Steps Think about a topic you are interested in, like health or owning a business. Choose whether to research a local, state, or federal law.
Find a bill or law passed within the past five years on your topic of interest. Use the keyword search suggested in the lesson or use reliable sources approved by your instructor or parents. These sites may help you begin.
Use the law you researched to answer these questions:
What is the name of the law?
What level of government passed it?
What is the purpose of the law?
What steps of the lawmaking process did it go through?
What did people who supported the law say? What did critics say?
How could this law affect common Americans?
How could this law affect other levels of government?
Reflect on the information you found. Imagine you were a legislator or other government official at the time the law was still a bill under debate. Write a paragraph explaining whether you would have supported the bill and why.
Create a presentation about the bill or law that includes the information in Steps 3 and 4. You may choose your format, such as a slide presentation, essay, or video. Save your presentation to one file to submit to your instructor. Use the name "Law_Presentation_your name" for your file to turn in.