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U.s. Government Publishing Office: Congressional Bills ActivityU.s. Government Publishing Office: Congressional Bills Activity
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US Government Publishing Office
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Grade
9th - 10th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Lexile Measures
990L
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U.s. Government Publishing Office: Congressional Bills

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The government directory for making current and past bills accessible to the public. Very useful for finding bills pertinent to classes. Will require teacher direction at the elementary levels.

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Concepts

bills, congress, the legislative branch

Additional Tags

how a bill becomes a law, how laws are made, making a law, new legislation, the legislative branch: making laws, gpo access: congressional bills, bill, how congress makes laws

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.3 RH.6-8.4 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.4 RH.11-12.8

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