A Voting Booth for FUTURE Voters, a new
(10/01) civic education tool from the League of Women Voters of New
Jersey
www.lwvnj.org/booth
National Council for the Social Studies Online; resources for
teachers, comprehensive resources including lesson plans, notable children's
books, Internet resources, PBS Democracy Project, upcoming TV programs
of note
www.socialstudies.org/classroom/
NJ Historical Commission; materials for teachers
www.state.nj.us/state/history/material.html
How a Bill Becomes a Law in New Jersey,
Office of Legislative Services
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/legislativepub/legprocess.asp
New Jersey Legislature's Kids' Page
What is the legislature? State flag, state seal & symbols, puzzle pages, and more.
www.njleg.state.nj.us/kids/index.asp
NJ Center for Civic and Law-Related Education, Rutgers University
civiced.rutgers.edu/
Debating Our Destiny,
PBS, teacher's guide, featuring debate transcripts and video clips from
1976-1996, and interviews withdebate participants reflecting on their
performances and the role of debates in elections
www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/greatdebate/
The Living Room Candidate,
presidential campaign commercials, going back to 1952, American Museum of the Moving Image
livingroomcandidate.movingimage.us/index.php
PBS's Guide
to teaching about elections, voting, reasons to vote, and more.
www.pbs.org/elections/
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
www.ss.ca.gov/elections/Outreach/civics/
TheYouth Leadership Initiative at the Center for Governmental Studies
at the University of Virginia is publishing an interactive CD-ROM
that is free to all teachers. The CD allows students to manage the intricacies
of a U.S. Senate campaign from the announcement through Election Day
in the hypothetical town of Franklin. It also features a "polling consultant"
to create and conduct class-wide or school-wide surveys and analysis,
an extensive "facts" database and interactive versions of all YLI course
units. Teachers and students will enjoy this contemporary and informative
look inside the campaign trail. Teachers may order the CD by e-mailing
Angela Stokes, Director of Instruction,University of Virginia, Charlottesville,
VA at ads2p@a.mail.virginia.edu
Fred Friendly Seminars, public television program partnership that
explores vital issues using the Socratic Dialogue format
www.fredfriendly.org/
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
www.hpol.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/
CloseUp Foundation's Civics Quiz
www.closeup.org/cgi-bin/quiz.pl
C-Span in the Classroom
www.c-spanclassroom.org/
National Association of Secretaries of State Survey on American Youth
(ages 15-24) Attitudes on Politics, Citizenship, Government and Voting;
attempt to gain a better understanding of why the vast majority
of young people did not vote in the 1998 election; results & PowerPoint
presentation
www.nass.org/New%20Mil%20Exec%20Summary.htm
CloseUp Foundation's "First Vote" for high school students
www.closeup.org/frstvote.htm
The 30-Second Candidate,
PBS Democracy Project, Look Inside the World of Political Advertising
www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/
Core Documents of U.S. Democracy;
topics include legislation, public law, regulations, office of the President,
demographics, and economy
www.gpoaccess.gov/coredocs.html
League of Women Voters of Minnesota: "We the People" Skills for Democracy Curriculum,
including a sample lesson plan
www.lwvmn.org/PubsWeThePeople.asp
Teacher Guide for the Professional Cartoonist; lesson plans
www.cagle.com/teacher/
Election Comic Strips
for Vocabulary Development/Election Terminology
www.vocabulary.com/election.html
First Time Voters--How Accurate Are Statistics & Polls?
Learn about polls through the case study of a fictional election
www.learner.org/exhibits/statistics
VoteSmart Classrooms;
activities for students or teachers to evaluate candidates and monitor their work
www.vote-smart.org/resource_classroom.php
Elections Around the World,
current and past elections for every country in the world that holds elections
www.electionworld.org/
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE),
helpful Internet resources
www.free.ed.gov
WNET School,
Channel 13's web service for K-12 teachers
www.thirteen.org/edonline/
Congress Link;
teacher resources from the Dirksen Congressional Center
www.congresslink.org/
Election Activities for Grades K-5
www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstd/Election_Act.html
Computer Learning Foundation's OUR TOWN Telementoring
www.computerlearning.org/ourtown.htm
Women in World History Curriculum;
biographies, lesson plans, resources
www.womeninworldhistory.com
School Social Studies Service
(lesson plans, web exercises, review of curriculum materials)
www.socialstudies.com/mar/women.html
Crossroads Lessons, Council for Citizenship Education,
Russell Sage College, skills for participation in the public life
of the 21st century; programs of citizenship and history education
www.eduref.org/
Lesson Plans & Resources for Social Studies Teachers;
more than 600 lesson plans and links to social studies resources
www.sitesforteachers.com
Look Who's Footing the Bill,
interactive lessons about the national debt
www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/democracy/debtquest.html
Gateway to Lesson Plans;
one-stop, any-stop access to high quality Internet lesson plans,
curriculum units and other education resources. Conduct full-text,
subject, keyword, or title searches, then select desired grade or
education level and submit the search
thegateway.org/
National Election Studies;
guide to public opionion and electoral behavior
University of Michigan NES's tables and graphs that show the ebb and
flow of public opinion and electoral behavior and choice in American
politics since 1952; responses to some of the questions asked in the
1952-1999 National Election Studies
www.electionstudies.org
Social Studies Resources;
comprehensive list of government and history/social studies links
http://www.csun.edu/~hcedu013/res.html#Government
Center for Civic Education;
materials for teachers, etc.
www.civiced.org
Impact II, The Teachers Network
www.teachnet.org/
