Create a New Law Template Steps:
1. Choose an Idea—Name the idea for a new law or policy you selected from the spinning wheel.. Prohibiting littering and dumping of waste in public space.

2. Explain Your Idea—Why would this idea make a good law? Use complete sentences to explain. This would be a good law because it will save the ocean life and keep waters safe

3. Summarize the Discussion—Discuss the idea with a trusted adult. Write down some thoughts or details about the idea from your discussion. Use complete sentences.

4. Explain the Process—Finish filling in the steps your idea would have to go through to become a law at both the federal and state levels of government.
Federal State
1. Bill Introduction: You write your federal representative or senator about your idea, who introduces the idea as a bill in their chamber of Congress. 1. Bill Introduction: You write your state legislator about your idea, who introduces the idea as a bill in the state legislature.
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4. The House Rules Committee sets the rules for debate on the bill in the House. 3. Committees debate and edit the bill.
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6. 5. The state Senate approves the bill.
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5. Think Local—How is the lawmaking process at a local level different from the state or federal government? Use complete sentences.

Quickly it is worth 20 points - civics steps find three international news stories. choose one foreign country to focus on for all three stories. it may to scan and search the news first before choosing your country. scan news articles for political, economic, or social issues about your country. select one article for each type of news: - political - economic - social be sure to save each article and its source. you need to include the whole url, or internet site address link, in your work. you and your instructor may need to find the article later. you may find this activity on how to research for this step. you may also find these search tips for starting your research. look for links to "world" or "international" news to begin. the site may have further links to specific regions or countries for articles, videos, and more. read your articles carefully. write a one-paragraph summary of the ideas, events, or information in each article. each summary should be four to six sentences in length. try this activity if you need with summarizing text. as you read your article, compare the news for your chosen country with current news in the united states. you may refer to the same news sites above for information on the united states. write a paragraph of four to six sentences to answer the following question: do the countries have similar issues happening? how might events in these two countries influence each other? save your work to one file to turn in. check your spelling and grammar.