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The Civil Rights unit covers the early days of the expansion of slavery in the United States through the momentous 1950s and 60s and into the modern Civil Rights Movement. Use primary documents, readings, activities and more to introduce your students to key concepts, events, and individuals of this facet of American history.

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Students will learn about the structure, function, and powers of the legislative branch of government. They will explore the legislative process, as well as the influence of citizens and political parties.

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Congress in a Flash!

Need to teach the legislative branch in a hurry? This lesson is designed to cover the basics in a single class period. Students learn what Congress is, what the Constitution says about the legislative branch, and how a bill becomes law. They analyze some actual language from the Constitution, compare the House and the Senate, and simulate the lawmaking process by reconciling two versions of the same fictional bill.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's materials below!

How do members of Congress decide whether to vote yea or nay on a bill? In this lesson, students learn what factors members of Congress consider when deciding whether to vote for a bill, including the powers given to Congress by the Constitution, what a member's constituents want, his or her political party's position, and the member's personal views. Students simulate the decision making process using hypothetical bills based on real-life issues.
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include:

Do you know who represents you in the federal, state and local government? Do you know how to get in touch with them? Follow this WebQuest to find answers to these questions and more!

Play Time: 15-30 mins

Jump into the law making process of Congress.

Make your students' game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed specifically for LawCraft. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give context and purpose to the game, as well as reinforce and assess the game concepts. That means deeper learning for students, and best practices around game-centered learning for you!

Extension Packs require PowerPoint and are designed for use with projectors or interactive whiteboards.

Play Time: 30+ mins

Learn to control all three branches of the U.S. government!

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Students will learn about the executive branch, including the unique role and powers of the president and the function of executive departments and agencies. They will explore key facets of foreign policy and the president’s role in it.

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Play Time: 30+ mins

Learn to control all three branches of the U.S. government!

Starting a brand new nation was a tough job for America's first presidents-and it didn't help that many Americans were wary of the new central government. In this lesson, students learn about some of the decisions and actions the first presidential administrations took to make sure the United States would be strong enough to last.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's materials below!

For The President, All In A Day's Work

Students learn the primary responsibilities of the president and how those duties connect to the powers the Constitution grants to the Executive Branch. Students also learn about the types of issues the Executive Branch deals with and which federal agencies handle them.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's materials below!

*Please note: In preparation for the 2021 Inauguration, this lesson has been updated to reflect the incoming administration.

Ever wondered what it would be like to be President of the United States? Find out what the president does every day, who the president's helpers are, and how the president's job affects your life.

Supreme Court Nominations

This lesson teaches the fundamentals of Supreme Court Justice nominations and helps students understand the politics behind the nominations. It challenges students to cut through the politics and compare nominees' judicial philosophies and includes an optional extension for students to research and analyze the controversial nominations and confirmation processes of Robert Bork, Harriet Miers, Clarence Thomas, and Merrick Garland.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDFs of this lesson's materials below!

Mini-Lesson: Vice President

Find out about the importance of the vice presidential candidate in a presidential election, and how this person is much more than a running mate.

In A Very Big Branch, students learn that there's more to the executive branch than just the president! Students explore the roles and responsibilities of the presidential cabinet and executive departments and agencies.

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Executive Roles: Money Doesn't Grow on Trees?

Students learn the role of the executive branch in creating and carrying out laws. Through role-play, the class models the legislative and execution processes as they create a new coin in order to learn how the executive and legislative branches work together.

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Foreign Policy: War & Peace and Everything In Between

Students learn what foreign policy means. First, they learn the distinction between foreign and domestic policy. Then they find out what role the executive branch plays in foreign policy and the primary tools it uses: foreign aid, the military, and treaties. In addition, students learn how foreign policy power is shared with the legislative branch.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's materials below!

Play Time: 30+ mins

Being the president is no easy task. Are you up to the challenge?

