We are in the written analysis stage of our year-long project. Below are the questions to which students must respond for each article, bill, or law that they are choosing to include as a part of their project. Students can have any combination of articles, bills, and laws, provided all have something to do with the natural environment. Students are required to do a written analysis for three articles, bills, or laws from each of their three states-- for a total of nine write-ups.
Here is what the form looks like:
Name:
Legislative Draft—Written Analysis
--*STAPLE THE ARTICLE, BILL, OR LAW TO THS BACK SIDE OF THIS PAGE.*--
Directions:
*Thoughtfully respond to the questions below.
*Use complete sentences.
*Use the space provided; no one word or one sentence responses.
*If you don’t understand something, it is your responsibility to ask for help.
1) What is the main idea of this document (the article, bill, or law)?
2) Summarize this document.
3) What is the problem described? (Or what are the problems described?)
4) Do you think this is an important problem? Why or why not?
5) What solution (if any) is being proposed in this document?
6) Do you think the proposed solution is a good solution or not? Do you think it is going to solve the problem? Why or why not?
7) What do you think the best way to solve this problem would be?
8) Do you think this problem will still be around fifty years from now? Why or why not?
