Hip Hughes Explains Government Shutdown

Earlier this week Keith Hughes, producer of the world renowned YouTube channel Hip Hughes History , released a new video in which he explain...

Play the Election - Games for Learning About the U.S. Presidential Election

Play the Election from Rand McNally is a collection of games and lessons for learning and teaching about the 2012 U.S. Presidential Electio...

Classroom Deliberations - Current Issues Lessons

C-SPAN Classroom Deliberations is a website designed to educate students about current issues being debated in Congress. There are six issu...

Videos - The Evolution of Republicans & Democrats

CNN Explains recently published a couple of videos explaining the origins and evolution of the modern Democratic and Republican parties. App...

Lessons and Posters About the Electoral College

I'm a registered member of C-SPAN Classroom and I think that anyone who teaches U.S. Civics and Government can benefit from being a memb...

A History of U.S. Campaigns & Conventions

Northeastern University has launched a new site all about U.S. political campaigns and party conventions. The site is divided into five mai...

The Living Room Candidate - The History of Campaign Commercials

Last night I was a guest on EdReach's EduNation Google+ Hangout On Air . One of the topics that came up was soundbite media and politics...

A Good Directory of Where a Bill Becomes Law

Where a Bill Becomes a Law is a Google Maps-based site designed to help visitors determine where and when a bill was presented to the US Co...

If You Were President Lets Kids Be the President

If You Were President is a nice, short activity from Scholastic through which elementary school students can learn about budget balancing b...

Free Electoral College Poster from C-SPAN

C-SPAN Classroom is a great place for social studies teachers to find all kinds of resources for lessons on U.S. History and U.S. Government...

US Civics Infographics

As I've mentioned in the past, every fall semester I teach a civics and government course. Recently, through Jeff Thomas , I learned abo...

It's April 15th, Let's Learn About Taxes

April 15th is usually the deadline for filing income tax returns in the United States. This year, the deadline is April 18th. I usually have...

School Lunches & Health Care

Today's episode of CNN Student News leads off with a segment about new school lunch policies enacted by President Obama. The policies, ...

Bush v. Gore Ten Years Later

To some of us (particularly those who were passionate undergrad political science students in 2000) it seems like just yesterday Bush v. Gor...

Constitution Day Lessons from Sunnylands Classroom

Constitution Day (September 17) is less than a month away now. Federal law requires teachers in the US to teach a lesson on the US Constitut...

Interactive Activities About US Government

The Center on Congress at Indiana University has a good collection of interactive, role-playing activities for learning about how the...

Our Courts - Interactive Lessons on US Civics

Our Courts is a web-based resource designed to teach students about US Civics and the US Supreme Court. Our Courts was developed by a part...