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Mission 1: Two Houses
Congress has two houses. Look at the dots. Then sort the facts.
435
House of Representatives
2-year termsBased on populationLed by the Speaker
100
Senate
6-year terms2 per stateLed by the Vice President
North Carolina: 14 in the House, 2 in the Senate
Mission 2: Draw the Lines
Press and drag across 5 touching voters to draw a district. At 5 it locks in. Tap a locked district to erase it.
Purple: 15 voters (60%)Orange: 10 voters (40%)
District rulesSame size: exactly 5 votersContiguous: every square touches the next (no diagonals)
You just gerrymandered! Orange has only 40% of the voters, but you drew lines so Orange wins 3 of 5 seats. Gerrymandering means drawing oddly shaped districts so one party or group gets more power. The House redraws districts after every census.
Mission 3: Who's in Charge?
Read the clue. Tap the leader it describes.
Mission 4: Send It to Committee
Congress splits its work into committees. Send each bill to the right one.
NEW BILL
~90%of bills die in committee. That's where most of Congress's work happens.
4 kinds of committees
Tap each card to flip it.
Mission 5: Exit Ticket
Tap one answer for each. Then finish the sentence.
5. Finish the sentence:
Gerrymandering is unfair because it makes some people's votes
,
so a party with voters can still win
.