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Students will learn about the federal and state courts and what they do. They will explore the courts’ role in fairly settling disputes and administering justice, and the unique role of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

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The Judicial Branch

Students will learn about the federal and state courts and what they do. They will explore the courts' role in fairly settling disputes and administering justice, and the unique role of the U.S. Supreme Court in interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

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This library of mini-lessons targets a variety of landmark cases from the United States Supreme Court. Each mini-lesson includes a one-page reading and a one-page activity, and is appropriate for a variety of uses. Unlike the iCivics lesson plans, these mini-lessons are designed for students to complete independently without the need for teacher direction. However, they also make great teacher-directed lessons or even class conversation-starters, and multiple mini-lessons can be combined to make a longer lesson.

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Landmark Library

This library of mini-lessons targets a variety of landmark cases from the United States Supreme Court. Each mini-lesson includes a one-page reading and a one-page activity, and is appropriate for a variety of uses. Unlike the iCivics lesson plans, these mini-lessons are designed for students to complete independently without the need for teacher direction. However, they also make great teacher-directed lessons or even class conversation-starters, and multiple mini-lessons can be combined to make a longer lesson.

Meet the Supremes Teacher's Guide

This document offers teachers a "quick peek" at the background, arguments, decision, and rationale for 35 Supreme Court cases. The cases are organized into four thematic categories, and include links to mini-lessons on specific cases where available. The Guide also provides the general learning objectives for all of the mini-lessons found in the Landmark Library.

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that affirmed the Court's power of judicial review. Students learn how Congress tried to add to the Supreme Court's Constitutional power, how the Supreme Court rejected the idea that it has any power beyond what's listed in the Constitution, and how the Court's exercise of judicial review in this case made the judicial branch equal to the other two branches. Students then learn that even when the Supreme Court declares a law unconstitutional, Congress has options for moving the law forward.

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that it was constitutional to keep black and white people segregated as long as the accommodations for each race were "equal." Students learn about the concept of "separate but equal," the reasons the Court found the doctrine acceptable, and the fact that the doctrine was not abolished until the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Students compare arguments from the Plessy case and the later case Brown v. Board of Education, and they consider whether the Brown court would have decided in Plessy's favor.

Korematsu v. United States (1944)

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that determined the government acted constitutionally when it detained people of Japanese ancestry inside internment camps during World War II. Students learn what internment camps were, the background behind the government's decision to detain those of Japanese ancestry, and the reasons the government upheld that decision. They also learn how the issue has re-emerged with regard to those of Middle Eastern descent during the ongoing fight against terrorism.

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that overturned "separate but equal" in public schools. Students learn about segregation and "equality under the law," and they use what they learned to craft compound sentences following a structured format.
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This mini-lesson covers the basics of the Supreme Court's decision that said juvenile offenders have a right to due process. Students learn about 14th Amendment due process, fairness, and the specific rights afforded juveniles in the justice system.
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include:

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Students will explore the concept of federalism, from the powers held by the federal government to the powers reserved for the states. They will also learn about state government structures and functions, the state-level lawmaking process, and discover county, municipal, and tribal governments.

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State and Local Governments

Students will explore the concept of federalism, from the powers held by the federal government to the powers reserved for the states. They will also learn about state government structures and functions, the state-level lawmaking process, and discover county, municipal, and tribal governments.

State government resources were created with support from the State Government Affairs Council. Local government resources were created with support from the National Association of Counties.

What do state governments do? In this overview lesson, students learn about state government structure, functions, lawmaking, and relationship with local government.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's materials below!

Every state is different... and every state is the same! How can that be? Follow this WebQuest to find out about your state, its government, and its relationship to the U.S. government!

Comparative Constitutions

If you've seen one constitution, have you seen them all? Compare and contrast the provisions of the U.S. Constitution alongside the state constitutions of Florida and Virginia. Find common ways in which state constitutions differ from (and are similar to) the U.S. Constitution, and take a closer look at your own state constitution.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's materials below!
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include:

Play Time: 15-30 mins

Running a county is a lot of work! Manage things well, and try to get re-elected.

Do you know who represents you in the federal, state and local government? Do you know how to get in touch with them? Follow this WebQuest to find answers to these questions and more!

