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Legislative History in Virginia,
Dillon’s Rule,
Quentin Kidd
Tags: Animal control, Board of Supervisors, Budget, Bureaucracy, Case study, Charter, Checks and balances, Circuit Court, Cities, City Council, Code of Virginia, Commissions, Community, Counties, County board, Dillon's Rule, Education, Expressed Power, Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Gerald L. Baliles, Gerry Connolly, Home Rule, Implied Power, Inherent Power, Judicial Branch, Land-use, League of Women Voters, Local government, Local issues, Maryland, NOVA, Public safety, Redistricting, Roanoke, SOL 1: Essential Skills, SOL 16: Role of Government in U.S. Economy, SOL 16c, SOL 17: Personal Character Traits, SOL 17c, SOL 18: Participation in Civic Life, SOL 18c, SOL 1f, SOL 8: State and Local Government, SOL 8a, SOL 8b, SOL 8c, SOL 9: Public Policy, SOL 9c, SOL 9d, SOL 9f, State government, Taxes, Towns, Traffic, Virginia Association of Counties, Virginia Constitution, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia Municipal League, Virginia Supreme Court, Waste Management
Gerrymandering’s Long History in Virginia,
Kenneth Stroupe and Meg Heubeck
Tags: 1st District, 5th District, 6th District, 7th District, Apathy, Case study, Commissions, Congressional districts, Creigh Deeds, Democracy, Democratic Party of Virginia, Democratic-Republican Party, Districts, Elections, Elections and Issues, Federalist Party, For Teachers, Foundations, George Allen, Gerrymandering, History, Incumbents, James Madison, John Locke, L. Douglas Wilder, Legislation, Legislative Branch, Map, Partisanship, Patrick Henry, Political cartoon, Political parties, Population, Redistricting, Republican Party of Virginia, SOL 1: Essential Skills, SOL 17: Personal Character Traits, SOL 17c, SOL 17e, SOL 18: Participation in Civic Life, SOL 18c, SOL 18e, SOL 1a, SOL 1c, SOL 1f, SOL 6: Elections, SOL 6b, SOL 6e, SOL 6g, SOL 6i, SOL 8: State and Local Government, SOL 8a, SOL 8c, SOL 9: Public Policy, SOL 9f, Statistics, Timothy Kaine, U.S. Congress, U.S. Supreme Court, Virginia Board of Elections, Virginia Constitution, Virginia General Assembly, Virginia House of Delegates, Virginia Senate, Voter turnout, Voting rights, Voting statistics, William Wampler
Student Lobbying,
Melanie Biermann, Teacher Education Accreditation Council and Jim Dillard, former member of the Virginia House of Delegates
Tags: Bills, Case study, Citizens in Action, Department of Transportation, Districts, Education, Legislation, Legislative, Legislative Branch, Lobbyists, Participation, Public safety, Representative democracy, SOL 1: Essential Skills, SOL 18: Participation in Civic Life, SOL 18c, SOL 1f, SOL 1g, SOL 8: State and Local Government, SOL 8d, SOL 9: Public Policy, SOL 9e, SOL 9f, VDOT, Virginia General Assembly, Youth
Mims Elected Attorney General of Virginia,
David Clementson
Capitol Classroom: Games
,Virginia General Assembly
http://legis.state.va.us/1_cap_class/games_to_go/games.html
Capitol Classroom: Just for Teachers
,Virginia General Assembly
Capitol Classroom: Just for Teachers
How to Track a Bill: Virginia Legislative Assembly
,Virginia General Assembly
http://legis.state.va.us/1_cap_class/9-12/9_12_how_track.html
Governor Kaine Announces Appointment of Mark Rubin as Counselor ,
Gordon Hickey
Who is appointed by the governor? Who is…
Tags: Appointments, Democratic National Committee, Document, Executive, Executive Branch, Governor, Larry Roberts, Legislation, Mark Rubin, SOL 1: Essential Skills, SOL 18: Participation in Civic Life, SOL 18d, SOL 1a, SOL 8: State and Local Government, SOL 8a, SOL 8d, Timothy Kaine, Virginia General Assembly
Virginia Energy Plan,
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME)
Tags: Alternative energy, Bureaucracy, coal, Conservation, Document, Efficiency, Energy, Executive, Executive Branch, Global warming, Government in Action, Governor, Infrastructure, Legislative, Legislative Branch, Nuclear energy, Petroleum, Resource, SOL 1: Essential Skills, SOL 15: U.S. Market Economy, SOL 15c, SOL 16: Role of Government in U.S. Economy, SOL 16c, SOL 1a, SOL 8: State and Local Government, SOL 8c, SOL 9: Public Policy, SOL 9c, SOL 9f, Trade, Transportation, Virginia Energy Plan, Virginia General Assembly