Reports and Research
Paths to 21st Century Competencies Through Civic Education Classrooms was released in 2009 by the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools and the American Bar Association.
The Civic Mission of Schools was released in 2003 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and CIRCLE, The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement
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 Student Voices www.studentvoices.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 Student Voices http://www.studentvoices.org |
| 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 www.loc.gov/index National Archives and Records Administration http://www.archives.gov National Constitution Center http://constitutioncenter.org National Endowment for the Humanities www.neh.gov 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://www.bensguide.gpo.gov The Center on Congress at Indiana University http://www.centeroncongress.org/ Congress for Kids http://www.congressfokids.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 www.fordlibrarymuseum.org Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum http://www.trumanlibrary.org Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum http://hoover.archives.gov Independence Park Institute http://www.independenceparkinstitute.com Jimmy Carter Library & Museum http://www.jimmycarterlibrary.gov John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum www.jfklibrary.org Lyndon Baines Johnson Library & Museum http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu 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.national geographic.com Nixon Presidential Library & Museum www.nixonlibrary.gov The Online NewsHour http://www.pbs.org/newshour Our Courts 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 www.nspme.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 |
