American Textbook Council 
The American Textbook Council is an independent New York-based research organization established in 1989. The Council reviews history textbooks and other educational materials. It is dedicated to improving the social studies curriculum and civic education in the nation's elementary and high schools.
Bill of Rights Institute
The mission of the Bill of Rights Institute is to educate high school students and teachers about America's founding principles. It offers a variety of ready to use educational materials including textbooks, lesson plans, and on-line materials. The Institute also offers professional development programs for teachers and several newsletters. All of them teach the words and ideas of America’s founders, promote the liberties and freedoms guaranteed in our founding documents, and explain how America’s founding principles affect and shape society today.
C-SPAN Classroom
C-SPAN in the Classroom is a free membership service that offers information and resources to assist educators in their use of our primary source, public affairs video from C-SPAN television.
Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
Brief descriptions and links to more than 50 Web sites dealing with various aspects of civic literacy and civic engagement.
CIVNET
CIVNET is a worldwide online civic education community comprised of civic educators, scholars, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and other civic-minded individuals with the goal of promoting civic education throughout the world. The site contains a multitude of educational resources, including lesson plans, primary documents, text based resources, and an interactive community.
Commission on Presidential Debates
The CPD has sponsored and produced all the presidential and vice presidential debates since 1988. In 1996, the CDP created DebateWatch, which encourages families, schools, neighborhoods, civic groups, or any other organization to actively view and discuss political debates. This site explains how you can organize a DebateWatch event and encourages citizens to engage in dialogue with their respective communities about the important electoral decisions they will make in November.
“Curves and Swerves”
Henry County Middle School
This link highlights a wonderful civic engagement success story involving Kentucky students from the Henry County Middle School Community Problem Solving Team. As part of a problem-solving competition, these students identified a very dangerous section of highway in Henry County, presented their findings to the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, and ultimately secured over $1 million in federal highway funds to correct the problems.
EDSITEment
This site offers online humanities resources from some of the world’s great museums, libraries, cultural institutions, and universities. In addition, EDSITEment partners with the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Council of the Great City Schools, and the MarcoPolo Program to bring high-quality information to teachers, parents, and students, including searchable lesson plans and links databases. The Constitution of the United States is the featured topic in September.
Free Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
This site includes a vast array of online resources and links to other sites that are useful to educators, ranging from online documents posted by the Library of Congress to class syllabi and classroom exercises.
KET EncycloMedia
KET EncycloMedia offers teachers and students more than 4,000 videos, 40,000 video clips, and thousands of digital images, all searchable by key word, content area, grade level, and Kentucky academic standards. There are over 30 videos on the Constitution and related topics available on the site.
Kentucky Court of Justice
Introduction to the state court system, including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, Circuit Courts, District Courts, and the Administrative Office of the Courts, along with the rules and procedures they follow.
Madison's Treasures
This site, maintained by the Library of Congress, features documents from our fourth President, James Madison. Most relate to two events: the drafting and ratification of the Constitution (1787-8) and the introduction in the First Federal Congress of the amendments (1789) that became the Bill of Rights. Other documents relate to the freedom of religion and the burning of Washington, D.C., by the British in 1814.
The National Archives
This page contains a lesson plan on the Unites States Constitution that includes reproducible copies of primary documents, teaching activities correlated to the National History Standards and National Standards for Civics and Government, and cross-curricular connections.
Our Documents
Our Documents contains numerous tools for teachers regarding the Constitution of the United States and other milestone documents of American history.
Voices for Votes
This site, maintained by the Library of Congress, allows students to examine primary source documents related to the women's suffrage movement. Students identify methods used to change attitudes about suffrage for women and then create original documents encouraging citizens to vote in current elections.
We the People
Historic documents in this Library of Congress site include drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Gettysburg Address, papers by George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, an Emancipation Proclamation timeline, slave codes, images of Presidential inaugurations, duties of the President and other governmental officials in 1825, and more.
Youth Justice Bulletin
Highlights the programs, activities and resources of five national organizations which provide civic and law related education for students (K-12), classroom teachers, youth workers, and community leaders
Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
The Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools is a long-term effort to renew and elevate civic education in the schools by encouraging changes in state, local, and national policy that implement the recommendations in the 2003 report entitled “The Civic Mission of Schools.” This report, prepared by the Carnegie Corporation and The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement at the University of Maryland, can be downloaded from this site.
The Center for Civic Education
A nonprofit, nonpartisan corporation affiliated with the State Bar of California which implements programs in civic education for public and private schools at the elementary and secondary levels. The Center offers curricular materials, leadership training, teacher education, and research and evaluation in civic education, as well as being the founders of two of the country's most successful civic education programs; We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, and Project Citizen
Constitutional Rights Foundation
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization educating young people to be more effective citizens. Publishes a variety of learning resources, provides training and programs on contemporary issues that affect young people, and helps implement Law Day events, youth summits, police and judicial field experiences, youth conferences, and mock trial competitions.
Kentucky Association for Academic Competition
The Kentucky Academic Association sponsors a number of statewide academic competitions designed to highlight different disciplines, skill sets, and academic levels. The one most related to civic literacy and civic engagement is Community Problem Solving, where teams of students and adults seek to resolve a problem they have identified within their own communities.
Phi Alpha Delta
Phi Alpha Delta, the nation's largest law fraternity, offers programs that teach conflict resolution, communication, and anti-violence skills to K-12 students and provides training, technical assistance, and specialized program development for educators, attorneys, judges, community service organizations, and law enforcement officials.
Street Law
A nonprofit organization empowering young people through innovative programs about law, democracy, and human rights that emphasize practical life skills such as conflict resolution, communication, and problem solving. Workshops focus on interactive teaching methods, delinquency and violence prevention theory, and strategies for effective program implementation and are available for a wide range of school, community, and juvenile justice settings.
University of Virginia Youth Leadership Institute
The Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI) creates non-partisan exercises in voting, the legislative process, political campaigns and elections, and other components central to understanding the American democratic system. To date, over one and a half million students have participated in the program through on-line lesson plans, aligned to each state’s civics and government standards, an internet-based Mock Election, the campaign simulation CD-ROM A More Perfect Union, and the hallmark program for the spring semester, e-Congress, an on-line legislative simulation.
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association’s Division for Public Education provides national leadership in the field of law-related education by offering programs and products designed to strengthen young people's understanding of their rights and responsibilities and to prepare them for active participation in public life.
National Conference of State Legislators
Information about America's state legislatures and background on key public policy issues being debated by state legislatures around the country. Also provides information about state elections and links to state legislative Web sites.
National Constitution Center
According to their mission statement, the National Constitution Center is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the Constitution, its history, and its contemporary relevance. Their website provides many valuable resources including educational materials, interactive tools to explore the Constitution, and a Constitutional timeline.