Essential Question: Who's voice is the loudest in Government?
Four Prompt questions:
1. What is the setting for the cartoon?
The senate room it is a part of the legislative branch, the legislative branch passes laws. The setting is the House Of Representatives.
2. What entrance is open, and what entrance is closed?
The monopolists entrance is open, the peoples entrance is negative because the people who voted them arent allowed to watch what is happening .
3.Who do you think the large men at the back of the room represent?
These people represent special interests.
4. Why would the large men be in the room in the first place?
These special interest groups are trying to influence how the laws will be written.
http://goo.gl/0Ugks: People are angry with their government because they feel that they aren t representing them.
Essential Question: The large people have the loudest voice in the government because they are the wealthiest.
Their responses were striking, though their frustration is not new. Seven in ten said people like them have little say in what their government does; eight in ten said most members of Congress are primarily interested in serving special interests, not the people they ostensibly represent.- CBSnews article
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