The Legislative Branch: Making Laws

Bills on the Move
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/
billsonmove_intro.htm
A three-level matching quiz to show the path a bill takes on its way to becoming a law. Select the correct description from the right and drag it to the left to match the footsteps to show the path a bill takes on its way to becoming a law. When finished, check your score to see if you earn 100% and continue to the next level.

Board Game http://www.whistlestop.org/teacher_lessons/3branches/27.htm
File folder game

Civil Rights
http://www.polytechnic.org/faculty/gfeldmeth/qz30.htm
Multiple-choice quiz about the civil rights era from 1954-1968. For each question, click on the button beside the correct answer. Read each option carefully. When you select the correct answer, an explanation is provided.

Civil Rights Self-Quiz
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/civilrights-vocabulary.htm
An interactive 3-tiered self-quiz about the civil rights era from 1954-1968. Includes a vocabulary quiz and 2 multiple-choice quizzes. You must pass each quiz to advance to the next level of questioning.

The Congress
http://qte.harbrace.com/qte98/owa/exam_response
Duties of Congress quiz

Constitution Test #1 and #2 http://www.constitutionfacts.com/exam.shtml
Multiple-choice tests with specific questions related to bills and making laws and other related topics.

Fun, Facts, and Trivia http://webcommunicator.congresslink.org/classroom%20resources/
funfactstrivia.htm
How a bill becomes a law

Government Puzzle http://www.whistlestop.org/teacher_lessons/3branches/25.htm
Crossword puzzle

How a Bill Becomes a Law http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/teacher_lessons/
3branches/15c.htm
Information and tasks about how both parts of the legislative branch are involved in the lawmaking process

"How a Bill Becomes a Law" Quiz #1 http://lscc.cc.fl.us/forms/levin/quiz_1.htm
Congressman Cliff Stearns proposes a bill banning smoking in all government buildings. Please arrange the following activities in the proper sequence.

"How a Bill Becomes a Law" Quiz #2 http://lscc.cc.fl.us/forms/levin/quiz_2.htm
Arrange the activities below into proper sequence.

"How a Bill Becomes a Law" Quiz #3 http://lscc.cc.fl.us/forms/levin/quiz_3.htm
Please arrange the following activities in sequence. This bill adds breakfast to the school lunch program for migrant workers' children. It is introduced by Senator Bob Graham.

"How a Bill Becomes a Law" Quiz #4 http://lscc.cc.fl.us/forms/levin/quiz_4.htm
Arrange the following steps into proper sequence. Senator Connie Mack introduces a bill for mandatory AIDS testing for all prisoners entering the federal prison system.

I'm Just a Bill
http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/
HTML/history/bill.html
Using music to teach social studies.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Cryptogram
http://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/misc/mlk/cry/
Unscramble the words by placing the correct letter in the shaded boxes. Use the numbered boxes to complete the answer to the riddle.

Sixties Expert...Who Me? -- The 1960's and Civil Rights Legislation
http://www.congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/
1960s-civilrights.htm
This WebQuest was developed to introduce students to the idea that political parties occasionally work together to achieve legislative results. Often the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is assumed to have been strictly the result of Democrats' efforts to guarantee equal rights for all Americans. This assignment clearly shows that civil rights legislation in the mid-1960s owed its passage to the support of both political parties. The lesson asks students to take on the role of an average high school senior asked to do research about the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Write your Own Bill
http://yourcongress.com/writebill.asp
Write, print and send your own bill to Congress in five easy steps.

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