Civic Education Web Resources

  Resources Library The Bill of Rights Institute has produced classroom-ready content for over 20 years. Our library of 4,000 resources, including 650 lessons, 300 essays, and more than 300 videos can all be found here! Website – billofrightsinstitute.org/resources-library Read More

  The mission of the Ashbrook Center is to strengthen constitutional self-government by educating our fellow Americans—students, teachers, and citizens—in the history and Founding principles of our country and the habits of reflection and choice necessary to perpetuate our republic. Website –  ashbrook.org Read More

Online Learning Opportunities Constitutional Exchanges from the National Constitution Center  The Exchange Program connects middle school, high school, and college students online to practice civil dialogue skills; apply critical thinking and active listening; and learn about the Constitution, and how it affects their lives. All programs are offered for free and are a unique way to build constitutional knowledge through live interactive classes and the NCC’s acclaimed online learning platform, the Interactive Constitution. Students, teachers, and parents can join a constitutional conversation from anywhere in the United States, accessing publicly available Zoom sessions from a home computer, tablet, or phone. The Center offers three types of exchanges, and suggests teachers use a combination of all three offerings. https://constitutioncenter.org/interactive-constitution/online-civic-learning-opportunities Read More

The Intercollegiate Studies Institute is an organization whose purpose is to  promote the understanding of responsible liberty in the western tradition, to increase the appreciation of the moral basis of a free society, and to encourage interest in the best that has been thought and said throughout the history of western civilization. It has extensive free web based resources, including a lecture archive – virtual classroom lectures, panels and debates on the most important topics in history, philosophy, politics, economics, etc., and the PPE Academy that has online courses on philosophy, politics, and economics, all offered in the context of examining the dimensions of freedom. isi.org Read More

The Bill of Rights Institute is a civic education organization with a network of over 50,000 history and civics educators, thousands of classroom-ready history and civics resources and annual student and teacher programming. The Bill of Rights Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in September 1999 to engage, educate, and empower individuals with a passion for the freedom and opportunity that exist in a free society. The Institute develops educational resources on American history and government, provides professional development opportunities to teachers, and runs student programs and scholarship contests. The Institute’s depth of knowledge is drawn from a full-time staff with more than 100 years of combined classroom experience, as well as from partners who are experts in their fields. Since its founding, the Institute has published over 4000 resources, including, hundreds YouTube videos, and current events lessons for middle and high school classrooms. All of its resources are designed to drive students to the United States Constitution and Founding documents as the foundation of their analysis of American history and current events. Website – billofrightsinstitute.org Read More