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Introduction:

Essential Resources

ContextUS Document Library

Jack Miller Center
Find Historical Documents

Teaching American History
Free Digital Textbook: Life, Liberty, & the Pursuit of Happiness

Bill of Rights Institute
AP Government & Politics Collection

Retro Report
AP Government Prep Webinar

Bill of Rights Institute
AP US History Study Guide

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Election Headquarters

iCivics
Interactive Resource: Read Every Clause of the US Constitution

ConSource
Free Online Courses

Hillsdale College
Quotes from the Founders

Bill of Rights Institute
Number 86 Courses on the Constitution

The Federalist Society
The Center for American Studies

Heritage Foundation
Biographies of America's Founders

Bill of Rights Institute

Civics Games

That's Your Right

Annenberg Classroom
Executive Command

iCivics
Win the White House

iCivics
Branches of Power

iCivics
Lawcraft

iCivics
Engaging Congress

Indiana University on Representative Government

Civics Education Competitions & Scholarships

National Constitution Civics Bee (Grades 8-12)

Star News Education Foundation
Civic Engagement Challenge (Ages 13-18)

Retro Report
MyImpact Challenge (Ages 13-19)

Bill of Rights Institute
Think the Vote Student Essay Contest (Ages 13-18)

Bill of Rights Institute
O'Connor Civics Challenge (Grade 9)

O'Connor Institute
Coolidge Cup (Grades 9-12)

Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation
Student Cam Contest (Grades 9-12)

CSPAN
Student Essay Contest(Grades 9-12)

Buckley Institute
National Contest (Grades 9-12)

National History Day
Essay Contest (Grades 9-12)

Federal Bar Association
Voices of Democracy Scholarship Contest (Grades 9-12)

Veterans of Foreign Wars
'We the Future' Contest (Grades 9-12)

Constituting America
EduHam at Home (Grades 9-12)

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Ninth Circuit Civics Contest (Grades 9-12)

United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
George S. and Stella M. Knight Essay Contest (Grades 9-12)

Sons of the American Revolution
Student Summer Fellowships (Grades 11-12)

Bill of Rights Institute
Scholarship: Become a USSYP Student Delegate (High School Juniors and Seniors)

United States Senate Youth Program
Scholarship: GE-Reagan Foundation Scholarship Program

Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute

Educational Programs

Ashbrook Academy (Juniors and Seniors)

Ashbrook
Student Fellowship

Bill of Rights Institute
Saturday Academies

Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Economics for Leaders Summer Program (Sophomores and Juniors)

Foundation for Teaching Economics
2023 'We the People' Program

We the People
JSA Summer Institutes

Junior State of America
The Concord Review History Camp

The Concord Review

Lesson Plans/Curricula

Popular Lesson Plans

Jack Miller Center
American Government and Politics

Hillsdale 1776 Curriculum
The Plainest Demands of Justice: The African American Experience

Bill of Rights Institute
9/11 Heroes: Surviving the Biggest Attack on US Soil

Retro Report Education
Study Black Leaders from American History

1776 Unites
Understanding 9/11

Common Sense Society
Slavery and the Founding

Bill of Rights Institute
Principles of the American Republic

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
Constitutional Architecture

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
Rights and Responsibilities

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
The Colonial Period and Independence

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
The 1800s

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
American History: WWI - Present

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
American Geography, Symbols, and Holidays

School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership
Communism: Its Ideology, Its History, and Its Legacy

Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation
How to Have a Better Argument

The Better Arguments Project
FIRE Free Speech Curriculum

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
A More Perfect Union

National History Day
Presidential Inaugurations, Past and Present

Bill of Rights Institute
The Executive Branch

ConSource
Teaching Controversial Issues

iCivics
How Students Can Influence Elections

iCivics
Founding Principles

Teaching American History
Learning About the Constitution

Teaching American History
Founders and the Constitution

Bill of Rights Institute
Religious Liberty: An American Experiment

Bill of Rights Institute
Vote for Women

Bill of Rights Institute
The Pilgrims' Courageous Journey

Bill of Rights Institute
The Constitution and Supreme Court Nominations

Bill of Rights Institute
Gilded Age and the Progressive Era

Bill of Rights Institute

Multimedia

25 Lessons on American History

Wilfred McClay, Hillsdale College

Exploring America's Founding Documents

Jeffrey Rosen, National Constitution Center

Constitutional History Better Than Fiction

David McCullough, ConSource

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Ken Burns's Unum

Explaining the Dred Scott Decision

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, National Constitution Center

Landmark Cases of John Marshall's Supreme Court

Hadley Arkes, Michael Maibach, et al., CSPAN

Homework Help: The Free Exercise Clause

Bill of Rights Institute

Homework Help: Learn about the Constitution

Bill of Rights Institute

AP Government Prep: Reviewing the Constitution and Federalism

Paul Sargent, Bill of Rights Institute