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-- Fun, Facts, and Trivia
March 2005 Issue
The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively.
A House-Senate probe into possible intelligence failures prior to 9/11 revealed there was evidence of a threat to the U.S. homeland. Committee members from the U.S. House and Senate authorized the congressional report mentioned in the story, Intelligence Probe. Use this opportunity to introduce students to the congressional committee system. Have them read Intelligence Probe and answer the listed questions to help them learn about the committees of the House and Senate and their functions. Find Learn about the Congressional Committee System at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/houseofrep/2_legislativebranch.htm.
** COMMITTEE CONFUSION **
1. Where is most of the actual and detail work of legislating conducted?
A) Floor
B) House Rules Committee
C) Standing Committee
D) Caucuses
E) Ad Hoc Committees
2. When a bill passes the House and Senate in substantially different forms, the differences are resolved in…
A) The Rules Committee
B) The cloture process
C) The original standing committee
D) The Senate Select Committee
E) A conference committee
Answers to February's issue of Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/funfactstrivia0205ans.htm.
Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively.
If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel.
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