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Civic Education Links
State
and Local Governments
Media and Commercial
Sites
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C-Span |
| Online
complement to cable TV channel provides live Webcasts of Congressional
sessions and hearings, press conferences and other public affairs
events. Its award-winning 'C-Span
in the Classroom' integrates its extensive video collection
from the cable network with lesson plans published on its Web
site, and its 'Teach
with C-Span' offers suggestions on how to use its video
and Webcasts in class. 'The
Common Good' competition challenges high school students
to submit a project to explore the role of public service in
America. |
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CNN |
| also
offers extensive Web public affairs
reporting to complement its TV cable newscasts, along with a
CNN Student News
Web page highlighting its weekly TV program, including Teacher
Resources and a 'Weekly
Update for Educators' e-mail
briefing providing teachers with advance information to integrate
current events coverage into the curriculum |
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The New York Times |
| In addition
to its news coverage (requires free sign-up), also publishes
large selection of civics
lesson plans on various themes
incorporating its reporting of contemporary policy and political
issues. 'Learning
Network' connects grade 6-12 teachers, their students,
and parents to a comprehensive news and education resource with
daily lesson plans, quizzes, and opportunities to talk with
Times' reporters. |
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The History Channel
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| Occasional
topics on cable programs or Web relevant to civics and
legal educators, with most educational resources and lesson
plans featured in its Classroom
page |
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Court TV |
| Covers
current trials and other legal proceedings both on cable channel
and Web, also features famous trials of the past with public
policy impacts, such as its Web profile of the Sacco
and Vanzetti Case. Sponsors 'Your
Turn', award-winning public service program bringing teenagers
and community leaders together to discuss a legal or social
issue of particular significance to their community and the
national television audience. |
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Justice Talking |
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Web site complement
to National Public Radio's
one-hour weekly program
produced by the Annenberg
Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania
exploring cases and controversies before nation's courts |
| America
Online |
| Publishes
a range of educational tools and links to other sites, including
those with social studies resources, at
AOL@school |
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Microsoft Encarta |
| Online subscription
service and CD-ROM encyclopedia, publishes free educational
resources at 'Schoolhouse',
including reference materials and lesson plans |
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Classroom
Connect |
| Sponsored
by educational publisher Harcourt, Inc., excellent site with
features including online interactive discussion among educators
on their favorite lesson plans and Web sites, 'Ask the Expert'
feature for questions in locating specific resources and extensive
lesson plans and class projects |
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bigchalk |
| Commercial
provider of subscription-based online research and reference
services for K-12 educational and public library markets, also
offers selection of free reference and resource materials |
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EPALS.com |
| leading
for-profit provider of e-mail software and collaborative tools
for education market, also provides free online forum allowing
teachers and students around the world to communicate on current
issues |
New
Jersey Civic Education Resources
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New Jersey State Home Page |
| State's
main home page offers Governor's
biography
and press
releases; and links
to State departments and agencies. State governmental
and public policy developments also are covered by online media
publishers such as New Jersey Online;
InJersey;
and North Jersey Media;
and political campaign news and insider government gossip is
at www.politicsnj.com. |
| New
Jersey Legislature |
| Recently
revamped Web now provides live
audio and video of sessions and committee hearings, legislator
directory, searchable databases of
statutes,
pending legislation, overview of the
legislative process. Kids'
Page offers puzzles, basic information on legislative process
at elementary level |
| New
Jersey Judiciary |
| features
include text of
opinions of New Jersey Supreme Court and appellate courts;
overview
of the court process;
Kids' Page |
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New Jersey
Historic Documents |
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text of selected New Jersey historical documents, including
the State Constitutions of 1776,
1844
and 1947,
published by the New Jersey
State Library |
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The
Encyclopedia of New Jersey |
| project
under development for both print and online publication by Rutgers
University Press, currently only has limited samples of the
extensive biographical profiles and lesson plans it hopes to
expand when the project is completed in 2003 |
| Electronic
New Jersey: A Digital Archive of New Jersey History |
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supported by grants from the New Jersey Historical Commission,
publishes New Jersey history learning materials on such topics
as 'Paul
Robeson', 'Social
Protest in the 1960s and 70s', 'Mass
Culture and Consumerism in the 20th Century', 'New
Jersey in the American Revolution' and 'World
War II in New Jersey'
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New Jersey History Page |
| site
developed as part of a course at Monmouth
University designed to teach how to use computers in teaching
history, profiles include 'New
Jersey and the Making of the Constitution'; 'History
of Education in New Jersey' |
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New
Jersey Women's History |
| Designed
by the Women's
Project of New Jersey in collaboration with the the
Scholarly Communications
Center at Rutgers University
Libraries in New Brunswick, and the New Jersey Historical Society
in Newark, features 'E-Classroom'
with suggested lesson plans and activities for different grade
levels exploring New Jersey women's history |
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Lindbergh Trial |
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excellent site developed by the weekly newspaper Hunterdon
Democrat, gives
students a fascinating look at the still-continuing controversy
over New Jersey's investigation, trial and execution of Bruno
Hauptmann for the kidnapping of the infant son of Charles and
Ann Morrow Lindbergh |
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Newark Student Voices
Project |
| Part
of the National Student
Voices Project an initiative of the Annenberg
Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania with
funding from the Annenberg
Foundation and The Pew Charitable
Trusts, supporting local civic education projects in 22
cities throughout the country. Sponsored in New Jersey by the
Eagleton Institute
of Politics at Rutgers
University, the project involves the participation
of classes at 17 Newark high schools monitoring the 2002 municipal
election and local issues. |
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