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Cast Your Vote

Election Day is coming, are you prepared to vote?
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NewsFeed Defenders

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

Make your own history! Are you team Federalist or AntiFederalist?
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Counties Work

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

Run a law firm and test your knowledge of constitutional rights.
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Immigration Nation

Guide newcomers through the path to citizenship.
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Executive Command

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

Run your own presidential campaign!
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Branches of Power

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

Navigate our court system and guide citizens to the right place.
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Who Rules?

Students learn about the different forms of government that exist, including democracy, autocracy, oligarchy, and others. They compare and contrast these types of government, and they look at real-…
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Limiting Government

Explore the five basic limits on government through the true story of Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori, and other fictional cases of government power gone wild.
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Slavery: No Freedom, No Rights

From the basics about slavery to the attitudes that defended it and the efforts of those who wanted to see it abolished, in this lesson students learn about this dark part of America's past.Got a 1:…
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Civic Action and Change

Students learn the basic steps of civic action and what it takes to make change, following the "I AM" model (Inform, Act, Maintain). Along the way, they explore the change-making examples of four key…
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Rule of Law

This skit-driven lesson explores the six factors that make up the rule of law and how they protect individual rights and freedoms in our day to day lives. Students then connect the rule of law to…
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Step One: We've Got Issues

In the first of nine steps, students explore two county issues you have chosen. They vote to decide which issue the class will focus on for its “County Solutions” project.This resource was created…
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Step Three: Who You Gonna Call?

To begin thinking about possible solutions for the issue they read about in Step Two, students learn about the difference between individual, group, and government action. They analyze examples, then…
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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…
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Step Five: All About Public Policy

Having built a foundation of knowledge about the chosen issue in Steps One through Four, students now learn the term “public policy.” Students identify government action and regulation as the two…
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Step Six: Real World Policies

Building on the concepts of public policy, government action, and regulation from Step Five, students analyze real-world examples of government actions and regulations. Students get a taste of the…
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