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Civics is the subject with the shortest distance between the classroom and the rest of a student's life, and the one most often taught as though it were about memorising the branches of government.
The material that worked in the original archive was almost always tied to something happening that week — an election, a ruling, a treaty, a vote. Current events are not a distraction from civics; they are the subject.
Constitutional law, the structure of government, elections and voting, courts and the legal system, international relations, and citizenship.
The original editorial line was to describe the dispute rather than resolve it — who wants what, and on what grounds. That holds up well, and it is a more honest model of how these questions actually work than presenting a settled answer.
A new public opinion poll reveals that while U.S. citizens have become increasingly protective of their flag, they only slimly endorse a Constitutional amendment to ban flag burning and are even less supportive today of freedom of the press than in 1977.
When sworn in to the Supreme Court, justices promise to uphold justice, democracy, and freedom, but they do not pledge to produce great literature -- or even good writing -- in the process, as critics of the Court's dense prose point out.
Continuing a decline that began 7 years ago, U.S. citizens reported a 7% drop in violent crime and an 11.4% drop in property crime, indicating that both of these crime rates are at their lowest levels since 1973.
On August 9, 1974 Richard Nixon resigned as president, concluding the "long national nightmare" known as Watergate. However, the end of his presidency marked the beginning of reforms aimed to keep government clean, some of which are still operational 25 years later.
Political analysts trying to explain why Russian President Boris Yeltsin replaced his prime minister for the fourth time yesterday speculate that Yeltsin is trying to ensure that he, his family, and his political associates will be protected when his time in office ends.
In videotaped remarks, President Clinton assigned parents responsibility for keeping students safe in school, but did promise to help by offering policy initiatives and advice on how to decrease school violence and avoid tragedies like the Littleton, Colorado shootings last April.
Early Tuesday, Indonesia imposed martial law in East Timor, where violence erupted Saturday after the East Timorese people voted to split from Indonesia.
With no time to lose, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to deploy peacekeeping troops to East Timor, where fighting between independent-minded East Timorese and anti-democratic Indonesian militia has destroyed the small province.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony proposed a woman's right to vote in their Declaration of Rights and Sentiments. Forty long years later, it became our 19th Amendment. Take a look at the historic moments in the women's suffrage movement.
Celebrate Human Rights Day with this wide variety of classroom activities. These games and activities cover themes such as voting and education rights, fair work conditions, and the freedoms of opinion and movement.
After our founding fathers figured out the Constitution, some suggested amendments. When the arguing ended, 10 new amendments were adopted and form what we now call the Bill of Rights.
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