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Democracy Links

ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS

a League of Women Voters of New Jersey Education Fund Project

* The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

How a Bill Becomes a Law in New Jersey, Office of Legislative Services
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/legprocess.asp

Old Barracks Museum, Trenton
http://www.barracks.org

Ben's Guide to US Government, virtual Ben Franklin explains branches of U.S. Government and how they started. Learn about citizenship, elections, symbols, and more
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Cartoon History of New Jersey
www.state.nj.us/hangout/dinosite

The Great Debate & Beyond, 40 years of TV and politics, a look at the presidential debates since 1960 from the History Channel
http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/

GenerationNet's Survey to identify issues and policy campaigns for young people

State of the Vote; The National Association of Secretaries of State and e-Government services provider's new website designed to address the questions and concerns of a growing group of "political dropouts," the 18-to-24-year-olds
www.stateofthevote.org

CIVICS (Community Involvement & Voting Information in Classroom Studies), a project of the California Secretary of State
http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/Outreach/civics/

History and Politics Out Loud, an archive of politically significant audio materials; includes more than 100 recordings and transcripts of Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King, Jr. and others
http://www.hpol.org

Parents Guide to the Information Superhighway
http://www.childrenspartnership.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&CONTENTID=4687&TEMPLATE=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm

Rock the Vote, a non-partisan, non-profit organization founded by members of the recording industry, dedicated to protecting freedom of speech, educating young people about issues, and motivating young people to participate by registering, voting, and speaking out
http://www.rockthevote.org/

Project Vote Smart, information on over 13,000 candidates and elected officials, including President, Congress, Governors, and State Legislators. To help voters make an informed decision about the people who run for office
http://www.vote-smart.org/

Government Sites for Kids, links to federal departments and agencies
http://www.westga.edu/~library/depts/govdoc/kids.shtml

Kid Link, aimed at getting as many youth through the age 15 as possible involved in a global dialog
http://www.kidlink.org/english/general/index.html

The White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

"Where Do You Fit In?" Pew Research Center's Voter Typology survey
http://www.people-press.org/fit.htm

The :30 Second Candidate, PBS Democracy Project, Look Inside the World of Political Advertising
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/

Kids Voting USA, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots organization dedicated to securing democracy for the future by involving youth in the election process today
http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/

Noam Chomsky Archive, an extensive database of dissident writings
http://www.zmag.org/chomsky/

 


CURRENT EVENTS:

PollingReport.com; updated daily nonpartisan site that reports the results of the latest national polls from research organizations, such as Gallup, Harris, Yankelovich, and Princeton Survey Research
http://www.pollingreport.com


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