Idea to Law: teacher key

How Laws Are Made, grade 1 edition, written for 1st grade. A law starts as an idea. A bill goes to a committee, then to a vote, and the president can sign it or say no.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. What does every new law start as?
   • A song
   • An idea (answer)
   • A coin
2. What is a bill?
   • A bird's mouth
   • A plan for a new law (answer)
   • A kind of vote
3. Where does a bill go after it is introduced?
   • To a committee (answer)
   • To a school
   • To a store
4. The president says no to a bill. What is that called?
   • A seat
   • A veto (answer)
   • A law
5. Who else can make laws?
   • Only the president
   • Cities and towns (answer)
   • Nobody

Words

• bill: a plan
• committee: small group
• lawmakers: people who vote
• veto: saying no