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A resource providing law-related education projects for K-12 teachers. Materials include a variety of tools to help educate students about law and legal issues. The newly published Insights on the Law, a print and online magazine, is directed at high school and college students and includes regular departments covering the Supreme Court and Congress.
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http://www.abanet.org/publiced/home.html
Created by the Library of Congress, this web site assists educators in utilizing the extensive online collection of primary source materials focusing on U.S. culture and history found in the Library of Congress' American Memory collection. This exceptionally well designed and organized web site provides teachers with the necessary tools to integrate these materials into the classroom curriculum, including collection summaries, pertinent background information, suggested activities, lesson plans and general tips and tricks on using the collections.
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http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/
Americans for the Arts, a national art advocacy organization and leading arts information clearinghouse, partners with local communities to advance awareness of the arts. Supported by the Ford Foundation, the Americans for the Arts¹ Animating Democracy Initiative encourages civic dialogue on contemporary issues through artistic and cultural activities. The website offers students, teachers and the public access to civic dialogue resources, activities, case studies, project profiles and visual, audio and moving image enhancements.
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http://www.americansforthearts.org/AnimatingDemocracy
Sponsored by the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, this website provides information designed to promote engaged and responsible citizenship and to help citizens look at new and creative ways to improve the nation's institutions of democracy. The Institutions of Democracy Project will convene six commissions, each comprised of leading national scholars and focusing on one of six democratic institutions: Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Branch, the Press and Public schools.
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http://www.sunnylands.org/
This educational nonprofit organization is dedicated to educating high school students about the Bill of Rights through classroom material and programs that teach both the substance of the Bill of Rights and the way this document affects our daily lives and shapes our society. The Institute also conducts regional workshops offering continuing education credits for teachers looking to supplement their knowledge and enhance their teaching of this subject
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http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/
The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to civic and law-related educational programs focusing on the U.S. Constitution, American political traditions, and citizen rights and responsibilities. The site offers sample lesson plans for printing and downloading and other curricular materials for grades K through 12.
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http://www.civiced.org/index.html
Created by MATRIX: The Center for Humane Arts, Letters and Social Sciences Online, in partnership with H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine, Michigan State University's College of Education and Okemos Public Schools, Civics Online provides a rich array of multimedia tools and strategies for teaching civics in the classroom. In the professional development section, teachers can examine hypermedia case studies that focus on teaching core democratic principles. Students can explore civic themes and periods using primary sources and interactive programming. For parents, there is a special section on strategies and resources to assist the parent's participation in their child's civic education.
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http://www.civics-online.org/
This is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan citizen education organization. Through its Washington, D.C.-based government studies program, Close Up invites more than 25,000 students, teachers and other adults to Washington every year to study the political process in action. Other educational outreach programs in citizenship and government include publications, video productions and national television programming in citizenship and government.
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http://www.closeup.org/
This nonprofit, nonpartisan, community-based organization provides technical assistance, training, programming and curriculum materials that focus both on the law and government, and the role and responsibilities of an active citizenship.
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http://www.crf-usa.org/
This bipartisan, nonprofit policy research organization develops and promotes consensus on controversial legal, governance and constitutional issues.
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http://www.constitutionproject.org/
The Constitution Works publishes curriculum materials that introduce the branches of government through the study of contemporary issues. Each unit provides the facts of a given case, applicable Constitutional provisions, and information about relevant Supreme Court precedent. In culminating role-plays, students address the constitutional question they have probed in class, taking on the roles of Supreme Court justices, attorneys, or senators in presenting their arguments at historic sites. Teacher workshops and staff development are also available.
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The Constitution Works
26 Wall Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10005
Phone: 212/785-1989 Fax: 212/785-2115
E mail: t.c.w@mindspring.com
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Produced by the Constitutional Rights Foundation, this website helps teachers, students, and community members explore the electoral process past and present, as well as provide a balanced, up-to-date web resource site on the 2004 election.
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Election Central
This online exhibit, produced by The First Federal Congress Project, a chartered University Research Center affiliated with George Washington University, provides an overview of the of the work and issues faced by this seminal Congress, including the funding the Revolutionary War debts, locating the federal seat of government, and creating the Bill of Rights. An online teacher's guide makes this website a rich and valuable resource for educators who want to use primary documents in their teaching of American history and the founding of the republic.
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http://www.gwu.edu/~ffcp/exhibit
Created by the Federal Consumer Information Center and grouped by subject, this kids' portal provides links to federal kids' sites, along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations.
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http://www.kids.gov/
The Foundation for the U.S. Constitution is a not-for-profit, nonpartisan educational foundation established by presidential mandate in 1986. This website, an extension of Constitution magazine, aims to encourage appreciation of the principles and history of the U.S. Constitution * particularly among young people.
This multimedia curriculum supplement produced by the Center for Educational Technologies® and funded by the Department of Education, is designed for high school students studying the history of the U.S. Constitution. An electronic archive includes historical documents, landmark Supreme Court cases, historical speeches, debates, essays and letters.
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http://www.cet.edu/constitution/
Sponsored by The U.S. Department of Education's National Library of Education, and searchable by subject or keyword, this site contains thousands of educational resources for teachers, students and parents, including a number of elementary and secondary level lesson plans relating to the Constitution.
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http://www.thegateway.org/
This website contains thousands of American history-related materials ranging from the colonial period to the present day. The site is divided into three main sections: Resources by Period, Resources by Topic, and the Reference Room. In addition to links to online textbook chapters, readings provided by professors from different institutions, and primary source documents, the Reference Room contains links to music of different historical eras and audio recordings of speeches by important figures in American history. The Interactive History area allows visitors to submit questions to the HyperHistorian and take the 1885 8th grade examination test.
