CECsst.197 TITLE: CIVICS JEOPARDY AUTHOR: Janice Steib, Jefferson Parish; Marrero, LA GRADE LEVEL: Appropriate for high school 9 - 12. OVERVIEW: The following "game" is a review activity that classes have used to prepare for semester exams. PURPOSE: Students often believe that learning has to be dull. This activity has been successful and has made review and learning "fun". Students become very competitive. They do not always realize that while they are having fun they can be learning. OBJECTIVE: The student will participate in a semester review of important terms and ideas. MATERIALS NEEDED: The game board requires a blackboard or overhead. Each student needs a copy of the rules. ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES: The teacher should give each student a copy of the game rules. This activity can be organized to last one hour or more. If reinforcement is desired a copy of the questions can be assigned as homework after each round is completed. Large grouping encourages many students to participate. Students can be assigned to keep score or even read the "answers". The winning team can receive something extra like a free-homework pass, pencils, or candy. TYING IT TOGETHER: For a homework assignment give the students a handout of the questions covered by the rounds completed. This can make review for major tests "fun". CIVICS JEOPARDY Game Rules: A large drawing of the game board will be put on the board. The top row of spaces will be filled with the category headings (RESPONSIBILITIES, INFORMATION GOOD OR BAD, TAXES, MISCELLANEOUS, ETC.) The class will be divided into two teams. A person from Team 1 will be asked to pick a category and a point value. For example, someone might choose "PLACES for 40." The teacher will then ask a question about a place mentioned in the material you have just reviewed. The first person on either team to raise their hand will be asked to answer. A correct answer earns the team "40" points. If a wrong answer is given, the team loses "40" points. A team also loses "40" points if a person raises their hand but does not given an answer immediately when called upon. The person who gives the correct answer will choose the next category and point value. When a space is chosen, it will be crossed out and cannot be picked again. When a wrong answer is given, the teacher will give to right answer. A new category and point value will then be picked by the person who gave the last correct answer. One person cannot answer twice in a row for their team. Categories for round one include: DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES; INFORMATION-GOOD AND BAD; TAXES; MISCELLANEOUS; SUNDRIES; STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT; CONSUMERS; and ELECTIONS. ROUND 1 ____________________________________________________ |DUTIES| | | | | STATE| | | |RESPON| INFO |TAXES| MISC| SUND| LOCAL| CONS| ELEC| |______|______|_____|_____|_____|______|_____|_____| 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 |__________________________________________________| DURING ROUND 2 THE POINT VALUE DOUBLES ( 20, 40, 60, 80, & 100). *************************************************** CIVICS JEOPARDY --- ROUND 1 DUTIES-RESPONSIBILITIES 10 __________ Citizens help finance government by paying these. 20 __________ American citizens should follow and obey all of these. 30 __________ American citizens can actively participate in government by doing this. 40 __________ Citizens can show their concerns and support of their government as members of what group? 50 __________ It is a citizens responsibility to keep their neighborhood safe by cooperating with this local agency. INFORMATION GOOD AND BAD 10 __________ Visual sources of information that are used by good citizens to keep abreast with current events. 20 __________ An error of reasoning that takes attention away from the important thing. 30 __________ "Governor Edwards is voting for Mr. Clinton. So should you." 40 __________ Having well-known people support candidates or issues. 50 __________ The technique using vague statements that everyone agrees with is? TAXES 10 __________ The federal government obtains most of the money it needs from this source. 20 __________ The tax charged on the amount of money a person makes. 30 __________ Taxes on many of the things one buys in stores 40 __________ Money that must be paid on the value of property left to heirs. 50 __________ The tax on luxury items. MISCELLANEOUS 10 __________ Inherited government in which one person rules. 20 __________ Government in which the people hold the final authority. 30 __________ Rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution to all citizens 40 __________ Each branch of government has powers to limit the powers of the other two. 50 __________ Procedural rules governing the steps followed in legislative assemblies. SUNDRIES 10 __________ One can not be punished for a crime before the law is passed. 20 __________ Congress can not withhold the right of a jailed person to be brought before a judge. 30 __________ Clause which allows Congress the authority to carry out and expand its powers. 40 __________ Body that must find there is enough evidence to indict or officially accuse a person of a crime. 