{"id":45,"date":"2021-09-29T15:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2021-11-18T11:13:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T17:13:19","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>About the Winona Model Legislature<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>Model Legislature is a two-day educational hands-on learning program modeled after the Minnesota State Legislature and held at Winona State University for grades 6-12 and the WSU 331 Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary students. Each year, 120 to 150 students participate in the two-day program.<\/p>\n<p>Students in Grades 6-7 are Pages to the nine Standing Legislative Committees, Senate, House of Representatives and Governor\u2019s Office. Students in Grades 8-12 are members of the Senate, House of Representatives and the Governor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The WSU EDUC 331 &#8211; Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary students are committee administrators and advisors to the Senate, House of Representatives and Governor\u2019s office. They produce a multimedia journal of this unique learning experience as a final activity for their grade.<\/p>\n<p>Winona Senior High School, Winona Middle School and Cotter High School, St. Charles High School, Lewiston-Altura High School, Rushford-Peterson High School, Houston High School and Montessori Middle School have participated.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_divider _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Resources<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.house.leg.state.mn.us\/dflpdf\/c9a92071-4466-4d0c-a504-0ad54026b7ad.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The History of the Winona Model Legislature: 1962 to the Present<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/openriver.winona.edu\/athenaeum\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Winona Model Legislature Through the Eyes of Representative Gene Pelowski (2018)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;1_2&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/28\/2021\/10\/rep_pelowski_addresses_model_legistature.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;rep_pelowski_addresses_model_legistature&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;15px||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_sidebar _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_sidebar][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Registered Advisors and Participants can sign in to Model Legislature Online below.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=&#8221;https:\/\/modelleg.winona.edu&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; button_text=&#8221;Sign In&#8221; button_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Button&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the Winona Model LegislatureModel Legislature is a two-day educational hands-on learning program modeled after the Minnesota State Legislature and held at Winona State University for grades 6-12 and the WSU 331 Teaching Social Studies in the Secondary students. Each year, 120 to 150 students participate in the two-day program. Students in Grades 6-7 are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-45","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/45\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educate.winona.edu\/modelleg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}