Civics+and+Citizenship

==__**General Sites **__==
 * Information on World Legal Systems
 * Kids in the House
 * Deliberating in a Democracy
 * US Foreign Policy
 * Civic Participation and Citizenship Collection
 * Citizenship Resource Center
 * Center for Civic Education
 * Everything you need to know about the United States Government
 * Government Printing Office

__**Primary Source Sites **__

 * US legislative primary sources from the Library of Congress
 * Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History, and Diplomacy
 * UVA US President Resource
 * Smart Vote - Information on current representatives
 * Fact Check
 * Laws and Regulations
 * The Gilder Lehrman Institute
 * C-SPAN classroom

__**Lesson Plan Sites and Activities **__

 * Charters of Freedom
 * Presentations and Activities from Library of Congress
 * Politics Meets Civic Literacy
 * DocsTeach
 * Primary Access
 * Civics Lesson Plans
 * Close Up: Washington, DC Educational Programs
 * Constitutional Rights Foundation- Teacher's Lounge
 * Voting Kids USA
 * You the People: Student Educational Program
 * Social Studies Lesson Plans and Activities\
 * Political Cartoons in Civics
 * Ben's Guide for Kids: Grades 6-8
 * Ben's Guide for Kids: Grades 9-12
 * Social Studies for Kids

__**Video Sites and Specific Videos to Use **__

 * Presidential Campaign Commercials
 * Free Documentaries
 * Digital Due Process
 * Universal Declaration of Rights
 * The Brave Nation Trailer
 * Presidential Speeches

__**Games and Simulations Sites **__

 * [|iCivics]
 * eLections

__**Blogs Related to the Content Area **__

 * American Historical Association
 * History Tech
 * National Archives Document of the Day
 * O Say Can U See
 * Generation Citizen

__**Twitter, Facebook, Classroom 2.0 groups related to teaching this content area **__

 * Involvement through News and Civics

__**Others **__

 * The Week in Rap
 * High School, Civics, and Citizenship News Article
 * Web Based Civics Lessons News Article