Federalism Web-quest

Follow the directions to answer the questions below. Type all answers in a word document.

MAKE SURE TO ANSWER ALL THE PARTS OF THE QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1. Go to http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_fedr.html

a. Question #1: List and define the three types of governments discussed in this article.

i. Question #2” Which one do you think it best? Explain why with details

b. Scroll down to the second line across the page. Beneath it are the definitions of the three parts of Federalism...Use them to answer the question below

i. For answer #3: (pick A, B, or C) Which group of answers are in the correct order for the blanks?

Federalism is the idea that all of the power of the national government was divided between ______________ powers which are powers reserved by the states, _________________ or delegated powers which are given to the National government by the states and ______________ powers which are shared by both State and Federal Governments.

A -- Concurrent, Reserved, Granted B -- Reserved, Granted, Concurrent C – Granted, Concurrent, Reserved.

2. Go to http://go.hrw.com/hrw.nd/gohrw_rls1/pKeywordResults?keyword=st9%20federal%20system

a. Use the chart to answer the following questions about Federalism

i. State which government has the power to do the following (either Federal, States or Both)

1. Answer #4: Power to tax?

2. Answer #5: Establish Post Offices?

3. Answer #6: Control Public Education?

4. Answer #7: Establish local governments?

3. http://quizlet.com/3490378/federalism-chart-flash-cards/

a. Review the definitions on the flashcards of the three parts of federalism

b. Click on the blue box SCATTER to play a game to test your knowledge.

c. Answer #8 - What was your time score for the game?

Now that you know about the levels of our government, let’s look at each level starting with the Federal Government:

4. www.congress.gov

a. Scroll down to the middle bar below the six pictures and put in “SC”.

b. Answer #9: List the representatives and their party in the United States House of Representatives.

c. Answer #10: List the two Federal Senators and their party.

i. Click on Sen. Scott----Then click on his website. Look at Previous Political Experience ---

1. Answer #11: Before becoming a senator, what was his most recent political position?

2. Answer #12: What committees is he currently on?

3. Click on http://www.governor.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx

4. Answer #13: You see that it says our Governor is (who)_________, we know that this will change but…Which set off responsibilities is the Governor responsible for under Federalism?

a. Concurrent b. Reserved c. Granted/Delegated

5. Go back to the www.congress.gov homepage. Look at the six pictures across the middle of the page

a. Within the Senate and House, give me the name, party and state of the …

i. Answer #14: Senate Majority leader

ii. Answer #15: Speaker of the House

iii. Answer #16: House Majority Leader

iv. Answer #17: President of the Senate – What other job does he have?

b. Click on http://media.cq.com/pub/demographics/

§ At the top you see filters with buttons that are checked. Clear these. You will have to do each individually. Remember, for % you divide the total into the number your filter gives you. Example. If there are 435 Representatives and 82 are wearing ties, the % would be 82/435 = .1885. That would round to 19%.

§ There are 3 age groups ---Answer #18: What age group makes up the greatest % of Congress? The smallest?

§ Clear tabs Click on gender ----- Answer #19: Within Congress, what is the % of men and women?

§ Clear tabs. Click ethnicity. ---- Answer # 20: List the top 3 ethnicities and their % in Congress.

§ Click tabs . ------- Answer #21: What body has the largest # of Democrats? of Republicans ?

· Answer #22: Click on Federal Agencies. http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/index.shtml

Select an Agency of interest to you. Click the hyperlink to that department’s website.

Write a couple of sentences about what the agency does.

§ Click on http://thomas.loc.gov/home/LegislativeData.php?&n=BSS&c=113

§ Under the search term, type in a topic. Scroll down to “ Stage in Legislative Process” and click on “ Introduced to House”. Find the number of bills that deal with that issue that were introduced into the House. Answer #23: For example “Education”

6. http://www.gpo.gov/ Click on upper left tab. This is the site of the Congressional Record

a. Click on “ About GPO” at the top left corner.

b. Answer #24: What do you think the Congressional Record is?

c. Arrow back.

d. Answer #25: Click on Kids Page” Bens Guide to US Government.”. ( bottom left) Click on 9-12. Click games and activities. Click interactive games. Chose one and play to completion. Write a couple of sentences explaining what it was about.

7. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

a. Time to do some research on our nation. The CIA’s world factbook provides statistics on every nation in the world. It has a HUGE AMOUNT of statistics. Upper right of the page has a drop down menu that will allow you to select the United States.

b. Clicking the + to the right of each category will open up the tab of statistics for you.

c. Answer #26: Find a statistic of interest to you under the people tab. Write down the statistic for the U.S. and compare it to another major country around the world using the “Country comparison number”

d. Answer #27: Find a statistic of interest to you under the government tab. Write down the statistic for the U.S. and compare it to another major country around the world using the “Country comparison number”

e. Answer #28: Find a statistic of interest to you under the economy, communication, or transportation tab. Write down the statistic for the U.S. and compare it to another major country around the world using the “Country comparison number”

8. http://sc.gov/pages/external.aspx?http://www.scstatehouse.gov/house.php

a. Answer #29: Look At the tab “ Find your legislator” – Who is our state rep What party?

b. Answer #30: Same thing for our State Senator..

c. Answer #31: Click on http://sc.gov/pages/external.aspx?http://www.sccounties-scac.org/profiles/anderson.htm For Anderson County

i. Answer #32: What is the population of Anderson County?

ii. Answer #33: What was the average wage in 2010?

iii. Answer #34: Select one other category, list it, write down the number that interests you most and explain why you picked this information.

PRINT YOUR ANSWERS. MAKE SURE YOUR NAME IS ON PAPER!!.