The Mini Page — 2007 Activities
HELLO, SPEAKER PELOSI
Issue 12
March 17-23
This week's standards:
Students distinguish among local, state and national governments and identify representative leaders at these levels. (Social Studies: Power, Authority and Governance)
Students understand the role of institutions in furthering both continuity and change. (Social Studies: Individuals, Groups and Institutions)
Activities:
1. Select a female comic strip character who you think might make a good person to help make the laws in this country. Paste the strip on a piece of paper. Then write a sentence telling why you chose the character.
2. Find a newspaper story about the U.S. House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate. Paste the article on a piece of paper. Now circle all the names of representatives or senators with a red marker. Underline words that tell what the representatives or senators are doing with a blue marker (for example, talking about a bill, or voting, or talking to the president).
3. Use the Internet or resource books to research the number of elected women officials in your state. How many representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives are women from your state? Is either of your U.S. senators a woman? What state-level elected offices do women hold in your state? Look for newspaper stories about women officials in your state.
4. Use the information in today's Mini Page to write a paragraph about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Use these questions to guide your writing: What type of speaker do you think Nancy Pelosi will be? What about her background has prepared her for her job? What is your impression of her based on her responses to Mini Page questions?
Standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
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