Resources

• Quiz: Celebrate Constitution Day with a test of knowledge

• 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

  • Should the Electoral College be reformed?

  • Should your state modify its voter registration laws and methods for submitting a ballot?

• Hamilton Education Program

• 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

• 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

• Social Change Ecosystem Map