Learning Resources

Classroom Activities and Lesson Plans

Classroom Activity - Calendar Conundrum, explore the "day in the life" of an MLA.
Classroom Activity - Library Statues, explore who is and who is not represented by the statues on the Parliament Buildings.
Parliamentary Player Lesson Plan – The Missing Statues. Students will debate the historical significance of statues around the Legislative Library.

Parliamentary Player Lesson Plan – The Five Cent Fight. Students will use ethical judgment to examine the chocolate bar protests of 1947.

Parliamentary Player Lesson Plan – The Road to Democracy. Students will use the suffrage movement to explore continuity and change in the Legislative Assembly.

Lesson Plans - New Curriculum Lesson Plans developed by teachers who attended recent B.C. Teachers’ Institutes on Parliamentary Democracy and those from years past (Archives).

Books, Posters and Resources

Book - Democracy and Parliament [ English | French | Punjabi ]
Book - Parliamentary Alphabet [ English | French ]
Online Resource - Discover Your Legislature
Online Resource - Virtual Tour
Poster - The Legislative Chamber [ English | French ]
Poster - The Parliamentary Alphabet [ English | French ]
Parliamentary Glossary [ English | French | ELL ]
Reading List - Democracy & Citizenship Fiction (Elementary)
Reading List - Democracy & Citizenship Fiction (Secondary)
Reading List - First Peoples Fiction (Elementary)
Reading List - First Peoples Fiction (Secondary)
Resource List - Activities and Resources for Teachers
Resource List - Civics and Poetry Resources for Teachers

Fact Sheets

BC Symbols [ English \| French ]	The Black Rod [ English \| French ]	Role of the Executive Council [ English \| French ]
Black History in BC [ English \| French ]	Budget Process [ English \| French ]	Role of the Media [ English \| French ]
Hansard Services [ English \| French ]	B.C. Coat of Arms [ English \| French ]	Role of the Speaker [ English \| French ]
Premiers [ English/French ]	The Mace [ English \| French ]	Speech from the Throne [ English \| French ]
Speakers [ English/French ]	The Parliament Buildings [ English \| French ]	The Talking Stick [ English \| French ]
Stained Glass [ English \| French ]	Women in the Legislative Assembly of BC [ English \| French ]

Videos

The Golden Jubilee Window	The Legislative Chamber	The Upper Upper Rotunda
The Lieutenant Governor's Flagpole	The Mystery of the Roof Top Construction	Up to the Dome
Francis Rattenbury	Laura Jaimieson	Thomas Uphill
Alma Russell	Dr. Pandia	The Chocolate Bar Strike

For additional information and to order publications, please email: PEO@leg.bc.ca.