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Citizenship Resources

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
http://teach.fhu.edu/technology/EDU506/WebQuests/charactered/characed.htm

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
http://www.socialstudies.org/positions/effectivecitizens/

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

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
http://www.nwrel.org/scpd/sirs/10/c019.html

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
http://www.cagle.com/teacher/

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


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/