1. What is the role of the Speaker of the U. S. House of Representatives?
How is that person chosen?
Who serves in that position today?
Where does this position fall in the line of succession to the United States Presidency?
2. What is the role of the President pro tempore of the United States Senate?
How is that person chosen?
Who serves in that position today?
Where does this position fall in the line of succession to the U. S. Presidency?
3. Explain the powers of the office of the President of the Senate ex officio.
Who serves in that position today?
Where does this position fall in the line of succession to the U. S. Presidency?
4. Scrutinize your state's elected government. How many women serve in it?
Who is the highest ranking woman in your state's government?
What office does she hold?
5. Check out your local elected government. How many women serve in it?
Who is the highest ranking woman?
What office does she hold?
6. Many Native American tribes gave women voice and/or authority in their government.
7. The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. It was ratified on August 18, 1920.
How did that person advocate for suffrage?
How has your state recognized the person's efforts? Resource - Women's Suffrage at LOC
8. Which of these facts from Women's History Month: March 2016 @ the US Census Bureau
Extras: Founding Mothers & Daughters of Liberty | A Woman Got it Done! - learn about outstanding women. Examine your Government's Demographic Statistics Constitution - Susan B. Anthony and Right to Vote | Women's Suffrage - recognize a suffragist What is the nature of public service? Wangari Maathai
Challenges: *Compare your state's government with the federal government. Is the line of succession similarly organized?
* The line of succession in the federal government is based on positions, not on the people who hold those positions.
* Sunshine Week - You cannot legislate the weather so what is a sunshine law? * Did you know? July 2, 1776, New Jersey gives "all inhabitants" of adult age with a net worth of 50 pounds the right to vote. Women property holders have the vote until 1807, when the state limited the vote to "free, white males." Who represents you? | Gentle Annie: Civil War Nurse Women remain single | Exceptional Women of Pennsylvania Activity A Note for Freedom project | Outstanding Women of the World Internet Hunts / Nature / Civics / Computers / Puzzles & Projects / PA. Projects / Problem Based Learning / Home January 2007 Cynthia J. O'Hora Save a tree - Use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid , or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work.Be sure to enter your name & the date at the top of the document. Submit via email attachment or class dropbox. Bad things happen: Save a copy of the response document for your records. Proof read your responses. It is funny how speling errors and typeos sneak in to the bets work. How to: Make your own printer ready paper answer sheet with lines. Aligned with the following Pa
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