Government Review: Name That Gopo Tune Review

Day 1- Introduction to Bureaucracy

Materials - Attached

Government Review: Name that GoPo Tune Review

Bureaucracy Introduction

Bureaucracy Infographic

Bureaucracy Video Introduction

Bureaucracy Terms

Bureaucracy Terms Answer Key

Bureaucracy Organization Charts

Materials - Not Attached

Bureaucracy Review Material https://www.jonathanmilner.org/lessons/gopo-pro

Agenda

AIM - Go over Agenda, Intent – introduction to bureaucracy, & Materials

Infographic - Find today’s infographic at https://www.jonathanmilner.org/starters/

Institutions of Government Review: Name that GoPo Tune Review

Work on sheet individually for 5 minutes, in teams for 3 minutes, then share answers with class.

Bureaucracy Introduction – students complete sheet individually, go over as class, discuss.

Bureaucracy Video Introduction

Watch videos and complete Video Introduction sheet

Bureaucracy Infographic

Homework - Bureaucracy Terms – due tomorrow

Hand out Bureaucracy Terms to students.

Assign individuals or teams a term (2 – 11) to define and give example of in class tomorrow.

I share answers for #1) Department and then go over Bureaucracy Organization Charts to illustrate the concept of a department with the FBI organization chart.

Tweet Recap

Students do the following to be shared tomorrow in class with your colleagues:

On paper or on Twitter, share one interesting or surprising fact you learned in class today #apgopo.

You’ll find tons of ancillary materials and links to all the videos and materials when you purchase the entire lesson at https://www.jonathanmilner.org/lessons/unit-4-part-4-bureaucracy

Unit 4 Schedule – Bureaucracy

Day / Topic / Assignment Due
1 / Introduction to Bureaucracy / Come to class ready to learn, learn, learn!
2 / Bureaucracy Terms / Bureaucracy Terms
3 / Bureaucracy Organization / Department Vital Statistics
4 / Making Policy / Making Policy
5 / Regulators / Regulators
6 / Bureaucracy Journal Review / Bureaucracy Journal Review
7 / Bureaucracy Accountability / Bureaucracy Accountability
8 / Locked in the Cabinet / Locked in the Cabinet - 2015
9 / Bureaucracy Project / Bureaucracy Project
10 / Review Day* / All tests and reviews available at https://www.jonathanmilner.org/lessons/gopo-pro

You’ll find tons of ancillary materials and links to all the videos and materials when you purchase the entire lesson at https://www.jonathanmilner.org/lessons/unit-4-part-4-bureaucracy

Name That GoPo Tune Review

Institutions of Government

List a song or lyric that summarizes ______:

· List a song or lyric that summarizes Presidential Powers:

If you've got the money Honey, I've got the time. - Willie Nelson

· List a song or lyric that summarizes the US Presidential campaign system:

Take the Money and Run — the Steve Miller Band

Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd

One More Night – Maroon 5

Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees

Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye

· List a song or lyric that summarizes the evolution of the presidency:

The Times Are A Changin – Bob Dylan

· List a song or lyric that summarizes how a bill becomes a law:

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

Another One Bites the Dust - Queen

· List a song or lyric that summarizes Federal Judiciary:

· List a song or lyric that summarizes the relationship between the 3 branches of government:

Fight the Power – Public Enemy

In teams of four, come up for a best tune for each scenario and submit it to class for a vote.

Bureaucracy Introduction

· Compelling Question

Do we really have a democracy where the people control the government or does the unelected bureaucracy really have the power to control the people?

· Define bureaucracy:

byo͝oˈräkrəsē/

a system of government in which most of the important decisions are made by state officials rather than by elected representatives.

The term "bureaucracy" is French in origin, and combines the French word bureau – desk or office – with the Greek word κράτος kratos – rule or political power.

· List three facts you know about the U.S. federal bureaucracy:

· Write 1 thing you’d like to learn or 1 question about the bureaucracy:

· List five things the U.S. federal bureaucracy does:

· List three specific jobs that are part of the U.S. federal bureaucracy:

· Describe any interaction you have had with the federal bureaucracy:

· Does your interaction with the bureaucracy generally empower or disempower you?