Play Time: 30+ mins

Election Day is coming, are you prepared to vote?

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Students will explore the concept of federalism, from the powers held by the federal government to the powers reserved for the states. They will also learn about state government structures and functions, the state-level lawmaking process, and discover county, municipal, and tribal governments. State government resources were created with support from the State Government Affairs Council.

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This unit is designed to provide students with an introduction to the electoral processes of the American political system. Students will develop a strong foundation that will inform them of their choices and encourage civic involvement. The Politics and Public Policy unit guides students to a deep understanding of concepts and processes through simulations, presentations, vocabulary-building activities and a mock election.

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This unit is designed to provide students with an introduction to the electoral processes of the American political system. Students will develop a strong foundation that will inform them of their choices and encourage civic involvement. The Politics and Public Policy unit guides students to a deep understanding of concepts and processes through simulations, presentations, vocabulary-building activities and a mock election.

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Students will learn what it means to be a U.S. citizen and how citizenship is obtained. They will compare and contrast personal and political rights with social responsibilities and personal duties. Students will explore global citizenship, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens in other countries. They will also learn about community engagement by selecting a problem of their own and creating a plan to solve it.

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Citizenship & Participation

Students will learn what it means to be a U.S. citizen and how citizenship is obtained. They will compare and contrast personal and political rights with social responsibilities and personal duties. Students will explore global citizenship, and the rights and responsibilities of citizens in other countries. They will also learn about community engagement by selecting a problem of their own and creating a plan to solve it.
Topics at a Glance: citizenship | civil liberties | civil rights | immigration | naturalization | citizen participation | civic engagement | global citizenship | duties of a U.S. citizen | rights and responsibilities of citizens | involuntary and voluntary participation in civic life | U.S. census | D.C. voting rights

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County Solutions is a lesson-based civic action project you can do with your students right in the classroom! We've broken down the project into nine steps for middle school and ten more research-intensive steps for high school, with one lesson per step. Students examine the broad context of their issues—including the role of county and other levels of government—and focus on bringing about local change using strategies tailored to their individual issues. When you've finished the unit, students will have a completed action plan to resolve a community issue. Whether you ask students to take it beyond that is up to you!

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County Solutions Civic Action Plan

County Solutions is a lesson-based civic action project you can do with your students right in the classroom! We've broken down the project into nine steps for middle school and ten more research-intensive steps for high school, with one lesson per step. Students examine the broad context of their issues-including the role of county and other levels of government-and focus on bringing about local change using strategies tailored to their individual issues. When you've finished the unit, students will have a completed action plan to resolve a community issue. Whether you ask students to take it beyond that is up to you!

This resource was created with support from the National Association of Counties

Step Four: Working With Websites

To increase their knowledge about both the chosen issue and the three types of actors they studied in Step Three, students examine three websites of governmental and non-governmental organizations that are involved with the chosen issue. They apply the "5W + H" method in order to learn how to navigate and gather information from a website. At the same time, they record and analyze new information about the class's chosen issue.

Step Nine: Action Campaign

Now that the research is done and students have articulated a proposed public policy solution for the chosen issue, they learn how to gather support. Students learn 12 different campaign and publicity strategies, then apply what they've learned by creating publicity materials to promote the class' public policy solution. This lesson may be done as a fictional exercise or to kick off a real-life campaign.

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County Solutions is a lesson-based civic action project you can do with your students right in the classroom! We've broken down the project into nine steps for middle school and ten more research-intensive steps for high school, with one lesson per step.

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This unit is designed to teach students about sources of influence on our society and our government. Students learn how the media and interest groups influence discussions that take place in the “public sphere” and ultimately influence the government. They also identify and apply the seven types of propaganda to see how messages are designed to influence us individually.  The unit challenges students to take a critical look at all these sources of constructed messages through simulations, vocabulary-building activities, and real world applications.

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Media and Influence

This unit is designed to teach students about sources of influence on our society and our government. Students learn how the media and interest groups influence discussions that take place in the "public sphere" and ultimately influence the government. They also identify and apply the seven types of propaganda to see how messages are designed to influence us individually. The unit challenges students to take a critical look at all these sources of constructed messages through simulations, vocabulary-building activities, and real world applications.

