BGCA Lesson Four: Crafting Laws Print All Related Standards

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Participants will be able to demonstrate understanding of the necessity of negotiation and compromise, as well as staying true to personal convictions, as they craft bills that will become laws.

Players navigate a simulation of law creation, working as a member of the House or Senate to craft a bill and pass it through Congress and get it signed by the President. While addressing an issue that is important to their constituents, players must keep their own values and the values of their party in mind.

Objectives

Participants will be able to:

Simulate the law creation process

Understand the importance of personal and party values when crafting a bill

Learn how the creation of laws requires compromise and negotiation

 

 

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