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Model Parliament Unit


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  Sample bills
While all three of the sample bills could originate in the House of Commons, we have designated the Gasoline Preservation Act as a Senate bill to illustrate that some bills do originate in the Senate.
    1. The Youth Electors Act, entry-level version or advanced version
2. The National Essential Services Act, entry-level version or advanced version
3. The Gasoline Preservation Act, entry-level version or advanced version


  LEGISINFO
Alternatively, you may have your students research a bill that is currently before Parliament.


 

Rules and Decorum
Dignified standards of decorum are important to the functioning of the House of Commons and the Senate, your students should emulate this decorum. You may need to review with your class the rules and decorum for the Senate and for the House of Commons, as well as Simplified Rules of Parliamentary Debate.

    Senate
    House of Commons
    Simplified Rules of Parliamentary Debate


  How to Make a Mace
The Senate and the House of Commons each possess a Mace. In the Senate, the Mace is the symbol of the authority given by the King or Queen to the Upper Chamber. In the House of Commons, the Mace is a sign that the King or Queen has given the House of Commons the authority to meet and to decide on the laws that govern the country.


  Diagrams
In order to help lay out your classroom, use these diagrams to arrange desks to model either chamber.
    Senate
    House of Commons


  Glossary
This glossary contains parliamentary terms that you and your students will require.


  Links
This alphabetical list of links includes all links mentioned throughout the Model Parliament Unit, for your reference.


  Bibliography
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