Citizenship

Bill of Rights Institute http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/

Character Counts http://www.rvschools.org/lhoffman/CharacterEdWebquest/Character%20Education.htm

Decisions Webquest [|http://www.kiva.net/~lsbailey/Decisions/]

Developing Character: A Pillar at a Time [] Government and Citizenship Site http://www.bataviacsd.org/JK/teacher%20info/governmentlinks.htm

Webquest: First Amendment Freedoms http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/tips/t2prod/asconawq2.html

Citizenship Scavenger Hunt Web Quest http://www.tccsa.net/webquest/fortune/

U.S. Constitution Teaching Theme http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/social/consit/

Do You Want to be President? Webquest [|http://coe.west.asu.edu/students/shorgeshimer/WebPage/preswebquest.html]

Hear Ye, Hear Ye Webquest http://www.amaisd.org/ahscluster/webquest/webquest.htm

Immigration Webquest http://nths.newtrier.k12.il.us/academics/social/ais/Baeb-Weiner/immigration.html

Indiana Clearinghouse for Citizenship and Character Education http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/charactered/welcome.html

Maine Eighth Grade Citizen Award Program http://www.state.me.us/sos/kids/fyigames/8th_citi.html

Maine Character Education Partnership Web Site http://www.state.me.us/education/cep/homepage.htm

AskEric: Civic Lessons http://askeric.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/Civics

National Council for the Social Studies: Creating Effective Citizens [] Responsibilities of Citizens @ Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids http://bensguide.gpo.gov/6-8/citizenship/responsibilities.html

Effective Communication and Citizen Involvement http://www.mrsc.org/Subjects/Governance/Participation/Effective.aspx

This resource above is great. I found the Citizens' Guides and Orientation to Help Citizens Participate Effectively particularly useful as there are concrete case studies of what the effective approaches are for getting the word out to citizens. (Marc Osten 10/7/2009)

How Can We Help Children Learn to Be Responsible Citizens http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content/responsible.citizen.html

LessonPlanPage: Rights and Responsibilities http://www.lessonplanspage.com/SSCitizensRightsAndResponsibilities45.htm

Educating for Citizenship [] The Democracy Project: Citizenship City http://pbskids.org/democracy/educators/citizenshipcity.html

Educational World: Teaching Citizenship's Five Themes http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr008.shtml http://www.education-world.com/soc_sci/civics/index.shtml

Teacher's Guide for the Professional Cartoonist [] Political Cartoons http://www.bvsd.k12.co.us/schools/coalcreek/early/cartoons.html

ARTSEDGE: Drawing Political Cartoons http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2100/

ConnectForKids http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?doc_id=240821

Political Cartoons in the Classroom http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/deli/exhibits/1000810/The_Lesson.html

Using Political Cartoons in the Classroom http://www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume3/october04/teachstrategy.cfm

Education World: Use Editorial Cartoons to Teach About Elections Past and Present http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr210.shtml

Political and Editorial Cartoons in U.S. History http://dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us/edpolcart.html

Today's Best Cartoons http://cagle.slate.msn.com/politicalcartoons/