Resources

Get the Educator Toolkit to access resources for planning and communicating your participation in Civic Learning Week. The toolkit includes planning resources, sample social media posts, graphic assets, and more.

An education initiative from the National Archives that promotes civic literacy and engagement and offers virtual learning experiences.

Walk in the shoes of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in this game from Minecraft Education

Students participate in a simulated debate about civic choices that takes place in the Black Freemason Lodge in Boston.

The spy-themed video game from Alterea that teaches student to neutralize misinformation

Argue real Supreme Court cases, and put your lawyering skills to the test with this free iCivics game

Teaching resources for a more accurate and inclusive migration and immigration narrative.

Learn to control all three branches of the U.S. government with this free iCivics game

Brief and Incomplete asks us to take a look at the histories we think we know and ask: What have we chosen to remember? Who’s missing? And what’s the whole story?

Are you prepared to vote? Find out with this free iCivics game.

Statistics in Schools helps bring civics education to life with resources on a range of topics including shifts in the U.S. population, trends in voting and congressional apportionment!

From George Washington’s Mount Vernon, students analyze George Washington’s decision-making process and his use of varying opinions of the people in his cabinet during the Presidency. Students have the opportunity to see how civil disagreement can advance compromise and governing.

Democratic Knowledge Project’s online tool that students and teachers can use to facilitate Student-led Civics Projects. The Civics Project Workbook is centered on our 10 Questions for Young Changemakers framework. The workbook is targeted to eighth graders, but can be incorporated in a range of contexts.

Every week, the Civics Learning Project (CLP, formerly the Classroom Law Project) delivers a current event to teachers' inboxes. Included are curated articles, podcasts, videos and other materials on a civics issue, as well as lesson plans to facilitate student-centered learning. Teachers can also search the CLP website for past current events pages.

Free, interactive, media-rich resources for grades 6–12 that bring the major people, events, and trends in history alive, while integrating often untold stories into the curriculum. Curated clips of trusted PBS programs and a diverse array of other media and interactive resources develop students’ historical thinking skills while broadening their appreciation of history’s multiple perspectives and complexity. The Civics Collection is produced by GBH Education and funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

"Connecting Civic Education and a Healthy Democracy," a report published by Carnegie Corporation of New York, highlights the need for state-level policies that expand and improve K–12 civic learning. The report calls for greater investment in civics and features examples of how coalition-building has helped advance more robust policies in a growing number of states. Equipping young people with the tools to think independently, to engage in constructive debate, and to discover their agency is essential to reducing polarization and strengthening American democracy.

Step inside the Situation Room and take on the role of president responding to international events in this free iCivics game

Running a county is a lot of work! Manage things well, and try to get reelected in this free iCivics game