Learning Resources

Learning Resources

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  • 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.

  • 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


Fact Sheets

​BC Symbols English | French ]   

​The Black Rod [ English | French ]

​Role of the Executive Council  [ English | French ]

​​Black History in BC  [ English | French ]

​​The Budget Process [ English | French ]

​The Role of the Media [ English | French ]

Hansard Services [ English | French ]

​The Coat of Arms [ English | French ]

The Role of the Speaker [ English | French ]

​Premiers [ English/French ] 

The Justice System [ English | French ]

The Speech from the Throne [ English | French ]

​Speakers [ English/French ]

​The Mace[ English | French ]

​​The Talking Stick [ English | French ]

​​Stained Glass [ English | French ]

​The Parliament Buildings [ English | French ]

​Women in the Legislative Assembly of BC [ English | French ]


Videos

The Golden Jubilee Window
The Legislative Chamber
Francis Rattenbury
The Mystery of the Roof Top Construction ­
Up to the Dome 
Laura Jamieson
The Lieutenant Governor's Flagpole
The Upper Upper Rotunda
Thomas Uphill

Alma Russell

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

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