In this lesson plan, students learn about our 3-branch government and the basic principles of the system of checks and balances.

In this lesson, students will simulate the meeting of the Clover County Commissioners, gaining an active understanding of the importance of local government. Students will then examine youth voter apathy at the local level and brainstorm ideas on how to get young people engaged in voting.

This resource provides details on the process for applying to vote in Britian.

This google slide provides teachers and students with a chunking of the new Civic Literacy standards by unit and section. Students can change the color of each standard as they master it.This resource was developed as part of a professional learning opportunity funded by the NCDPI Digital Learning Initiative Planning Grant.

In this lesson, students learn that many problems occur as a natural part of our daily living and may be separated into physical and social problems.

In this lesson, students learn how laws help people and to help children understand that sometimes rules control us in ways we don't like.

In this lesson, students learn appropriate ways of handling anger in social situations through a five step plan.

This resource is a primary source document of The Constitution of North Carolina of 1868.

This resource is a primary source document of The Constitution of North Carolina of 1971.

For this lesson, students participate in group discussions about learning, identify and agree on classroom goals and needs, and refer to established goals on a long-term basis in variety of ongoing classroom events and activities.

In this lesson, students gain an understanding that classroom rules exist to help people get along in a group and to keep people safe.

In this activity, students learn about the steps to independence and the ideals stated in the Declaration that influenced the development of the United States as we know it today.

This resource provides information and links to the political parties in the United States.

Students will read and discuss the origins and functions of political parties and create a party platform to address political issues that are likely to arise during a national election.

In this interactive resource, students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions and analyze political, social, and economic change as a result of the Age of Enlightenment in Europe.

Students will read A Raisin in the Sun as they discuss and analyze the "American Dream." In this lesson, students discuss the concept of the "American Dream" and using poetry by Langston Hughes compare the "dream" to the reality experienced by particular groups who have historically struggled for access and equality. Students then further this exploration by reading and discussing Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, using the play as a basis to examine the way 1950s American society particularly restricted African American access to the "American Dream." Through their reading of the play, interactive class discussion, group work, art activities and creative writing activities, students gain an understanding that the concept of the "American Dream" has been and continues to be multidimensional and complicated, particularly in terms of the historical struggles groups of people have faced in attaining equal rights, access, acceptance, etc.

In this lesson, students define faction in Federalist 10, analyze present day issues and determine if they qualify as a faction as defined in Federalist 10, and explain why Madison advocated for a democratic republic form of government over a pure democracy in Federalist 10.