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution states that no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice.
• The Leglislation:
• 1. The Legislative Branch writes the bills.
• 2. There are two groups of the Legislative Branch
• 3. There are 100 senators and 435 representatives, a total of 535.
• 4. When the bill is written they need a simple majority to make it a law
• 5. When the representatives and senators meet together they are called the congress.
• 6. A senator serves 6 years.
• 7. A representative serves 2 years.
• 8. The Constitution got started in 1787.
• 9. The first ten Amendments are called The Bill of Rights
• 10.A bill has to go through the Congress to get to the President
• The Judicial Branch:
• The Judiciary explains and applies the laws. This branch does this by hearing and evenually making decisions on various legal cases.
  
  The Judicial Branch is in charge of the court system. There are three different kinds of courts found in the federal court system. The lowest level is the district courts. The 2nd level is the court of appeals. The top level is the Supreme Court.* (http://library.thinkquest.org/J0110221/)

As I was listening to Ms. Rogge's lesson on the Branches of Government, I did make my own Text to World Connection with Tangerine.

In the novel, Tangerine, there is a Homeowner's Association, where all decisions about the community are made.

In the book, who do you think would be the President? Who would be the Judicial System? Who would be the Legislation?

Post your answers here if you wish or type them and turn them into me in the Library!

Mrs. Mitchell