This web quest is designed for the students at St. Ignatius College Preparitory in San Francisco. I expect that they will voluntarily spend long hours on the project deciphering the complex information that is provided to them on the web sites in order to synthesize opinions of their own. The research project culminates in a class conference that may take 2-3 class periods or longer if you allow for discussions and debate. The choice is yours. Make it as big or as small as you wish.
Students pick individual roles.
Students research questions asked of them on committee pages. Committees form a decision on the legislation being presented. Committees present the information to a mock conference. Discuss the outcome as well as the process. Based on the HyperStudio stack and the presentation of the group research findings.