You'll be using three main resources: the World Factbook, Culture Grams, and Encyclopedia Britannica.

OBJECTIVES

• Investigate your country’s law-making body through the above three sources (click on the source name to take you directly to the website).

• Answer the questions below in NoodleTools Notecards that YOU create. Copy this Noodle Tools project to begin.

• After you copy the Noodle Tools Project, share your Inbox with Melissa.

  1. Click the PLUS sign (+) under the Sharing Column. [You have to hover your mouse there to get the + to appear.

  2. Click on the SHARE box to the right of Share with a Teacher's Inbox. Type in Melissa's name and pick your class period.

• Every notecard MUST have:

  1. An MLA Source

  2. The Question Written Out that you are answering

  3. A paraphrase of the answer to the question from the source in card

  4. MY IDEAS - completed that shares your thinking regarding how that information informs you to compare/contrast/recommend

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER:

• What is the name of your country’s legislative branch?

• How many houses make up the legislature?

• What are the names of the legislative houses?

• How many people make up those houses?

• How do the people in the houses get their jobs?

• Who do they represent?

• What leadership roles exist in those houses?

• How is legislation passed in your country?

• How long is a term?

• Are there term limits?

• How many political parties are there in your country? 

• What are the names of some of them?

• When is election day?

JUDICIAL BRANCH RESEARCH.