Teaching students about the government and how laws are passed can be confusing for students. So why don’t you bring the government to the classroom! The class will nominate a president and a Seanad and Dáil will be formed. They must learn about the 5 stages of passing a bill, then act it out using this activity sheet. The president of the class will sign off on the bills and add these laws to their very own constitution/Bunreacht na hEireann. This is a two page worksheet, one side to learn about the official 5 stages of creating law, the other side simplifies it for students with questions and spaces to write their answers.

This resource helps CSPE students to focus their research for preparation for their CBA. This breaks up the research project in to several questions to get students thinking critically. Questions include: Any issue I feel strongly about is… Why do I feel strongly about this issue? What can I do about this issue? Two sources/websites I used to research my topic What I learned about my topic that surprised me