Civic Education Resource Links

Resources for Civics Teachers

Citizenship: Duties Rights and Liberties The Annette Strauss Institute http://communication.utexas.edu/strauss/
American Rhetoric http://www.americanrhetoric.com
Bill of Rights Institute http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org
Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools http://civicmissionofschools.org
Center for Civic Education www.civiced.org
The Choices Program http://www.choices.edu
CIRCLE The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement www.civicyouth.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation www.crf-usa.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago www.crfc.org
Deliberating in a Democracy www.deliberating.org
Do Something http://www.dosomething.org
The Five Freedoms Project http://www.fivefreedoms.org
Free the Children www.FreeTheChildren.com
George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate & Gardens www.mountvernon.org
Giraffe Heroes Project www.giraffe.org
Learning to Give http://learningtogive.org
National Alliance for Civic Education http://www.cived.net
Peace Jam www.peacejam.org
Project Vote Smart www.votesmart.org
Youth Citizen-Journalist Network http://www.youthcjnetwork.org/
State & Local Government The Florida Constitution http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
The Florida League of Cities, Inc. http://www.floridaleagueofcities.com
Florida Supreme Court www.floridasupremecourt.org
Kids Around Town http://palwv.org/kat/
Office of the Governor http://www.flgov.com/
Online Sunshine http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
Online Sunshine for Kids http://www.leg.state.fl.us/Kids/
State and Local Government on the http://www.statelocalgov.net
State of Florida www.myflorida.com
Foundations of American Government Bill of Rights Institute http://www.billofrightsinsitute.org
Center for Civic Education www.civiced.org
Center for the Teaching of American History http://ctah.binghamton.edu
Constitutional Rights Foundation www.crf-usa.org
Ease History www.easehistory.org
Historical Thinking Matters http://historicalthinkingmatters.org/
Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html
National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov
National Constitution Center http://constitutioncenter.org
National Endowment for the Humanities www.neh.gov
National Paralegal College, Freedom of Religion and the Establishment Clause http://nationalparalegal.edu/conLawCrimProc_Public/FreedomOfExpression/FreedomOfReligion&EstCl.asp
New Hampshire Bar Association http://www.nhbar.org
School House Rock http://www.schoolhouserock.tv
Sunnylands Civics Games http://games.sunnylandsclassroom.org
Youth Leadership Initiative http://www.youthcjnetwork.org/
Overview of the United States and its Federal Government The American Presidency Project www.presidency.ucsb.edu
American Public Media Budget Hero Game http://minnesota.publicradio.org/
Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
The Center on Congress at Indiana University  http://www.centeroncongress.org/
Congress for Kids http://www.congressforkids.net/
Council for Economic Education www.councilforeconed.org
The Democracy Project http://www.ipa.udel.edu/democracy
Digital Vaults http://www.digitalvaults.org/#
Federal Reserve Kids Page www.federalreserve.gov/KIDS
Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov
Foundation for Teaching Economics http://www.fte.org/teachers/lessons/lessons.htm
Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library & Museum www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu
George Bush Presidential Library & Museum http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/
Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum http://www.trumanlibrary.org
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum http://hoover.archives.gov
Independence Park Institute http://www.nps.gov/inde/forteachers/index.htm
Jimmy Carter Library & Museum http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum www.jfklibrary.org
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum http://www.lbjlibrary.org/
Landmark Supreme Court Cases www.landmarkcases.org
Money Instructor http://www.moneyinstructor.com
The National Archives www.archives.gov
National Council on Economic Education http://www.councilforeconed.org
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com
National Paralegal College, Freedom of Religion and the Establishment Clause http://nationalparalegal.edu/conLawCrimProc_Public/FreedomOfExpression/FreedomOfReligion&EstCl.asp
Nixon Presidential Library & Museum www.nixonlibrary.gov
The Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour
Our Courts http://www.ourcourts.org/
Our Documents, 100 Milestone Documents http://www.ourdocuments.gov
Oyez www.oyez.org
Presidential Timeline www.presidentialtimeline.org
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Library http://www.reaganfoundation.org
William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum http://www.clintonlibrary.gov
Elections, Parties and Pressure Groups The Center on Congress at Indiana University http://www.centeroncongress.org
The Democracy Project http://pbskids.org/democracy/
The Democratic Party www.democrats.org
Fair Vote www.fairvote.org
Federal Election Commission http://www.fec.gov
Kids Voting USA www.kidsvotingusa.org
The Living Room Candidate http://www.livingroomcandidate.org
National Student/Parent Mock Election http://nationalmockelection.org/
Newseum www.newseum.org
PBS NewsHour www.pbs.org/newshour
PBS Teachers http://www.pbs.org/teachers
Project Vote Smart www.votesmart.org
The Republican Party www.gop.com
Teaching Educators About Media Project http://www.edb.utexas.edu/resources/team/
Youth Leadership Initiative http://www.youthleadership.net
Global Affairs & Current Events BBC NewsRound http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews
Cable in the Classroom http://www.ciconline.org/home
C-SPAN Classroom www.c-spanclassroom.org
Civic Voices www.civicvoices.org
Facing History www.facinghistory.org
Foreign Policy Association http://www.fpa.org
Foreign Policy Research Institute www.fpri.org
Heifer International http://www.heifer.org
National Geographic http://www.nationalgeographic.com
Nation Master http://www.nationmaster.com
Newspapers in Education http://www.dispatchnie.com
New York Times Learning Network www.nytimes.com/learning
Oxfam International http://www.oxfam.org
PBS www.pbs.org
Taking It Global http://tigweb.org
TIME For Kids http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK
The UN Works for People and the Planet www.un.org/works
U.S. Global Health Policy http://www.globalhealthfacts.org
World Atlas www.worldatlas.com
World Food Programme http://www.wfp.org