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Congratulations, your firm (group of 4) has been selected by the Department of Immigration & Naturalization to compete for the contract to produce an informative group of brochures that will be given to all new applicants for citizenship. The purpose of your brochures is to teach about Congress. Your brochures must be informative, easy to read, well designed, and most importantly accurate! Make sure to check the [|Brochure Rubric] prior to beginning the assignment so that you know exactly what is expected of you.

The firm that produces the best brochure will be given the multi-million dollar contract by the INS. Individual members of the firm will receive a bonus (ie. prize from Mrs. C-, to be determined later)

Your brochures must include both well written text and relevant graphics. All information must be cited at the end of the brochure. All photographs must be cited on the photograph.

Your brochures will need explain/include the following terms/ideas:

Bicameral Senate - size of senate and how determined. House of Representatives -size of house and how determined. Requirements to serve in Congress Terms of Congress Committees Gerrymandering Constituents Powers of Congress - Legislative Powers Non-legislative powers - Process of Impeachment - Investigatory Powers - Executive Powers Leadership in Congress - Speaker of House - President of the Senate - President Pro-Tempore - Majority/ Minority Leaders - Majority/Minority Whip Party Caucus How a Bill Becomes a Law Veto How to override a veto Filibuster/ Cloture

It is up to your design firm to decide how many brochures to create and how to split up the information in each brochure. Each brochure should be a tri-fold document that is no more than one page double sided. You may print your brochures in color, but only the final copy. Please print all drafts in black and white to our laptop cart printer.

This assignment is worth a total of 60 points. 40 points will be counted towards the "graded assignment" category and 20 points will be counted towards the "Unit Tests Section."

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