50 __________ Supreme Court case that protected against self incrimination. STATE & LOCAL 10 __________ Qualification that all state legislators must possess. 20 __________ Term of office for a state legislator. 30 __________ Local governments are created by this government. 40 __________ A government that serves people who live in an urban area. 50 __________ Year when all fiscal sessions are held. CONSUMERS 10 __________ A plan for spending. 20 __________ Insurance payments. 30 __________ Money in the bank is protected by this agency. 40 __________ Situation in which an individual is unable to pay his/her debts. 50 __________ A summary of a persons personal history, education and job experience. ELECTIONS 10 __________ In the U.S. the age at which one can vote according to the 26th Amendment. 20 __________ Members of Congress that are elected by districts. 30 __________ Members of Congress elected on a statewide basis. 40 __________ Term that refers to the 538 presidential electors. 50 __________ Election in which citizens choose those party members who will run for office. **************************************************** CIVICS JEOPARDY --- ROUND 2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 20 __________ Name of legislative branch. 40 __________ A two house legislature. 60 __________ Combination of the New Jersey and Virginia Plan. 80 __________ House of Congress that generates money bills. 100 _________ As a check on the President only the Congress can do this. EXECUTIVE BRANCH 20 __________ Head of the executive branch. 40 __________ As a check on Congress, the President can do this. 60 __________ Length of a presidential term. 80 __________ Serves as president of the Senate. 100 _________ An appointed group of presidential advisors. JUDICIAL BRANCH 20 __________ Customary laws that develop from judges decisions. 40 __________ Laws passed by a legislature. 60 __________ Court that has the power to set aside a state law. 80 __________ Power of federal court to declare invalid the laws that violate the constitution. 100 _________ Supreme court case that held that all people should have the right to legal counsel whether or not they can afford it. SUNDRIES 20 __________ Chief economic problem facing the state of Louisiana. 40 __________ Organization of people with similar ideas on public issues that work to put their candidate in office. 60 __________ Kind of court case in which two neighbors argue over the exact dividing line between their property. 80 __________ Kind of case generated by offenses against individuals or society. 100 _________ Sources of revenue to build large projects like the Superdome. AMENDMENTS 20 __________ The first ten amendments to the Constitution. 40 __________ Freedom of religion, speech, press, and petition. 60 __________ Protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures. 80 __________ Guarantees the right to a speedy, public trial by jury. 100 _________ No one shall lose life, liberty, or property without due process of law. TRIALS 20 __________ Every accused has a right to be represented by this person. 40 __________ Until a person is proven to be guilty, what is he presumed to be? 60 __________ If a person believes that he did not receive a fair trial, he has the right to do this. 80 __________ Allows a person to be released until a trial date. 100 _________ The accused has a right to a trial by this group of peers. MISCELLANEOUS 20 __________ Form of city government in which the council makes the laws and the mayor the laws are executed. 40 __________ The branch of Congress that has the power to approve treaties. 60 __________ The chief diplomat for the United States. 80 __________ Local government obtains this money from the federal government. 100 _________ Parish official who is responsible for establishing the value of property. **************************************************** CIVICS JEOPARDY --- ANSWERS Round 1 DUTIES-RESPONSIBILITIES STATE & LOCAL 10 taxes 10 residence 20 laws 20 4 years 30 voting 30 state government 40 political parties 40 municipality 50 local police 50 even year INFORMATION GOOD AND BAD CONSUMERS 10 television or newspapers 10 budget 20 red herring 20 premium 30 bandwagon 30 FDIC 40 testimonial 40 bankrupt 50 glittering generalities 50 resume TAXES ELECTIONS 10 taxes 10 18 years 20 personal income 20 Representatives 30 sales 30 Senators 40 estate tax 40 Electoral College 50 excise tax 50 primary MISCELLANEOUS 10 monarchy 20 democracy 30 civil rights 40 checks and balances 50 parliamentary SUNDRIES 10 expost facto law 20 habeas corpus 30 elastic clause 40 grand jury 50 Escabedo v. Illinois **************************************************** CIVICS JEOPARDY --- ANSWERS Round 2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TRIAL 20 Congress 20 lawyer 40 bicameral 40 innocent 60 Great Compromise 60 appeal 80 House of Representatives 80 bail 100 declare war 100 jury EXECUTIVE BRANCH MISCELLANEOUS 20 president 20 mayor-council 40 veto 40 Senate 60 4 years 60 President 80 vice-president 80 revenue sharing 100 cabinet 100 assessors JUDICIAL BRANCH 20 common law 40 statutory law 60 Supreme Court 80 judicial review 100 Gideon vs. Wainwright SUNDRIES 20 unemployment 40 political party 60 civil 80 criminal 100 bonds AMENDMENTS 20 Bill of Rights 40 First Amendment 60 Fourth Amendment 80 Sixth Amendment 100 Fifth Amendment