Bradley Daily Work for Upper School Civics

BRADLEY DAILY WORK FOR MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2020

UPPER SCHOOL

CIVICS

CIVICS WORK SHOULD BE SENT FROM YOUR SCHOOL EMAIL TO civics at flps.com

BE SURE ALL WORK HAS AN FLP HEADING WITH YOUR FULL FIRST AND LAST NAME.

WRITE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED.

TODAY’S ASSIGNMENT

WE ARE WORKING IN THE TEXTBOOK, PAGES 278 TO 281, CHAPTER 11, SECTION 2, INTEREST GROUPS

INTEREST GROUPS WORK TO PERSUADE THE GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT PARTICULAR POLICIES AND ADDRESS SPECIFIC ISSUES.

FIRST, READ PAGES 278 – 281.  THEN, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

1) NAME SOME INTEREST GROUPS THAT FOCUS ON THE ECONOMIC INTERESTS OF THEIR MEMBERS.

2) HOW DO INTEREST GROUPS TRY TO INFLUENCE GOVERNMENT DECISIONS?

3) WHAT DOES CONGRESS DO AFTER IT LISTENS TO BOTH SIDES OF AN ISSUE FROM LOBBYISTS?

4) NAME TWO THINGS THAT A LOBBYIST MUST REVEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT.

NEXT, LOOK AT THE GRAPH ON PAGE 280, AND ANSWER THE QUESTION, IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, NEXT TO THE GRAPH.

FINALLY, ANSWER, IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, THE READING CHECK QUESTION ON PAGE 281. READING CHECK>>

YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 6 QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.