What is the media? What does it do? Students examine the types and roles of the media by taking on the role of newsmaker and agenda setter.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Download fillable PDF versions of this lesson's materials below!

Play Time: 30+ mins

Fight hidden ads, viral deception, and false reporting as a NewsFeed Defender!

Does the influence of interest groups harm or help our political system? Interest groups have recently unleashed the power of massive budgets for political ads, and most people can't keep up with all of the messages. Students must decide whether interest groups generally inform or mislead voters about important issues. Students will examine reasons and evidence on both sides, and ultimately craft an effective argument for the side they choose. With increasing political influence, this Drafting Board issue frames an important contemporary debate for your students!

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This unit is designed to teach students about sources of influence on our society and our government. Students learn how the media and interest groups influence discussions that take place in the "public sphere" and ultimately influence the government. They also identify and apply the seven types of propaganda to see how messages are designed to influence us individually.

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The universe of information we live in is a complicated web of messages with a mind-blowing array of sources, biases, and agendas. Help your students develop the mad news literacy skills they need with the resources in our hot-off-the-press News Literacy unit. Designed for the high school classroom, this unit teaches students to recognize high-standards journalism so they can make informed judgments about the information coming at them. Students get practical skills to help them identify and deal with misinformation, bias, opinion, and more.

Each lesson includes a paper activity as well as a web activity (similar to our WebQuests) and an independent internet investigation so your students can get real-world, hands-on practice evaluating news, opinion, and misinformation. The mini-lessons in the unit zero in on narrower topics of special concern.

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News Literacy

The universe of information we live in is a complicated web of messages with a mind-blowing array of sources, biases, and agendas. Help your students develop the mad news literacy skills they need with the resources in our hot-off-the-press News Literacy unit. Designed for the high school classroom, this unit teaches students to recognize high-standards journalism so they can make informed judgments about the information coming at them. Students get practical skills to help them identify and deal with misinformation, bias, opinion, and more.

Each lesson includes a paper activity as well as a web activity (similar to our WebQuests) and an independent internet investigation so your students can get real-world, hands-on practice evaluating news, opinion, and misinformation. The mini-lessons in the unit zero in on narrower topics of special concern.

Got a 1:1 classroom? Find fillable PDF versions of the lesson materials available for download with each lesson in this unit.

These resources were created with support from the Raab Family Foundation and the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics of the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

Play Time: 30+ mins

Fight hidden ads, viral deception, and false reporting as a NewsFeed Defender!

NewsFeed Defenders Extension Pack

Make your students' game play more meaningful with activities designed specifically for NewsFeed Defenders. This easy-to-use resource set means deeper learning for students and best practices around game-centered learning for you!

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n this unit, students learn about the relationship between the government and the economy. Starting with the basics of the market economy, students learn about government regulations on our market economy, where the government gets its money and what the government spends it on, and how banks and lending influence our economic system. Each lesson is a basic overview of a very broad topic and includes activities designed to show students how these topics impact their own lives.

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Government & the Market

In this unit, students learn about the relationship between the government and the economy. Starting with the basics of the market economy, students learn about government regulations on our market economy, where the government gets its money and what the government spends it on, and how banks and lending influence our economic system. Each lesson is a basic overview of a very broad topic and includes activities designed to show students how these topics impact their own lives.

This lesson uses the topic of cell phone service to illustrate how government and the economy are related. Students learn the difference between market, command, and mixed economies. Building on the idea of a mixed economy, the lesson discusses government limits on economic activity, including anti-trust laws, tariffs, and consumer protection. Having studied cell phone service as an example, students apply what they've learned by showing how the principles of a mixed economy work in the food production industry.

