Master Worksheet:
Washington Governmental Pages
Scavenger Hunt
1. What legislative district do you live in?
Using the legislative district lookup link the students can enter their address and be shown which district they are in.
2. Who are your legislative representatives?
Using the legislative district lookup link the students will also be shown who their representatives are. Both their state congressperson and legislators will be shown here.
3. What political party are they affiliated with?
This will be found on the same page as the previous answer.
4. What committees are they members of?
They can click on the link with the name of the representative to be shown more information about them.
5. What are their priorities?
This can be found on the information page.
6. How many representatives are there in Washington state?
There are 98. This can be found or deduced at many points within the site.
7. What congressional district do you live in?
To be found after their addresses are entered in the legislative district lookup finder.
8. What is the name of the state senator(s) that represent you?
This will be on the same page as the last answer.
9. What party affiliation does your state senator(s) have?
This will be on the same page as the last answer.
10. How many senators represent Washington state?
There are 49. This can be found at various points within the website.
11. What is the name of the first article in the Washington state constitution?
Declaration of rights.
12. Which declaration of rights speaks the loudest to you personally? Write a paragraph about this and why it is important.
Homework Question
Skim through the Washington state constitution and pick out an article you believe is important and/or an article you don't believe is important and write about it.
13. Which legislative districts are part of the 3rd congressional district?
The 20th, 22nd, and 35th legislative districts. (To get to this you need to be in the district information page and click on the Thurston county link under the third congressional district link).
14. What is the first line of the Washington state song?
"This is my country; God gave it to me; I will protect it, Ever keep it free."