Information from the Library of Congress about the timeline of voting rights for Native Americans

Information from the Library of Congress about the timeline of voting rights for women in the United States

This unit of resources contains links to election websites, voting and elections book lists, fact-opinion writing rubric, timeline tools, persuasive writing maps, activities,

The We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution Program promotes civic competence and responsibility among the nation’s upper elementary and secondary students. This webpage provides a description of the program.

This lesson explores some ideas in the Preamble to the Constitution. Students learn that the power to govern belongs to the people who have created the government to protect their rights and promote their welfare.

This lesson offers students the opportunity to play the role of voters with special interests. Students draw up initiatives for new classroom or school rules. Students listen to other students’ interests, provide justifications for new rules, and prioritize initiatives for ballot consideration.

In this lesson from the We the People: The Citizen & Democracy textbook, students will learn a very simple definition of democracy from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The lesson introduces the essential elements of a democracy, which is a country where the people have the right to make all the rules and laws either directly or by means of elected representatives. The teacher's goal for the lesson is to help students understand what it means for a democracy to be a government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people.

Great resource of information from the Library of Congress about the Electoral College and it's role in US Presidential elections.

Information from the Library of Congress about who can vote in today's American society.

PBS Learning video/Things explained video about why midterm elections are important. Explained in both Elementary and Middle Levels.