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Civic Education Resources

• American Civics Center
  nonpartisan, prepare citizens for active participation through visualization and education programs for middle and high school students who come to Washington, DC

• American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
  law network

• Bill of Rights Institute
  curricular materials for middle and high school students

• Center for Civic Education
  curricular programs, professional development

• Center for the Constitution
  foundation-supported teaching academy

• Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
  (CIRCLE)
  conducts research on civic youth

• Center on Congress
  nonpartisan education center, understanding of Congress

• Choices Program
  curricular resources, professional development, and special projects for secondary-level students

• Civnet
  website of Civitas International

• Close Up Foundtion
  mostly conducts programs for students in Washington, DC

• Constitutional Rights Foundation
  programs and materials for young people

• Creating the United States
  This Library of Congress exhibition offers a remarkable opportunity to learn in a fresh new way how the founding documents that emerged from this period were forged out of insight, invention, and creativity, as well as collaboration and much compromise.

• Democracy and Diversity (pdf document)
  set of principles, concepts, and guidelines that school practitioners can use to build or renew citizenship education programs that balance diversity and unity and prepare students to become effective citizens in a global context.

• Edsitement
  lessons on civics and government in U.S. history (Edsitement contains lessons on multiple humanities disciplines)

• Education Commission of the States
  helps states with policy and exchange of ideas

• First Amendment Center
  forum for the study and exploration of free-expression ideas

• Miller Center of Public Affairs
  a national nonpartisan center to research, reflect, and report on american government

• National Alliance for Civic Education
  resource materials

• National Conference of State Legislatures
  forum of ideas on state issues

• National Conference on Citizenship
  national network on American history and civics education

• National Service Learning Clearinghouse
  a cornucopia of information and educational resources in service learning

• Teaching With Documents
  website contains reproducible copies of primary documents from the holdings of the National Archives of the United States, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.