Resources
Resources
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Democracy Decoded (podcast), Campaign Legal Center
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Educating for American Democracy A Roadmap to Excellence in History and Civics
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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
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Opinion: Our democracy is ailing. Civics has to be part of the cure, Danielle Allen and Paul Carrese, The Washington Post, March 2, 2021
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Has Democracy Become a Spectator Sport?, Salzburg Global Seminar, Designs on the Future Initiative, July 29, 2020
Lesson Plans
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AP United States Government and Politics Classroom Resources
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Building Democracy for All: Interactive Explorations of Government and Civic Life, EdTech Books, Robert W. Maloy and Torrey Trust, 2020
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C-SPAN Classroom
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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: 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)
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Should your state modify its voter registration laws and methods for submitting a ballot?
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How to Teach Civics in Action to K-12 Students, Baylor University
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National Council for the Social Studies, Social Education, October 2010
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New American History, Electing the House of Representatives
Standards
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College, Career, and Civic Life (C3) Framework for Social Studies State Standards
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State guidance for enhancing the rigor of K-12 civics, economics, geography, and history
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