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Government Lesson Plans (Awesome Library)

Government lessons are in the "Lessons and Curricula" section of the Awesome Library.

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Bills - U.S. (Yahoo)
CapWeb
Countries - Government (Yahoo)
Executive Branch - U.S. (Yahoo)
FedWorld Links to U. S. Government
Federal Documents (Southeastern Oklahoma State University)
Provides links to federal documents and offices of the government of the United States. 7-99
Federal Government At Your Fingertips
Federal Laws (FedLaw)
Provides a directory of federal laws, rules and regulations.
Government (Yahoo)
Government Resources - USA (Mining Company - Longley)
Provides information on agencies, current events, jobs and contracts. Includes a search engine. More suited to teachers than students.
Government Search
Government Services Administration
Government Word Search
Judicial Branch of U.S. Government (Yahoo)
Legislative Branch of U.S. Government (Yahoo)
Library of Congress Indexes to WWW Services
National Archives and Records Administration
Reference Information (StartSpot Mediaworks - Gov Spot)
Provides well organized sources of information related to government. 4-00
State Governments (Yahoo)
State and Federal and Agencies and Documents (INFOMINE - University of California)
Provides annotated listings of a vast number of searchable documents related to state and federal governments. Also provides information by subject.
State and Local Government
Supreme Court Decisions

Papers

Bills - How a Bill Becomes a Law (USADemocracy.com)
Provides a short summary of how a bill becomes law. 12-99
Constitutional Democracy
England - Cabinet Biographies (Crown)
England - Prime Minister (Crown)
Government Resources (Social Studies School Service)
Provides essays and news stories.
Initiatives of the Department of Education for 1997-8 (US Dept of Education)
Newseum - Interactive Museum of News
Provides information from high visibility journalists and politicians about news-related issues of the day. Designed partly to inform children about the role of news in government.
State of the World's Children (UNICEF)
Struggling to Teach Virtual Ethics
US Supreme Court Decisions (FindLaw)
Provides a searchable database of Supreme Court decisions going back to 1937.

Understanding the Federal Courts (Federal Judiciary)
Provides answers to frequently asked questions regarding federal judges, filing a case, juror information, court information, the judicial conference, and even employment. 3-00
United Nations
What If the World Were a Village? (World Village Project)

Periodicals

CNN World News

Projects

Capitals - A Timed Quiz (Funschool)
Capitals - Do You Know Your European Capitals?
Capitals - Do You Know Your South American Capitals?
Capitals - Do You Know Your State Capitals (USA)?
Citizenship - Teaching Citizenship's Five Themes (Education World - Hopkins)
Provides suggestions for teaching children skills in honesty, compassion, respect, responsibility and courage.
Government - Kid's Court (Florida Supreme Court)
Provides a puzzle, art pad and coloring book related to law and government.
National Debt Clock
Reinventing Government Online

Standards

-Classroom Civics Education Standards
A Framework for Civic Education
National Standards for Civic Education
Social Studies - Civics Standards (MCREL)

Worksheets

Government - Bill of Rights - Worksheet (Newspaper in Education)