· Vote with your feet

On one side of the room is a large white sheet of paper entitled: The Bureaucracy is Good

On the other side of the room is a large white sheet of paper entitled: The Bureaucracy is Bad

Stand near the sign you most agree with and write one reason you agree on the sheet of paper.

After everyone has taken a position, volunteers will share their reasons and opinions.

Poll the class for a final tally of their opinion on the bureaucracy.

Bureaucracy is Good Bureaucracy is Bad

Take a photo of the winning written arguments and post it to Twitter at @Classroooooooms

Bureaucracy Infographic

¿How has the federal bureaucracy changed over U.S. history?

How accurate was your prediction?
Define US Federal Bureaucracy:
List one example of the US Federal Bureaucracy:
What is the big picture story of this chart?
Is this good news or bad news?
Why do you think the bureaucracy has changed so much?
What is one consequence of the growth of the US bureaucracy?
Considering that we have gone from an agrarian, preindustrial, rural society (see chart below) to the crazy high tech world of today, is it a good thing that our bureaucracy has grown?
Where do you think the bureaucracy will be in another 100 years?
What would the US be like if our bureaucracy hadn’t grown with u

Lots of things have changed over the past two-plus centuries. Some haven’t.

Year / Per Capita GDP / GDP
In Millions / Life Expectancy / National bird / 4th largest city by pop. / Total US pop.
1789* / $1,107 / $189 / 36 years / Eagle / Charleston at 16,359 / 4 million
2014** / $50,010 / $17,348,100 / 79 years / Eagle / Houston, TX
at 2,099,451 / 318.86 million

*The United States ratified the Constitution, inaugurated its first president, and also the first Macaroni Machine was brought to the United States by Thomas Jefferson.

**The biggest hit of 2014 was Pharrell William’s Happy

Bureaucracy Video Introduction

With a blank sheet of paper, make a trifold, dividing the paper into thirds.

Trace a line down the folds to show the three equal portions of the paper.

Repeat on the other side.

On the top of one side of the paper write: #15, on the top of the other side write: #16.

On both sides of paper, at the top of each of one of the three sections write: 3 main points.

At the top of another section write: 3 major facts or terms.

At the top of the final section write: 3 questions.

Watch Bureaucracy Basics: Crash Course Government and Politics #15

https://youtu.be/I8EQAnKntLs

Fill in the #15 side of the paper, listing 3 main points, 3 facts, and 3 questions you have.

Watch Types of Bureaucracies: Crash Course Government and Politics #16

https://youtu.be/tIvUo3bP4Eo

Fill in the #16 side of the paper, listing 3 main points, 3 facts, and 3 questions you have.

Trade your paper with someone else and try to answer at least one of their questions while they answer yours. Return the sheets to their rightful owner.

Bureaucracy Terms

Circle the number you are assigned and be prepared to define + explain your term in class

Term / Definition / Example
1. Departments / The largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in the federal hierarchy. There are 15 departments in all. / Inner Cabinet
Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of the Treasury
2. Independent Regulatory commission
3. Independent Agencies
4. Government Corporations
5. Civil Service
6. Merit System/
Spoils System
7. Office of Personnel Management
8. Implementation
9. Administrative Discretion
10. Rule
11. Federal Register

The Bureaucracy

How does the Congress control it? / How does the president control it?