This lesson teaches the basics about the market economy, including the relationships between consumers and producers, supply and demand, and profit and incentive. Students learn six traits of a market economy, compare the market economy to other types of economies, identify opportunity costs, and much more. We recommend teaching this lesson before the other lessons in this unit.
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This lesson teaches the basics of taxes: what they are, who pays them, what kinds exist, and what they're used for. Students learn how people's income is taxed, how much revenue taxes generate, and how taxes and government services are related. Activities based on real life show students how to analyze a pay stub and how to calculate sales tax.
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include:

This lesson tackles a variety of topics related to government spending, including the federal budget, mandatory versus discretionary spending, and government debt. Students learn the difference between a surplus and deficit, the basics of federal budgeting, and the method the government uses to borrow money. They consider the complexities of deciding where the government's money should go and compare those decisions to choices about personal budgeting. Finally, they work with actual federal spending figures from 2011 to see where the government's money really goes.

Banks, Credit & the Economy

This lesson presents a crash course in the relationship between money, banks, and lending in our economy. Students first learn the basics about money and banks. Then they then learn about banks' role as lenders and find out why lending plays such a huge role in our economy. Students learn about the Federal Reserve, inflation, and the Fed's role in regulating our economy. Finally, they learn the difference between loans that serve as investments and loans for things that decrease in value, as well as the ugly side of borrowing and lending.

We've all heard it in line at the supermarket: "Will that be cash or credit?" Should young adults under the age of 18 be given access to credit cards? Some might argue that kids need to learn about credit, so they will be responsible with it as adults. Others say that kids buying things on credit will have the opposite effect: devaluing money and increasing impulse. In this Drafting Board issue, your students will explore each side's reasons and evidence. They'll produce a structured and polished argument in favor or against credit cards for minors.

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Students learn about the complex interactions that exist in our globalized world. They examine the evolution of diplomacy and international interdependence by looking at recent and historical global events.

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International Affairs

Students learn about the complex interactions that exist in our globalized world. They examine the evolution of diplomacy and international interdependence by looking at recent and historical global events.

The situation in the fictional nation of Swurudi is descending into chaos. The president was recently assassinated and tribal groups are turning against each other. The world is watching and concerned that violence may spread. Should the international community send military forces to stop a potential genocide? Students must examine reasons and weigh evidence - and ultimately decide whether intervention is appropriate. Does intervention risk further violence? Do human rights trump national sovereignty? Your students decide in this Drafting Board issue!

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Students learn about the complex interactions that exist in our globalized world. They examine the evolution of diplomacy and international interdependence by looking at recent and historical global events. The situation in the fictional nation of Swurudi is descending into chaos. The president was recently assassinated and tribal groups are turning against each other.

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For your convenience, we've added lessons from our Geography Library to related units. But you can still view the full library right here!

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With the Oregon Treaty, the United States added what today is the Pacific Northwest. In this mini-lesson, students learn how it happened, what tensions were involved, and how Native Americans were affected.
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include: Oregon Treaty - Middle School - on Nearpod

Slave States, Free States

The debate over slavery ultimately helped drive the United States into civil war, but before it did, there were decades of careful balance between slaves states and free states. In this lesson, students learn about that balance and its geography, including the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include: Slave States, Free States - Middle School - on Nearpod

Annexation of Texas (1845)

The United States annexed Texas after years of debate. In this mini-lesson, students learn about Texas' independence from Mexico, the role of slavery in delaying Texas' admission, and the sneaky way President Tyler pushed annexation through in the final hours of his presidency.
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include:

What ocean is off the east coast? Who is our southern neighbor? What are the U.S. territories? Can you draw the Rocky Mountains on a map? In this lesson, students answer these questions and more as they learn the basics of United States geography.
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The Mexican-American war ended with Mexico giving up a million acres of land to the United States. In this lesson, students learn about Americans' drive to expand west, tensions between the U.S. and Mexico, and President James Polk's actions that started a war between the two countries. This lesson also includes the Gadsen Purchase of 1853.
Partner Resources for this Lesson Plan include:

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For your convenience, we've assembled a library of the infographics that exist within other units. Use these infographics with your class to introduce students to a new civics topic, as well as practice much-needed visual literacy skills.