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http://www.gliah.uh.edu/index.cfm
The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is a nonprofit institution whose mission is "to provide a new public space for the diffusion of public ideas and innovations to leaders and practitioners within the nation's various sectors such as civic life, journalism, business, and foundations." Through its programs, research, training and civic tools, the Harwood Institute advances new models for civic engagement and dialogue.
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http://www.theharwoodgroup.com/
For parents and teachers alike, this U.S. Department of Education's web site provides resources intended to promote children's' appreciation of history.
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http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/history.html
This site includes an extensive search engine, exhibits, quizzes, speeches, and classroom activities for educators.
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http://www.historychannel.com/
"Designed for high school and college teachers of U.S. History survey courses, this site serves as a gateway to Web resources and offers unique teaching materials, first-person primary documents and threaded discussions on teaching U.S. history."
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http://historymatters.gmu.edu/
Dedicated to improving the teaching of the Constitution, this government-affiliated Foundation provides secondary teachers with graduate fellowships to study the U.S. Constitution.
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http://www.jamesmadison.com/
Justice Learning is an innovative, issue-based approach for engaging high school students in informed political discourse. The web site uses audio from the Justice Talking radio show and articles from The New York Times to teach students students about reasoned debate and the often-conflicting values inherent in our democracy. The web site includes articles, editorials and oral debate from the nation's finest journalists and advocates. All of the material is supported by age-appropriate summaries and additional links. In addition, for each covered issue, the site includes curricular material from The New York Times Learning Network for high school teachers and detailed information about how each of the institutions of democracy (the courts, the Congress, the presidency, the press and the schools) affect the issue.
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http://www.justicelearning.org/
Co-developed by Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society, this website is designed to provide internet- and classroom-based resources to help educators teach about the landmark Supreme Court cases now mandated by state standards documents. For each case listed on the site, there is a set of resources, activities and strategies for teaching the case as well as a background summary at three different reading levels, a summary of the majority and where appropriate, minority opinions and a link to the full text of the Court's decision.
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http://www.landmarkcases.org/
NARA is the federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the permanently valuable records of the federal government. In the Digital Classroom section of the agency's web site, visitors can find document-based lesson plans that are correlated to national academic standards. The Exhibit Hall features online versions of exhibits covering a range of topics, from the Charters of Freedom (Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights), to posters from WWII, to milestone congressional documents. Finally, the ARC database offers visitors access to more than 124,000 digital images of documents from the holdings of the National Archives.
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www.archives.gov
A program of the Trust for Representative Democracy Sponsored by the National Conference of State Legislatures. Click here to learn more about this one-week long program (September 17-21) designed to provide students with an opportunity to learn about the day-to-day workings of their elected state lawmakers.
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http://www.ncsl.org/public/backsch.htm
As the largest association in the country devoted exclusively to social studies education, the National Council for the Social Studies provides leadership, services and support for all social studies educators.
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http://www.ncss.org/
The mission of this education program is to "improve the teaching and learning of history in elementary and secondary schools so that students become better prepared, knowledgeable citizens." This year-long academic enrichment program culminates in a national contest every June.
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http://www.nationalhistoryday.org/
National Issues Forums (NIF), founded in 1982 by The Kettering Foundation, is a nonpartisan, nationwide network of locally sponsored public forums for the consideration of public policy issues. It is rooted in the simple notion that people need to come together to reason and talk - to deliberate about common problems. The NIF Web site includes discussion guides, calendar of upcoming events, and reports about the outcomes of forums on particular issues. Forums focus on an issue such as health care, immigration, Social Security, or ethnic and racial tensions.
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http://www.nifi.org/
To help us think, talk and teach about the rights and responsibilities of citizens in our democracy, this site invites you to explore 100 milestone documents of American history and vote for the documents that you think shaped America. The site presents documents reflecting our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to 'form a more perfect union.' This initiative is a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps.
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Our Documents
Funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, this well designed and easy-to-use site gives visitors access to award-winning news and public affairs programs and an extensive database on the candidates, local ballot issues and political analysis. Educational interactives for kids include "How Does Government Affect Me," "Inside the Voting Booth" and "President for a Day." "Build Your Own Campaign" is an interactive student competition with accompanying teacher resources that gives high school students a chance to run their own virtual campaign. Winners receive an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C.
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http://www.pbs.org/democracy
Project 540 is a national high school civic engagement initiative funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts and administered by Providence College. Its goal is to bring students, teachers and administrators together to explore how our high schools can become better platforms for young people to get involved, and stay involved, in the public life of their communities. Since 2002, more than 140,000 students have participated at over 250 schools.
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Project 540
Designed for educators, this area within the Smithsonian Institute's web site furnishes a variety of educational tools including lesson plans, classroom activities and a listing of hundreds of educational products.
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http://educate.si.edu/
The Student Voices Project encourages the civic engagement of young people by bringing the study of a local political campaign into the classroom. Working with school systems throughout the country, the project helps high school students study the issues and candidates in their city's mayoral campaign.
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http://student-voices.org/
At Whitehousekids, kids are welcomed to a tour of the White House by Spotty, the President and First Lady's English Springer Spaniel. A great site for elementary and middle-school age students, Whitehousekids offers a variety of interesting and practical information on the White House and contains numerous links to historical and biographical points of interest, complete with quizzes and self-correcting answer keys.
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http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
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