Curated OER
Michigan Supreme Court
Learners read articles on a hot topic (controverial topic) and prepare for a discussion on the article. They engage in forming an opinion on an important public concern and defending their opinion/position with supporting data. They...
Curated OER
Michigan Judicial System Conclusion
Students identify the courts that make up Michigan's judicial system. They state the responsibilities of each court and diagram a flow chart of how a case moves to the Michigan Supreme Court. They participate in a quiz about the current...
Curated OER
Friday Forum (Day 5)
Students evaluate their performance in different debates about the laws of Michigan. They write a letter to an editor of a newspaper sharing their opinions. They write journal entries as well.
Curated OER
The Jessie Jackson Campaign
Students explore an African American's presidential campaign. In teams, students create a campaign for their presidential candidate. They create political ads and plan campaign strategies. Students are simulate jobs such as a campaign...
Curated OER
Art Reflects Life
Fifth graders use the Internet to view collections of famous artists throughout the eighteenth century America. Using the artwork, they identify the themes that portrayed America as the land of opportunity. They record their findings...
Curated OER
"Black ans White": Nineteenth Century Racism
Learners examine Thomas Nast's illustration, "Black and White," looking for examples of racism. Contemporary stereotypes utilized to demonstrate the attitudes of people in the North and South in the 1800's are explored.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Port Huron Statement: Students for a Democratic Society
The text of the Port Huron Statement of the Students for a Democratic Society, 1962.
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: Students for a Democratic Society
Primary source documents and texts related to the Students For a Democratic Society movement, a student protest group in the 1960s. All materials can be downloaded.
New York University
Sds: Students for a Democratic Society
Resource offers annotated explanation of a number of university student protest organizations, including Students for a Democratic Society and its chapter at New York University in 1965.
PBS
The Sixties: Students for a Democratic Society (Sds)
Companion site to PBS series on the Sixties. Highlights content on politics and the newsmakers of the era. Students will learn about protest group, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and its offshoot, Weathermen and link to related...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Msu Libraries: American Radicalism
The American Radicalism Collection holds over 17,000 items. It includes books, pamphlets, periodicals, posters, and ephemeral material covering a wide range of viewpoints on political, social, and economic issues in America. The emphasis...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Student Activism
A good look at the student activism of the Students for a Democratic Society and the philosophy behind this organization.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Sds Chapters 1962 1969
Background of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Shows maps of the growth of SDS from a handful of chapters in 1962 to more than 300 in 1969.
Chicago History Museum
Chicago Historical Society: History Files: Parades, Protests and Politics
Summary of events with photos and artifacts about the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
Other
Electoral Reform Society
This British website is home to a not-for-profit group promoting alternative democratic voting systems. Students studying representative government can examine if Canada's current First-Past-the-Post system best suits Canada's changing...
The Dirksen Congressional Center
Congress for Kids: Independence: Democracy vs. Autocracy
Find out about the differences between democratic and autocratic governments and why ours is a democratic one.
Library of Congress
Loc: Progressive Era to New Era, 1900 1929
This website defines and explores the Progressive Era and various aspects of American society during that period of history. It contains fairly simple text and several images.
Center For Civic Education
Center for Civic Education: Orb and Effy Learn About Authority [Pdf]
Using the story Orb and Effy Learn About Authority, young students are guided to develop an understanding of what authority is, how it is an essential part of a democratic society, and what limits a society puts into place so that...
US Government Publishing Office
U.s. Government Publishing Office: Core Documents of u.s.democracy
Direct online access to the basic Federal Government documents that define our democratic society, a core group of current and historical Government publications.
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation: Developments in Democracy
Learning activity in which students study the ideas of Enlightenment philosophers, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau. Lesson includes individual, group and whole class activity in which students write, discuss and debate the role...
Library of Congress
Loc: Country Study: Germany, East (Former)
U.S. Government report on the history, society, economy and government of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from its establishment in 1949 until 1987, or two years before the fall of the Berlin Wall and four years before...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: On Making Life Livable
Being able to withstand heat and cold is a need shared by rich and poor alike. The author of this speech to the American Society for Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) provides an anecdotal history of climate...
University of California
Columbia University: The Media and Social Problems [Pdf]
A discussion of the conflicting ideas and perspectives on the influence mass media has on society and culture, and social problems countered, caused or fueled by it. He then looks at mass media and democracy and how corporate ownership...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: North Korea
Excellent, full coverage of North Korea from Library of Congress. Includes profile, history, society, government, economy, foreign policy, and more.