Do your learners struggle to understand the differences between the Senate and the House of Representatives?  Help them develop an understanding of how the US Constitution's clauses affect the Senate's operations. A high-quality social studies resource ensures that high schoolers know how to differentiate between each clause.

Concepts

the united states senate, senators, the vice president of the united states, impeachment, the electoral college, treaties

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Prompt small groups to create a presentation about one of the clauses and how it affects Senate behavior today
• Flip the classroom by asking pupils to do the preparation sections at home

Classroom Considerations

• The fourth lesson in a 20-part unit
  

Pros

• Resource is scaffolded well
• The variety of activities makes it easy to tailor to your classroom
• Evaluation sections could make for an easy assembly of test questions

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.3 RH.9-10.4 RH.9-10.7 RH.9-10.8 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.3 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.7 RH.11-12.8 RH.11-12.9