Engaged: Legislative Youth Advisory Council (LYAC)
Students participating in LYAC discuss issues important to them, and decide which ones they will support during the upcoming Legislative Session.
Engaged: Project Citizen – State Showcase
Judges, including state officials, evaluate projects from Shahala Middle School and Touchet School students at the Project Citizen State Showcase in Olympia, WA.
Engaged: C-SPAN Campaign Bus
Students visiting the Washington State Capitol and at Olympia High School discuss media literacy and why the 2008 elections are important to them during visits to the C-SPAN Campaign Bus.
Engaged: Project Citizen – Touchet School
Middle school students at Touchet School in Touchet, WA participate in Project Citizen, a national civics education program, and propose ways to make a local traffic intersection safer.
Engaged: Project Citizen – Shahala Middle School
Students at Shahala Middle School in Vancouver, WA participate in Project Citizen, a national civics education program, and propose changes to their school’s vending machines.
TVW in the Classroom: Choosing a President at Tahoma High School
Students at Tahoma High School discuss the 2008 presidential election.
Teach With TVW: Participating in the Legislative Process
Learn how to effectively participate in Washington State’s legislative process, including how to connect with state legislators, how to testify before a legislative committee, and why Washington is said to have an “open” legislature.
Grade: 7-12, Runtime: 6:30 Minutes – Watch
Teach With TVW: Legislative Committees
Learn how legislative committees function in Washington State and the role they play in the legislative process.
Teach With TVW: Lobbyists in Washington
Learn how lobbyists function in Washington State, including the role they play in the legislative process and how they are regulated. Watch
Trapped (2005)
A look at animal trapping and how public policy is made in WA.