Each infographic has a Teacher's Guide with information to help you implement the resource in your classroom, including introduction to visual skills, guiding questions, suggested activities, base knowledge, and vocabulary.

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Infographic Library

For your convenience, we've assembled a library of the infographics that exist within other units. Use these infographics with your class to introduce students to a new civics topic, as well as practice much-needed visual literacy skills.

Each infographic has a Teacher's Guide with information to help you implement the resource in your classroom, including introduction to visual skills, guiding questions, suggested activities, base knowledge, and vocabulary.

Six Roles of the President (Infographic)

From Commander-in-Chief to Chief Executive-keep track of the many hats worn by the president with this printable infographic for your classroom!

Love this infographic? Explore all of our free election curriculum and teaching resources at our Election Headquarters.

Gerrymandering (Infographic)

Where do we draw the line? Find out how redistricting turns into gerrymandering, and how gerrymandering negatively impacts people in those districts.

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A series of nine guided activities developed especially for the Boys & Girls Club covering topics ranging from the rights and responsibilities of citizenship to organizing a campaign to make change in their community to the workings of the three branches of government.

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Boys & Girls Clubs of America

A series of nine guided activities developed especially for the Boys & Girls Club covering topics ranging from the rights and responsibilities of citizenship to organizing a campagin to make change in their community to the workings of the three branches of government.

BGCA Lesson One: Rights and Responsibilities

Participants will be able to compare and contrast the rights of a citizen from Do I Have A Right? with the responsibilities of a citizen in Responsibility Launcher.

BGCA Lesson Three: Voting and Representation

Students will draw connections between the process of choosing an elected official to vote for in Cast Your Vote and the work that elected officials do on behalf of their constituents in Represent Me.

BGCA Lesson Four: Crafting Laws

Participants will be able to demonstrate understanding of the necessity of negotiation and compromise, as well as staying true to personal convictions, as they craft bills that will become laws.

Players navigate a simulation of law creation, working as a member of the House or Senate to craft a bill and pass it through Congress and get it signed by the President. While addressing an issue that is important to their constituents, players must keep their own values and the values of their party in mind.

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iCivics' growing collection of video games offers the opportunity to play with civic skills and knowledge...literally! Each iCivics game is playable in one class period and can be played in a variety of settings: 1-to-1, small groups, or whole class. Our games don't require prior knowledge -- they teach students everything they need to know to play.

Each game includes:

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Not sure how to best implement Games into your classroom? iCivics offers downloadable comprehensive guides, tips, and tricks for each of our resource guides to help facilitate a seamless experience.

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DBQuest

Explore major questions in civics and history while building the skills needed to analyze primary sources.

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Eagle Eye Citizen

Solve and create American history and civics challenges to explore Library of Congress primary sources—and look closer.

6-8 9-12

Engaging Congress

An interactive learning tool using primary sources to explore how our government works. Help students understand separation of powers, voting rights, federal budget, state’s rights, and more.

K-2 3-5

History's Mysteries: Historical Inquiry for Elementary Classrooms

Take inquiry-based learning to the next level. Students become history detectives using primary sources as evidence to solve historical mysteries.

6-8 9-12

Journalism in Action

Journalism in Action is an interactive learning tool exploring the history of journalism in society using historical primary sources.

K-2 3-5

KidCitizen

KidCitizen offers a growing set of interactive episodes that engage K–5 students with primary source photographs to explore Congress & Civic Engagement.

6-8 9-12

Voices for Suffrage

Relive the suffrage movement, learn about key events and figures, and explore primary documents to learn all about the fight for women's right to vote.

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Make your students’ game play more meaningful by using our activity and assessment set designed specifically for Convene the Council. This easy-to-use Extension Pack helps you give context and purpose to the game, as well as reinforce and assess the game concepts. That means deeper learning for students, and best practices around game-centered learning for you!

Extension Packs offer Google Slides and are designed for use with projectors or interactive whiteboards.

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Get access to lesson plans, teacher guides, student handouts, and other teaching materials.

