Free Civic Literacy Online Classroom Tools, 6-12

This article includes online resources to help support civic literacy within the Iowa Core Curriculum.

History and Civil Rights
Civics Online
http://civics-online.org/teachers/activities.php

Democracy for Kids
http://pbskids.org/democracy/parentseducators/index.html

Democracy Project
http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote/index.html

Online Civics Text
http://members.tripod.com/~tutor_me/book/little.htm

US History Lesson Plans Library
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/lessonplans/ushis.html

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

C-SPAN Classroom
http://www.c-spanclassroom.org/

Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
http://www.civicyouth.org/practitioners/org_links.htm

CIVNET
http://www.civnet.org/

EDSITEment
http://edsitement.neh.gov/

Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
http://www.free.ed.gov/

Madison's Treasures
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/madison/

The National Archives
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/

Our Documents
http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=false&

Picturing America
http://picturingamerica.neh.gov/

Voices for Votes
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

We the People
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/themes/

Youth Justice Bulletin
http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjbul2001_4_1/contents.html

American Social History Project
http://ashp.cuny.edu/

American Memory Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/learn/

Black History: Exploring African-American Issues
http://www.kn.att.com/wired/BHM/index.html

Discovery of America
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/adulted/lessons/lesson1_activities.html

History Matters
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/

The Power of Words Curriculum
http://www.tolerance.org/

Teaching with Historic Places
http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/index.htm

Time Lines: Connecting Your Life to History
http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/adulted/lessons/lesson16_activities.html

Immigrant Experience
Ellis Island.org
http://www.ellisisland.org/Immexp/index.asp?MID=00122573060020223808&

The Lower East Side Tenement Museum
http://www.tenement.org/Virtual_Tour/index_virtual.html

Ancestors in the Americas
http://www.cetel.org/

Media Literacy
Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/bp_mlk.html

CNN San Francisco Interactive Learning Resources
http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/

The Democracy Project
http://www.pbs.org/30secondcandidate/index.html

Evaluating Websites
http://www.altn.org/webquests/websites/index.html

FAIR
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=101

International Newspapers
http://www.refdesk.com/paper.html

Digital Citizenship
Digital Citizenship: Using Technology Appropriately
http://www.digitalcitizenship.net/

Be a Safe Surfer
http://www.gwinnett.k12.ga.us/MinorES/techsafety.htm

Cable in the Classroom Digital Ethics
http://www.ciconline.org/digitalethics

Center for Media Literacy
http://www.medialit.org/

Chatdanger
http://www.chatdanger.com/

Cybercitizenship.org
http://www.cybercitizenship.org/index.html

CyberSmart!
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/

GetNetWise
http://www.getnetwise.org/

Media Awareness Network on Chat Rooms
http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/wa_teachers/safe_passage_teachers/101_chatrooms.cfm