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1.       How high is it to the top of the flagpole of the State Capitol? (TEXT, VIDEO)  2.       How long did the artist take to paint the huge picture on the second floor wall? (TEXT, VIDEO)  3.       What are the three branches of government? (TEXT, VIDEO) What does each branch do? (TEXT)  4.       Who is the head of the executive branch? (TEXT, VIDEO) Who is the current governor of Illinois? Would you like to be governor? What would you do if you were governor? Would you need the help of the legislature to do that? Would it take money to do it? If so, how would you raise the money?  5.       What are the two houses of the legislature? (TEXT, VIDEO) How many senators and representatives are there? (TEXT) Who is your senator? Who is your representative?  6.       How does a bill become law? (TEXT) If you were in the legislature and could introduce a bill, what would your bill do? Do you think you could get other legislators to vote for it? How? Do you think the governor would sign it into law?  7.       What does a lobbyist do? (TEXT) What types of groups hire lobbyists? (TEXT) What group would you like to be a lobbyist for? What kinds of bills would you try to convince legislators to vote for? Against?