Resources
Resources
America's 250th - Sesquicentennial of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
- Declaration Book Club
- Monticello
- America's 250th Content
- Sphere Education Initiative
Perspectives
- Rebuilding Civic Trust in the Age of Algorithmic Division
- Linda Hansen, The Fulcrum, November 4, 2025
- Fighting the Liar's Dividend: A Toolkit for Truth in the Digital Age
- Edward Saltzberg, The Fulcrum, September 8, 2025
- On a mission to make voter registration part of every high school in America. Check out The Civics Center resources.
- Registering High School Voters, Joyce Vance, September 3, 2024
- Learn about what happened during the Civic Season across the United States.
- Reclaiming the American flag: A symbol of unity in a divided nation
- Kristina Becvar, The Fulcrum, May 31, 2024
- Universities must renew their commitment to democracy, Rajiv Vinnakota, The Fulcrum, May 30, 2024
- Quiz: Celebrate Constitution Day with a test of knowledge
- Democracy Decoded (podcast), Campaign Legal Center
- Educating for American Democracy A Roadmap to Excellence in History and Civics
- How Political Institutions Shape Outcomes and How We Might Reform Them, Danielle Allen, Lee Drutman, Katie Fahey, and Cara McCormick, Library of Congress, April 15, 2021
- Opinion: Our democracy is ailing. Civics has to be part of the cure, Danielle Allen and Paul Carrese, The Washington Post, March 2, 2021
- Has Democracy Become a Spectator Sport?, Salzburg Global Seminar, Designs on the Future Initiative, July 29, 2020
Lesson Plans
- AP United States Government and Politics Classroom Resources
- Building Democracy for All: Interactive Explorations of Government and Civic Life, EdTech Books, Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust, 2020
- Bunk History
- C-SPAN Classroom
- America250 - Resources Celebrating the United States Semiquincentennial
- Redistricting and Reapportionment Resources
- Clip: The Process for Reapportionment and Redistricting in 2021 (3:20)
- Clip: Reapportionment after the 2020 Census (4:42)
- Clip: New Changes in the 2021 Redistricting Cycle (2:40)
- Clip: Partisan Gerrymandering Supreme Court Ruling (4:36)
- Clip: Ben Williams on States' Redistricting Efforts (5:24)
- Bell Ringer: The Number of People per Congressional District (2:36)
- Bell Ringer: What is the census and how does it work? (4:52)
- Bell Ringer: The Redistricting Process (2 Clips)
- Bell Ringer: Partisan Gerrymandering and How District Lines are Drawn (8:13)
- Bell Ringer: Independent Redistricting Commissions (3:00)
- Bell Ringer: The Number of People per Congressional District (2:36)
- Bell Ringer: Term Limits and Gerrymandering (2:44)
- Lesson: Analyzing the 2020 Census Results (3 Clips)
- Lesson: What to expect during the 2020 Redistricting Process (5 Clips)
- Lesson: The Redistricting Process: How States Draw District Maps (7 Clips)
- Lesson: Baker v. Carr (8 Clips)
- Lesson: Shaw v. Reno (2 Clips)
- Lesson: Overview of the Census (9 Clips)
- Deliberation: Should the Federal Government Regulate States' Election Procedures? (10 clips)
- Should the Electoral College be reformed?
- Should your state modify its voter registration laws and methods for submitting a ballot?
- Braketology Lessons exploring Presidents, First Ladies, Supreme Court Cases, and Courageous Americans
- Tournament of Presidents (Bracketology) (1 Clip). This activity gives students an opportunity to evaluate the presidents using a "bracket style" competition. Students will examine individual leadership characteristics that are key to the success of the chief executive by using C-SPAN's 2021 Historians Survey of President Leadership to make their determinations.
- Tournament of First Ladies (Bracketology) (1 Clip). In this lesson, students evaluate the American first ladies using a "bracket style" competition. Students review individual characteristics that are key to the success of the first lady and utilize different research sources as they engage in the activity.
- Tournament of AP Gov SCOTUS Cases (Bracketology) (1 Clip). This activity gives students an opportunity to evaluate the 14 required AP U.S. Government & Politics Supreme Court cases, as they examine specific aspects of each case.
- Most Courageous American (Bracketology) (5 Clips). In this lesson, students determine WHO in American History is the "Most Courageous American." Each student nominates someone they believe to be courageous from American History. In a series of five rounds, students then complete different assignments that include conducting research, creating a series of presentations, engaging in debates, and voting after each round to determine who advances until a winner is determined.
- Hamilton Education Program
- How to Teach Civics in Action to K-12 Students, Baylor University
- iCivics - DBQuest
- GeoInquiries for Government
- National Council for the Social Studies, Social Education, October 2010
- National Geographic Society Resource Library
- New American History, Electing the House of Representatives
- The Harvard Case Method: Improving Civics Education
Standards
- College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards
- State guidance for enhancing the rigor of K-12 civics, economics, geography, and history
Materials
- A Roadmap for Civil Discourse: The EAD (Educating for American Democracy) Inquiry Deck, New American History, 2025
- Democracy Decoded
- Podcast from the Campaign Legal Center
- Engaging Congress
- Library of Congress - Teaching with Primary Sources
- On the Hunt for the Original Louisiana Literacy Test, Rebecca Onion, Slate, July 3, 2013
- National Constitution Center
- News Literacy Project
- Social Change Ecosystem Map
- Teaching with Primary Sources
- U.S. Census Bureau
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Bureau
- Take the 2025 version of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Civics test designed for residents who wish to become citizens. What additional information do you think might have been included? Find a copy of the test through uscis.gov/citizenship.