I find the materials so engaging, relevant, and easy to understand – I now use iCivics as a central resource, and use the textbook as a supplemental tool. The games are invaluable for applying the concepts we learn in class. My seniors LOVE iCivics.

Lynna Landry , AP US History & Government / Economics Teacher and Department Chair, California

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Civics is a subject area that offers an unlimited supply of complex, engaging primary and secondary source texts for students to read and build understanding from. This is why we believe it makes the perfect partner for English Language Arts lessons, now more than ever. In fact, a recent study done by the Fordham Institute found that engaging students with rich content in civics and social studies appeared to teach reading more effectively than other methods.

If you've never used iCivics resources as part of your English Language Arts curriculum [or to embed reading and writing skills into your social studies class], you've come to the right place. Our standards-aligned resources listed below will engage your students in high-interest, scaffolded writing assignments and discussions that will develop their non-fiction reading and writing skills to prepare students for College and Career readiness.

Dig into Author's Purpose, Textual Evidence, and Writing with DBQuest

Use our DBQuests to help students read and analyze informational texts. Each module offers historical primary source documents on one topic, as well as guiding questions to help students dig into the text. This scaffolded approach helps students build evidence-based reading skills aligned with Common Core.
Here are three DBQuests you might try and the skills they will help your students gain.

"I have been integrating Science and Social Studies into our English Language Arts and Math courses. iCivics' resources are wonderful for that, because I could easily teach the importance of learning good reading, decoding, and comprehension skills at the same time that I am teaching about the bill of rights or voting." - Deanna C., Special Education Teacher

Teach News Literacy and Journalism

Add a Fun Game: NewsFeed Defenders

Do your students understand news and media messages? Can they tell fact from opinion? Accuracy from deception? A credible source from an untrustworthy one? Engage students in gameplay, literacy, and valuable 21st century skills.

In Newsfeed Defenders, students employ critical thinking as they evaluate markers of deceptive media by working to maintain a fictional social media website. Be sure to explore the NewsFeed Defenders Extension Pack, which includes ready-made activities designed specifically for the game.

Extra Credit! After gameplay, ask students to write a journal entry about why we shouldn't believe everything we see on the internet.

Journalism-Focused Lessons

Our media literacy curriculum offers a wide variety of lesson plans to dig into skill building around journalism, such as understanding satire and bias, and evaluating opinion. Lessons in each unit will challenge students to take a critical look at media messages through simulations, vocabulary-building activities, and real world applications.

Engage Students in Persuasive Writing

In our Persuasive Writing Curriculum Unit, students learn how to "argue on paper" using a fictional case about a school dress code rule against band t-shirts. The lessons take them through the process of writing two persuasive essays: one supporting the rule and one opposing it.

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Being the new kid on the block wasn't enough for the United States. Early Americans wanted their nation to be bigger, too. (And probably badder.) They succeeded--but at a cost. In this unit, students learn how the United States began to grow as soon as it became a nation, and they examine the effect of this growth on societies already established in North America.

** This unit groups together lessons that are also found in the Geography Library and Road to the Constitution units. You can still find those lessons in their original locations.

We're Free... Let's Grow!

With the end of the Revolutionary War, America’s geographical size doubled… but how should new territory be added to the United States? Learn about the issues raised by this American “first” and the challenges the nation faced with its new Northwest Territory.

Louisiana Purchase (1803)

In this map-based lesson, students learn the historic importance of the Mississippi River and why the U.S. was determined to maintain access. They find out how the United States acquired the land that made up the Louisiana Purchase—and just how little anyone knew about that land before handing over the purchase price!

Cherokee Resistance

The 1830 Indian Removal Act authorized President Andrew Jackson to negotiate treaties with tribes in order to relocate them to land west of the Mississippi & open their lands to white settlement. The Cherokee resisted relocation. This DBQuest looks at the responses of the Cherokee and how they tried to keep their sovereignty, or independence. Sources include speeches made by members of the Cherokee, Elias Boudinot and Major Ridge; as well as a petition to the U.S. Congress disputing the Treaty of New Echota.

