We held our Legislative Draft in class today! It went well. Different students volunteered to play the roles of Emcee, Time Keeper, Recorder, and Map Master; students were allowed to dress up for the occasion, and some even took me up on my suggestion to go home last night and (with parent permission) look on youtube for video clips of the NBA Draft for inspiration ;) They seemed to enjoy the opportunity to be out of uniform!
So what this means is that now each student has three U.S. states (or Washington D.C.) to pay attention to for the remainder of this school year; students should be looking specifically to the state legislatures and state media for proposed and passed legislation, and current events stories about environmental issues.
When it comes to the legislative piece, however, we can't really begin until after the upcoming midterm elections and the start of the new legislation sessions! So we will be doing some research about the candidates, and then contacting representatives to solicit their help in keeping us current on proposed legislation about the environment.
If students are eager to get started, at this point they can find articles from their states' media sources that relate to the environment.
As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. And don't forget to find homework assignments and due dates on Twitter! (MsHoodsHoodlums)
Thanks and take care,
Leah Hood