Bureaucracy Terms Answer Key

Term / Definition / Example
1-Departments / The largest organization in government with the largest mission; also the highest rank in the federal hierarchy. There are 15 departments in all.
Department Agencies
There are agencies within departments such as the Forest Service in the Agriculture Department, the National Park Service in the Department of the Interior, and the Census Bureau in the Commerce Department, that report to their department secretary. / Inner Cabinet
Department of Defense
Department of State
Department of Justice
Department of the Treasury
2-Independent Regulatory Commissions / A government agency or commission with regulatory power designed to be protected from direct presidential control. The members of these commissions are often appointed for long terms, cannot be removed without cause, and are less responsive to political pressure. / Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Federal Election Commission (FEC)
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Reserve Board (The head of the Fed is appointed to 14 year terms)
3-Independent Agencies / Government entities that are independent of federal departments, are generally smaller than departments, and answer to the president. These are headed by administrators (second most senior title in bureaucracy behind secretary). / Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
National Security Agency (NSA)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
4-Government Corporations / Organizations that are established by the government but that act like businesses and thus have more freedom from the rules that control most government agencies, especially in terms of hiring and firing. Government corporations are allowed to make money through sales of tickets, stamps, or home loans. / Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB)
U.S. Postal Service
Amtrak
5-Civil Service / Federal Employees who work for government through a competitive, not political selection process. / Worker for State Department or inspector for Agriculture department.
6-Merit System/Spoils System / Spoils - A system of public employment based on rewarding party loyalists and friends.
Merit - A system of public employment in which selection and promotion depend on demonstrated performance rather than political patronage. / Spoils - "To the victor go the spoils!" Andrew Jackson stocks his government completely with allies in 1829. Patronage system
Merit - Pendleton Act of 1883 after assassination of James Garfield created an independent civil service.
7-Office of Personnel and Management / An agency that administers civil service laws, rules, and regulations.
8-Implementation / The process of putting a law into practice through bureaucratic rules or spending. / Writing checks at the Social Security Administration, inspecting work sites for the OSHA, swearing in new citizens at the INS
9-Administrative Discretion / Authority given by Congress to the federal bureaucracy to use reasonable judgment in implementing the laws. / The Congress makes a vague law regarding air quality and the EPA has to decide how specifically to enforce the law (levels of enforcement, amount of fines, frequency of enforcement).
10-Rule / A precise statement of how a law is implemented. / An Agriculture Department rule tells meat and poultry processors how to handle food. An EPA rule tells automakers gas mileage standards the must follow.
11-Federal Register / The official record of what the federal bureaucracy does. / If the Agriculture Department is going to make new rules governing organic food standards they must put that rule in the Federal Register so that all affected parties can make their opinions known to the agency during the "notice and comment" period.

The Bureaucracy

How does the Congress control it? / How does the president control it?
1. Confirm nominations made by the president to appoint people to departments
2. Appropriate money
3. Create and pass the legislation needed to create these departments
4. Investigate the administration
5. Shape the laws that would be executed by that administration / 1. Nominate people to be appointed to a department... Remove people from departments
2. Shape the direction of the administration
3. Give directives to an agency of what it needs to accomplish
4. Reorganize federal departments
5. Change discretionary spending (but not really mandatory spending)
6. OBM analyzes and makes suggestions on the President's budget and President can use this to cut parts

Bureaucracy Organization Charts

Follow along with these organization charts of the US government, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Make your own organizational chart for one of the 15 departments of the US government and one of that department’s bureaus or sections. Be prepared to show your charts, explain what your department and section do, and fill in the

department vital statistics chart.

Mission

To enforce the law and defend the interests of the United States according to the law; to ensure public safety against threats foreign and domestic; to provide federal leadership in preventing and controlling crime; to seek just punishment for those guilty of unlawful behavior; and to ensure fair and impartial administration of justice for all Americans.

Bureaucracy Organization Charts

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mission

As an intelligence-driven and a threat-focused national security organization with both intelligence and law enforcement responsibilities, the mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.

Priorities

The FBI focuses on threats that challenge the foundations of American society or involve dangers too large or complex for any local or state authority to handle alone. In executing the following priorities, the FBI—as both a national security and law enforcement organization—will produce and use intelligence to protect the nation from threats and to bring to justice those who violate the law.

1. Protect the United States from terrorist attack
2. Protect the United States against foreign intelligence operations and espionage
3. Protect the United States against cyber-based attacks and high-technology crimes
4. Combat public corruption at all levels
5. Protect civil rights
6. Combat transnational/national criminal organizations and enterprises