THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

SCAVENGER HUNT
 The Legislative Branch,
THE LEGISLATIVE otherwise known as Congress, is
the Law Making Branch
BRANCH-
OVERVIEW
Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution
gives Congress its powers and
limits.

Congress is the legislative branch of

the government, meaning they are
the ones to make laws for the
United States of America.
 IT’S TIME TO HUNT!!!

• Today you are going to participate in a scavenger hunt to learn more

about the Legislative Branch.
• You will work either individually or with a partner to complete this
activity.
• You will use iPads to follow along with this PowerPoint.
• Read the slide that goes along with the questions on your handout.
Click on the links to find the missing information, and record your
answers as you go.
• After 20 minutes your table will collaborate and share your findings.
• Have fun!
• Click here to learn
more about the set-
up of the Legislative
Branch
• What is another name
for the Legislative
Branch?
• This branch is broken
up into two parts. What
does that make it?
What are they called?
• What are some of their
powers?
 THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES

• Click here to learn more about one of

the two parts that make up the
Legislative Branch
• How many Representatives are currently in office?
• How often are they elected? How long do they serve?
• Why does each state have a different number of
representatives?
 FINDING THE
NUMBER OF
REPRESENTATIVES

• Use the link here to discover

how the Government chooses
how many Representatives
each state will have.
• Explore the website to see the
connection between the
population of each state and its’
number of Representatives
• Record the total for each state
listed on the worksheet.
• Click here to
learn more
about the other
part of the
Legislative
Branch, the
Senate. THE SENATE
• How many
representatives are there
for each state? Why?
• How long do they serve?
• How often are they
elected?
 WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED

• Click here to watch a Brainpop video

about the process a bill goes through to
become a law. We will be diving deeper
into this topic tomorrow.
• Soon I will have you share your learning
with your table members.