Easy Simulations: How a Bill Becomes a Law: A Complete Tool Kit with Background Information, Primary Sources, and More to Help Students Build Reading and Writing Skills-and Deepen Their Understanding of How Our Government Works »

Help students gain firsthand knowledge of how our government works with this easy-to-implement, weeklong simulation. After brainstorming real school issues, students form committees, write, present, and revise bills, then vote on them-following the actual steps Congress takes to enact a bill into law. Includes step-by-step directions, plus reproducible student worksheets, primary sources, and rubrics. For use with Grades 5 & Up.