Classroom and learning materials

Explore the legislative process through various activities.

Discover Washington government and gain an understanding of how the process works, the key players, and why it functions the way it does.

Learn about symbols, cities, and Washington’s history from this coloring book.

10 ideas to bring civics to your students.

Explore the operating budget by playing the roles of budget negotiators. Students work in teams to compromise among a variety of competing priorities and create a balanced budget proposal.

Students select bill topics and play or design their own Chutes and Ladders-style game that takes them through the steps of the legislative process

Legislative committee members discuss their opinions on bills, vote on amendments, and decide if the bills should move to the next step of the process.

Follow the Washington legislative process from bill to law.

Hold a committee hearing in your class to debate a policy proposal simulating the roles of legislator, staff and stakeholders.

Students learn to make fair decisions that affect a large group of people when there are differing opinions on the best option.

Students are randomly assigned to groups, which determine whether or not they are allowed to vote in a classroom poll.