Ben's Guide
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/index.html
Ben’s Guide provides information and interactive activities about government and politics specifically tailored for educators, parents, and K-12 students.
Congress Link
http://www.congresslink.org/
Presents up-to-date information about Congress and how it works. Teachers will find lesson plans, assessment rubrics, resources for lesson planning, and an annotated version of the Constitution with hyperlinks. Middle and high school students can type in their ZIP code and receive detailed information about their representatives. Experts are available to help students locate, evaluate, and analyze information.
Constitution Day
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/
Information and lesson plans for teaching about the US constitution.
First Gov
http://firstgov.gov/
The US government's information portal.
Government Lesson Plans
http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/history/government/
From Teach-Nology.
Judges in the Classroom
http://www.courts.wa.gov/education/
Although the lesson plans found here were designed to help judges teach in K-12 classrooms, they can be adapted by social studies teachers with an interest in teaching about the law and the Bill of Rights.
The National Constitution Center
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education/WelcomeEducatorsandStudents/index.shtml
Offers lesson plans for study of the constitution.
Professional Cartoonists' Index
http://www.cagle.com/teacher/
Contains an excellent collection of polital cartoons organized by artists' names and by state. This is a great tool for teaching current events and can also be included in the Language Arts, Journalism, and Art curriculum.
