Template for Unit Lesson Plan

Unit Plan Topic How a bill becomes a law

Lesson Subject area Government/ Social Studies

Objectives Students will be able to list and

describe the steps it takes for a bill to
become a law.

Students will be able to design their

own bill and create a digital visual aid
to support their proposal.

Students will be able to present an idea

for their law to the class.
Procedures Introduction
1. Introduce the topic of the law
making process.
- What are laws?
- Who can think of a law that
we have in the United
States?
- Who can think of a law that
we have in Louisiana?
- Who can think of a law that
we have in this classroom?
- Why do we have so many
laws?
2. Ask the students what they
know about the law making
process.
- Who knows what a bill is?
- Does anyone know how a bill
is made into a law?
Explicit Instruction
1. Show the School of Rock video
Im just a bill twice through.
2. Explain the steps of how a bill
becomes a law using the How A
Bill Becomes a Law Slideshow.
- A congressman creates Bill.
- The congressman attempts
 to get support from other
congressman.
- The speaker of the house
reads the bill to the House of
Representatives.
- The house votes on the bill,
and if the majority votes yes,
the bill goes on to the senate.
If no, the bill is dead.
- The senate votes on the bill,
and if the majority votes yes,
it goes to the President.
- If the President signs the bill,
the bill becomes law. If the
President does not agree
with the bill, he can Veto the
bill.
- If the bill is vetoed, it returns
to the House and the Senate,
and they vote on it again.
- If the bill passes through
both the House and the
Senate with a 2/3rds
majority vote, the bill
becomes a law.
Guided Practice
1. Students are to take their
knowledge of the law making
process and think of a bill that
could make their community or
school a better place.
2. Students will then create a
digital visual aid to display their
bill, using a method of their
choosing (i.e. PowerPoint, Prezi,
Word Cloud, etc.).
3. Students will present their bill to
the class using their digital
visual aid.
4. The class will then vote on if
they think the bill is good
enough to become a law.

Teacher Technology Activity Teacher Technology

1. Use the School of Rock How a
Bill Becomes a Law video.
 https://youtu.be/tyeJ55o3El0
2. Use the PowerPoint How Does
Bill Become Law. how-does-bill-
become-law.pptx

Student Created Technology Activity Student Created Technology

1. Students will create their own
bill, then create a digital visual
aid to present their law
proposal.
2. Show the Sample Bill
PowerPoint as a demonstration.
../Documents/Sample Bill.pptx
Materials needed 1. Class access to technology
(computers, iPads, etc.)
2. Im just a bill video
3. How Does Bill Become Law
PowerPoint
4. Student Example for Tech Activity
5. Projector

Evaluation Rubric ../Documents/Oral Presentation

Rubric.pdf

Anchor Standard SL1.3.A-D - Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of

conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others' ideas
and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

Anchor Standard SL 5.3 - Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of
data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.

Anchor Standard L1.3 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard

English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.