Government Mobile
1. Take 3 Cards and Label them: Legislative (1 card),
Executive (1 card), and Judicial (1 card)
2. Take 3 More Cards & find the following information for each of the 3
branches:
Legislative Branch, 1 card (pg. 490, top left chart)
1. What are the names of the Two Houses?
2. What is the term length for each house?
3. How old does each person need to be for each house?
4. How long does each person need to live in Texas in order to serve?
5. How often and how long are the sessions for each house of the
Texas Legislature?
Executive Branch, 1 card (pg 495-498)
1. Who are the members of the executive Branch? (At least 7)
2. How old does the governor need to be?
3. How many years does the governor need to live in Texas?
4. Where does the Texas Governor live?
5. Who sets the governor’s salary?
Judicial Branch, 1 card (pg. 499-501)
1. What are the two types of laws in Texas?
2. Describe the following: trial courts, Justice of the Peace and
municipal courts, county and district courts, appeals court
3.
Take 3 more cards and give a job description of each of the Branches of
government (1 branch on each card). Be sure to use your chart, and the
pages mentioned above.