Manifest Destiny

In this lesson, students get an introduction to the concept of Manifest Destiny. Even before the phrase “Manifest Destiny” was first used in 1845, many Americans believed the U.S. was destined to grow. Students learn what this philosophy looked and sounded like in the 19th century and preview United States expansion. This lesson is intended to serve as an introduction to further study of American expansion.

Oregon Treaty (1845)

With the Oregon Treaty, the United States added what today is the Pacific Northwest. In this mini-lesson, students learn how it happened, what tensions were involved, and how Native Americans were affected.

Annexation of Texas (1845)

The United States annexed Texas after years of debate. In this mini-lesson, students learn about Texas’ independence from Mexico, the role of slavery in delaying Texas’ admission, and how President Tyler pushed annexation through in the final hours of his presidency.

Mexican Cession (1848)

The Mexican-American War ended with Mexico giving up a million acres of land to the United States. In this lesson, students learn about Americans’ drive to expand west, tensions between the U.S. and Mexico, and President James Polk’s actions that started a war between the two countries. This lesson also includes the Gadsen Purchase of 1853.

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iCivics acquired History's Mysteries' elementary curriculum, and will continue to work in partnership with the creators to further develop the product, making it available to K-5 students nationwide.
iCivics is partnering with History's Mysteries to integrate its K-5 learning offerings into the iCivics suite of educational materials. This marks a significant investment for iCivics in elementary civic education, which has historically been underserved by the field.

The partnership with History's Mysteries will allow iCivics to address this fieldwide deficit, and provide a full library of learning materials for every grade level K-12, giving elementary educators an accessible way to engage younger learners in history and civics during the most foundational years of their education.

Founded in 2009, iCivics reaches more than 145,000 teachers and 9 million students annually through free, nonpartisan games and interactive lesson plans that teach the fundamentals of civic education by putting students at the center of learning.

Similarly, History's Mysteries places young learners in grades K-5 in the center of the action by challenging them to act as history detectives. Its curriculum asks students a "Big Question" such as "What does it mean to be a citizen?" and then guides them through a discussion with teachers in which students use primary sources such as images, videos and texts to form conclusions.

Over the next few years, iCivics will expand History's Mysteries' K-5 content and make materials easier for teachers to use by aligning the content to standards in all 50 states. As part of the partnership, History's Mysteries will be rebranded as Private "i": History Detectives. The new, upgraded History's Mysteries content will be available at iCivics.org in time for the 2022-2023 school year.

Of the partnership, Kelley Brown and Laurie Risler, who created History's Mysteries, said, "History's Mysteries originated from educators asking for accessible primary sources, inquiry-based learning, and engaging materials. We developed a foundation of historical mysteries that will undoubtedly grow and improve with such an incredibly respected and knowledgeable organization. iCivics' long track record of creating quality, balanced, and engaging materials for learners makes me so excited for the future of our partnership and the new Private "i" History Detectives in elementary classrooms all across the country."

"iCivics has wanted to expand into elementary curriculum for quite some time. The building blocks of lifelong civic learning can and should be laid in the earliest grades. We're incredibly excited about History's Mysteries and what it will bring to our youngest learners," iCivics Director of Curriculum and Content Taylor Davis said. "We already know that K-5 students are eager to learn more about civics. What better way to do that than by building on young students' natural curiosity and asking them to take on the role of history detectives in search of civic knowledge and skills through the close-reading of primary sources and critical thinking."

This collaboration grew out of the Library of Congress's Teaching With Primary Sources (TPS) initiative, which provides grants for organizations to build materials and tools that teach key concepts using the Library's digitized primary sources and other online resources. iCivics and History's Mysteries are both grantee organizations and members of the TPS Consortium.

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iCivics & History's Mysteries Partner to Expand Innovative History and Civics Curriculum for Grades K-5 | iCivics

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iCivics acquired History's Mysteries' elementary curriculum, and will continue to work in partnership with the creators to further develop the product, making it available to K-5 students nationwide. iCivics is partnering with History's Mysteries to integrate its K-5 learning offerings into the iCivics suite of educational materials.