The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, based in Boston, has been awarded a $200,000 prize to develop a program to help 8th through 12th grade teachers develop the skills necessary to lead productive classroom discussions on difficult public policy issues such as immigration, gun violence, and voting rights. Read More ⟶
Fall 2019 SCOTUS in the Classroom Cases
Street Law announces its two fall SCOTUS in the Classroom cases: R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Aimee Stephens and the consolidated cases of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia, and Altitude Express, Inc. v. Zarda. Read More ⟶
Videos Demonstrate Street Law Teaching Strategies
Street Law has developed four short how-to videos to help law students, lawyers, and other Street Law educators master some of our popular interactive teaching strategies. Read More ⟶
#RenewCivics – Constitution Day 2019
Watch highlights of students and teachers around our nation celebrating Constitution Day 2019 and taking the Preamble Challenge! Read More ⟶
Teaching the Constitution With Political Cartoons
Join the Center for Legislative Archives to discover how to use political cartoons to teach about the Constitution. This recorded webinar covers techniques for helping students evaluate visual content and ideas for how to use political cartoons to illustrate the “Big Ideas” of the Constitution, such as separation of powers and representative government. Read More ⟶
Think the Vote Debate Prompts
Every two weeks during the school year, the Bill of Rights Institute gives students the chance to win prizes by making the strongest argument on either side of the latest current events debate prompt. Read More ⟶
Classroom Resources From the Census Bureau
Statistics in Schools is the U.S. Census Bureau’s education department. It provides resources for teaching and learning with real-life data. Read More ⟶
Book a Virtual Class With NewseumED
Did you know that you don’t need to visit the Newseum to take a NewseumED class? Its offering of classes will continue after the museum building closes. Read More ⟶
Saturday Seminars at the National Constitution Center
The National Constitution Center has released its schedule for Saturday Seminars in 2019-2020. The seminars, which provide four reportable professional development hours, enhance participants’ instructional strategies for teaching the Constitution in their classroom through tours, classroom application sessions, and practicing civil dialogue techniques. Read More ⟶
New School Year, Great Resources
We’ve pulled together collections of the best of the resources available to make it easy for teachers to find useful classroom materials for all grades. Read More ⟶