Civic Ideals and Practices

EDSS 620Summer 2013

What is Civics?

• Civics is the study of the theoretical and practical aspects of citizenship, its rights and duties; the duties of citizens to each other as members of a political body and to the government.

• It includes the study of civil law and civil code, and the study of government with attention to the role of citizens ― as opposed to external factors ― in the operation and oversight of government.

Standard 5 – Civics, Citizenship and Government

• “use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.”

iCivics

http://www.icivics.org

Civics Lessons for ESL Students

http://www.icivics.org

Ben’s Guide to U.S. Government

http://bensguide.gpo.gov

The White House

http://www.whitehouse.gov

Congress for Kids

http://www.congressforkids.net/citizenship_3_whatisresponcitizenship.htm

BrainPop

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/usgovernmentandlaw/citizenship/

Civics Flashcards

http://www.ailc.com/citizenship/flashcards/index.htm

American Bar Association

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/educational_resources/teaching_resource_guides/resources_for_teachers_students.html

Civic Action Project

http://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/educational_resources/teaching_resource_guides/resources_for_teachers_students.html

The Avalon Project

http://avalon.law.yale.edu

Citizenship Lessons

http://www.studyzone.org/testprep/ss5/b/citizrrrl.cfm

The Constitution Game

http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/constitution_day/

Constitution Resources LOC

http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/constitution.html

United States Senate

http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm

iCivics WebQuest

http://www.icivics.org/web-quests/constitution-rules-running-country

ShareMyLesson

http://www.sharemylesson.com

Discovery Education

http://app.discoveryeducation.com

Timeline

• A timeline is a way of displaying a list of events in chronological order, sometimes described as a project artifact.

• It is typically a graphic design showing a long bar labeled with dates alongside itself and (usually) events labeled on points where they would have happened.

Timelines

http://theelearningcoach.com/media/graphics/timelines-for-learning/

ReadWriteThink

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline/

TimeToast

http://www.timetoast.com

Dipity

http://www.dipity.com

OurStory.com

http://www.ourstory.com/

XTimeline

http://www.xtimeline.com/index.aspx

U.S. Constitution Timeline

http://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/index.html