This page was created to provide a convenient source of on-line lesson plans, activities and resources for the teachers of 
Local, State and National Government.  

On-line Lesson Plans

 
The Living Room Candidate - collection of television campaign ads from 1952 to 2008
 
Maryland State Department of Education
 
The Bill of Rights Institute
 
Youth Leadership Initiative
 
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
 
PBS Series: The Supreme Court - Federalism and  Maryland v. McCulloch 
 
PBS Teacher Source  - large database of lessons and resources
 
George Cassuto's Cyber-Learning World
 
Constitutional Rights Foundation
 
TeAchology Government Lesson Plans
 
Annenberg Classroom 
 
Performance Education - a commercial site that places free sample lessons on-line
 
First Amendment Center
 
First Amendment Schools
 
New York Times Learning Network Teacher Connections
 
The Dirksen Congressional Center
 
The Center on Congress at Indiana University
 
Smart Growth Lesson Plans
 
Foundation for the Teaching of Economics
 
Educator's Reference Desk
 
Mr. Donn U.S. Government and Civics
 
Discovery School Lesson Plans
 
American Bar Association 2010 Law Day
 
Center for Civic Education - information about Mock Congressional Hearings
 
Choices Program - teaching foreign policy through current and historical events
 
National Council on Economic Education Lesson Plans
 
Federal Trade Commission and Anti-Trust Laws Lesson Plans and student games

On-line Resources

 
Hippocampus from MSDE - video clips correlated to Democracy In Action and LSN Units
 
Exploring Constitutional Law - games and readings
 
Civic Voices 
 
The Citizen Bee from the Bill of Rights Institute
 
Interactive Timeline of Supreme Court Cases
 
Virtual Tour of Supreme Court
 
PBS 30 Second Candidate Link "Tricks of the Trade" is an excellent interactive site.
 
Bill of Rights Institute - Article II and the President - video clips
 
Student Voices 
 
Maryland State Department of Education links to useful government sites
 
Quick Facts About Maryland from the Census Bureau
 
Maryland Association of Counties
 
Maryland Manual On-Line
 
Maryland Smart Growth
 
Maryland.gov great resource for out of state teachers
 
Maryland Government Links
 
Civics On-Line
 
Maryland Newspapers
 
C-Span in the Classroom contains current events video clips and suggested activities
 
Newshour Extra contains current events video clips and suggested activities
 
Library of Congress Thomas
 
National Constitution Center
 
Interactive Constitution from Justice Learning
 
The Center on Congress @ Indiana University - Interactive Learning Modules
 
The Center on Congress @ Indiana University - one min. video segments about Congress & principles of government
 
The Center on Congress @ Indiana University - video segments about how Congress works
 
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
 
U.S. House of Representatives
 
U.S. Senate
 
McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum  
 
Energy of a Nation: Immigration Resources

 

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Includes a sample citizenship test for naturalization that students may find interesting
 
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Educating about Immigration
 
Rights Matter: The Story of the Bill of Rights
 
ECONnections
 
National Council on Economic Education
 
EconEdLink
 
Primary Source Learning
 
FirstGov interagency site created by the U.S. General Services Administration
 
Annenberg Media has free streaming video

Constitution Day Lesson Plans

 
Teaching with Documents - National Archives
 
Constitutional Rights Foundation
 
Center for Civic Education
 
National Constitution Center
 
Sunnylands' Constitution Day

 

American Bar Association

Charles County On-line Resources

 
Charles County Public Schools Curriculum Publish 
 
ABC-CIO Login-In Page
 
Digital Library Resources
 
Hot Linked LSN Government Websites
 
Hot Linked US History Websites
 
Hot Linked World History Websites

Maryland State Department of Education Resources

 
Maryland State Curriculum
 
Core Learning Goals and Toolkit
 
Social Studies MSC Glossary

Textbook On-line Resources

 
Glencoe Maryland Resources
 
Glencoe Civics and Government Resource Links
 
U.S. Government: Democracy In Action

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