Policy Toolkits

Positives

• This resource encourages students to be active voices in their community.
• This resource is well-organized and easy to use.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should have a basic understanding of the branches of government, their duties, the system of checks and balances, and how a bill becomes law in the United States.
• To download any of the toolkits, you have to provide some contact information.
  

Differentiation

• The Legislative Process toolkit can enhance a lesson on how bills become laws in the United States.
• Students can use the Texas toolkit for an informative essay on climate policy in the American South.
• The Communicating with Legislators toolkit can fit within a larger unit on activism throughout American history.
• The various state-specific toolkits can support a classroom discussion on why these states have different approaches to climate change.
• This is an excellent resource to support student action in the government. Students can choose an environmental issue that is important to them, and use the toolkits to create a plan of action to address that issue with their local leaders.