Impact of Congress

Today you will study how Congress actually impacts your everyday life.  You will go through an interactive activity that walks you through a typical day to show you how Congress is involved in your everyday life.  From your alarm clock in the morning, to going to school, to going to sleep at night, Congress impacts your life one way or another.

Go to the following website:

http://www.centeroncongress.org/interactive-learning-modules

Scroll down until you see "Impact of Congress".  Click on the picture.

Next click on the house to get started.

Now on your OWN SHEET OF PAPER answer the following questions BY CLICKING ON THE ITEMS.  You do not have to write the questions.  YOU CAN CLICK ON OTHER THINGS IN THE MODULE TO LEARN HOW GOVERNMENT AFFECTS EVERYDAY LIFE!

1.             How does government affect your alarm clock?

2.             What about the weather on the TV?

3.             Go to the bathroom and click on the mirror.  How does Congress affect medicine?

4.             Click the glass on the shelf.  How does government affect water?

5.             Now go back and go to the kitchen; click on the newspaper,  How does government affect the newspaper?

6.             Click the cabinet under the sink.  How does government affect garbage?

7.             How does Congress affect your pets?

8.             Click the back door to get in your car.  How does the government affect roads?

9.             Click the speedometer.  How does government impact speed limits?

10.          Click the car horn.  How does Congress affect safety on the road?

11.          Next click back and then "go to school".  Click on the teacher sign on the desk.  How does Congress affect teachers?

12.          Next click exit to go into the hall.  How does Congress affect libraries?

13.          How does Congress affect the lunchroom?

14.          Click until you "go to work".  Now click on the computer.  How does government affect the workplace?

15.          Click on the blue drill.  How did government impact tools?

16.          Lastly go through town and tell me TWO ways that government impacts our lives.

When you are finished please turn in your paper to me.