Intro

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

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

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

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

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

National Council on Economic Education

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