The Bill to Law Game · Classroom worksheet
One bill. Choices and consequences.
Use with the Quick walkthrough or Full strategy in a fictional state legislature. Write on paper; you can stop at any stage. If a prompt does not apply yet, say so. No student names or contact details are needed. This page has no submission form.
1. The bill
What would the bill change? For the Quick walkthrough, use the clean-water bill.
2. Choices
Record a choice you made or observed, the stage, and what changed afterward.
3. Amendment
What change to the bill was proposed? Did you accept it, reject it, or not reach one yet?
4. Tradeoff
What did you gain or give up? If you have not seen a tradeoff yet, predict one and label it a prediction.
5. Outcome so far
Did the bill pass, stop, or remain in progress? Note the stage and evidence from the game.
6. Reflection
One decision that mattered was… because… What would you try next, and why?
billtolawgame.com · Teacher plan: billtolawgame.com/teachers/