Civics/Government

Click on the image above to access more information about the Seal of Civic Readiness Toolkit.

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Grade K - Are All Rules Good Rules?
Grades 9-12 - Who Do Gun Laws Protect?

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Checkology Virtual is a free resource! The News Literacy Project (NLP) is a nonpartisan national education nonprofit that works with educators and journalists to teach middle school and high school students how to sort fact from fiction in the digital age. NLP provides these students with the essential skills they need to become smart, active consumers of news and information and engaged, informed citizens. newslit.org/
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Civics in Action Projects

The teacher’s guide is designed to be flexible and includes all preview and lesson pages from the student edition, answers to activities, step-by-step lesson plans, plus suggested extension activities, teaching options, assessments, and more! Download a free sample at
www.xanedu.com/k-12/solutions/icivics#sample

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Youth in Action Film
This new film from Brave New Films showcases the role young people play in improving their communities. The film is broken into eleven segments to show different examples of all the ways that young people engaged in taking informed action.

iCivics provides lesson plans, games, presidential candidate guides, infographics, and webquests with registration for a free account. www.icivics.org/election?utm_campaign=TSSP&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=95817104&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-98Jpc2H2ZIpp_7aWHlljnSLa7LuokPdcikt_o7n_YXBuh5fvMu-ykCi7kThw02zR2XgqHVijlc7B2K8q-XOViYQKy4Ew&utm_content=95817104&utm_source=hs_email

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White House History

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View or download the entire document at http://www.ecs.org/clearinghouse/01/10/48/11048.pdf
Pages 26-32 list many resources for your classroom!
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This short video traces the evolution of James Madison’s thinking about the necessity of a Bill of Rights. While originally opposed to both a bill of rights and conditional ratification, Madison came to appreciate the political and the practical efficacy of both. Professor Jack Rakove notes that, unlike many bills of rights that use the phrase “the government ought not,” the American Bill of Rights says “the government shall not,” thus creating a set of legal commands to limit government. This is one in a series of American History Videos sponsored by the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHKuCA_69fE

This National Archives workbook includes primary sources to help students explore some of the core concepts, or protections, found in the Bill of Rights, and how they’ve been tested throughout American history. Each chapter leads you to consider the implications of one core concept and includes background Information; a key question or questions to frame your thinking; questions to help you analyze the document; a primary source document or documents; discussion questions to help you consider the impact or importance of the concept. Click on the image above to download.

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Many resources are available from the very popular We the People program! http://www.civiced.org/wtp-the-programwww.civiced.org/wtp-the-program
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Here is a great site to teach your students about civil discourse:
https://www.edutopia.org/article/hot-button-topics-civil-discussions-anne-vilen-katie-dulaney
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