Civics Education
Virginia State Government
Questions for Consideration
What strengths and weaknesses do you see in having a Governor who cannot run for a consecutive term in office?
Take a typical day and identify how the actions of Virginia’s state government impact your behavior and activities (or in other words your daily life). How many examples can you identify?
References
Albo, D. B. (2012). Selecting Virginia’s judges. In A. M. Morgan & A. R. Giesen, Jr. (Eds.), Governing Virginia (pp. 160-167). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
Callahan, Jr., V. F. (2012). Virginia’s budget process: Following the money. In A. M. Morgan & A. R. Giesen, Jr. (Eds.), Governing Virginia (pp. 76-84). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
Finch, J. A., Maddrea, S., & Garrett, J. McE. (2012). The Virginia General Assembly and the process of making state laws. In A. M. Morgan & A. R. Giesen, Jr. (Eds.), Governing Virginia (pp. 56-75). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
Kilgore, J. W., & Nolen, C. R. (2012). The Attorney General: Virginia’s chief legal officer. In A. M. Morgan & A. R. Giesen, Jr. (Eds.), Governing Virginia (pp. 154-158). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
Morgan, A. M., & Giesen, Jr., A. R. (2012). The legislative branch. In A. M. Morgan & A. R. Giesen, Jr. (Eds.), Governing Virginia (pp. 52-55). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
Morgan, A. M., & Giesen, Jr., A. R. (2012). The executive branch. In A. M. Morgan & A. R. Giesen, Jr. (Eds.), Governing Virginia (pp. 112-114). Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
Virginia Government in Brief, 2010 – 2014. Richmond, VA: Clerk’s Offices of the Senate of Virginia and the House of Delegates, Commonwealth of Virginia.
Video Image Credits
Dr. Karen Hult – Virginia’s Legislative Branch Video Image Credits
Image 1. Virginia State Capitol. Credit: Robert Burgholzer.
Image 2. House of Delegates Chambers. Credit Virginia House of Delegates.
Image 3. House of Delegates Chambers. Credit: Virginia House of Delegates.
Image 4. House of Delegates Chambers. Credit: Virginia House of Delegates.
Dr. Karen Hult – Virginia’s Executive Branch Video Image Credits
Image 1. Declaration of Independence. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters_downloads.html.
Image 2. Front page of The Times Dispatch (Richmond Va) April 27, 1907. Credit: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspaper Collection, Library of Congress. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038615/1907-04-27/ed-1/seq-17/.
Image 3. House of Delegates Rotunda. Credit: Virginia House of Delegates.
Image 4. Virginia State Capitol. Credit: Robert Burgholzer.
Image 5. State of Commonwealth Address. Credit: Michaele White, official photographer for the Governor of Virginia.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/governorva/6685743155/in/set-72157628842293967/.
Dr. Karen Hult – Virginia’s Judicial Branch Video Image Credits
Image 1. Patrick Henry Arguing the Parson’s Cause at Hanover County Courthouse, by George Cook c. 1834. Credit: Virginia Historical Society (1965.2).