Organizations and links of interest:
Ohio Statehouse -
www.ohiostatehouse.org
Ohio Secretary of State -
www.sos.state.oh.us
Ohio Historical Society -
www.ohiohistory.org
Ohio Council for Economic Education -
www.ocee.org
Ohio Council for Social Studies -
www.ocss.org
Center on Congress at Indiana University -
www.centeroncongress.org
National Conference of State Legislatures -
www.ncsl.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation -
www.crf-usa.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago -
www.crfc.org
Street Law -
www.streetlaw.org
Tolerance.org -
www.tolerance.org
Teaching
Teens How to Handle Credit -
http://www.merchantwarehouse.com/teaching-teens-how-handle-credit
Supreme Court Summer Institute
Street Law, Inc.
and the Supreme Court Historical Society will sponsor two
sessions of the annual Supreme Court Summer Institute, June
14-19 and June 21-26, 2012. The Institute is open to secondary
level social studies teachers & supervisors, who will spend five
stimulating days on Capitol Hill and inside the Supreme Court
learning about the Court, its past and current cases, and how to
teach about them from top Supreme Court litigators & educators.
Attendees will also be in the Court to hear the Justices
announce the final decisions of the term and attend a private
reception at the Court. For full information and to apply
online (under the “Registration Info” tab), go to
www.streetlaw.org/scsi_apply. The application deadline is
March 12, 2012.
Constitutional Rights
Foundation 3rd Annual First Amendment Cartoon Contest
Encourage students to
exercise their creativity by entering the
First Amendment Cartoon Contest.
The
theme of this year’s contest is
Free Expression through the “rights of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of
grievances.”
These rights are particularly significant in this an era of
protest both in the United States and around
the world.
Deadline for submissions is March 16, 2012.
For contest rules and entry form:
www.courtsed.org.
American Constitution Society
Learn more
about the
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy Constitution in the Classroom program. Visit
http://www.acslaw.org/conclass?mgs1=dc585hSPGx
C-SPAN offers free electoral map
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/Special-Offers.aspx
Redistricting Game
The Redistricting Game allows players
to experience the realities of one of the most important (yet
least understood) aspects of our political system. Go to
www.redistrictinggame.org
iCivics
iCivics (formerly Our Courts) is a web-based education project
designed to teach students civics and inspire them to be active
participants in our democracy. iCivics is the vision of Justice
Sandra Day O'Connor, who is concerned that students are not
getting the information and tools they need for civic
participation, and that civics teachers need better materials
and support.
www.icivics.org
Website for Researching Primary Sources
The National Archives DocsTeach
website is designed to help teachers use primary resources in their
classrooms. The site has more than 3,000 primary documents
available to view and print. In addition, the website contains
ready-to-use activities, as well as tools to produce your own
activities for teaching these primary documents. Visit DocsTeach
at
http://docsteach.org/.
The
Library of Congress "Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) Direct"
The Library of
Congress has an online resource for educators – “Teaching with
Primary Sources Direct.” TPS Direct enables educators to
integrate primary sources into their classrooms by creating
customized lesson plans based on documents and artifacts from
the Library’s extensive collections. Applicable across grade
levels and content areas, this project allows educators to
search the TPS database for content-rich activities.
Visit
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/professionaldevelopment/tpsdirect/
and
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/
Teachable
Moments –
www.teachablemoment.org
Teachers: Looking for
“teachable moments” to grab your students’ attention and enhance
their learning? TeachableMoment.Org provides educators with
timely teaching ideas to encourage critical thinking on issues
of the day and foster a positive classroom environment. It is a
project of
Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility
(formerly Educators for Social Responsibility Metropolitan
Area).
Topical
activities are available for
elementary
school,
middle
school, and
high
school levels.
Government
Information for Kids
Gov Doc Kids Group is a national group of government
information librarians, primarily from the
Johnson
County Library and
the Eisenhower Presidential Library (KS). Members are also based
at Muskingum University in Ohio.
http://govdocs4children.pbworks.com/FrontPage
http://wikis.ala.org/godort/index.php/Gov_Doc_Kids
http://community.fdlp.gov/govdockidsgroup
http://www.muskingum.edu/home/library/find/govtdocs.html
60-Second Civics
Checkout the Center for
Civic Education's
60-Second
Civics, a daily podcast
that provides a quick and convenient way for listeners to learn
about our nation’s government, the U.S. Constitution, and
American history.
To subscribe to 60-Second Civics, visit
www.civiced.org.
You can also find 60-Second Civics at
iTunes
or
Podcast
Alley.
INFOhio - The
Information Network for Ohio Schools
INFOhio, a virtual
K-12 library, transforms teaching and learning by connecting
education resources with the power of information technology:
www.infohio.org
Websites for
interactive lessons and activities to teach students of all ages
about the U.S. Constitution and branches of government:
Newseum
Visit the world's most
interactive museum at
http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/default.asp
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