Links


Website named for Thomas Jefferson where students may access historical 
documents related to the revolution and writing of the Declaration of 
Independence as well as the U.S. Constitution.
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.html

A copy of the Declaration of Independence
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1776-1800/independence/doi.htm

American Memory Website
http://www.memory.loc.gov

Declaration of Sentiments
http://www.closeup.org/sentimnt.htm

Philosophy Pages Website - a website which gives descriptions of a number of 
western philosophers and some of their writings
http://www.philosophypages.com

Digital History website
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu

Find your elected officials
http://capwiz.com/cl/home

Living Room Candidate - an interesting site from the American Museum of the 
Moving Image. This site will allow you to watch the campaign commercials of 
presidential candidates.
http://livingroomcandidate.org

Virtual Tour of Congress
http://www.senate.gov/vtour/index.html

White House website section listing cabinet members
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/cabinet.html

Virtual Tour of the White House
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/life/

Virtual Tour of Supreme Court
http://www.courttv.com/multimedia/supremecourt/old_supreme.html

Website explaining the Federal Court System
http://www.fjc.gov/federal/courts.nsf

Articles of Confederation
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/articles.html

C-Span Website
http://www.c-span.org/

Oyez.org resource for Supreme Court cases.
http://www.oyez.org/

American Government Textbook Online Activities
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_longman_participate_3

Public Agenda:  A non-partisan opinion research and civic engagement 
organization
http://www.publicagenda.com/

College Board website with info on AP Government exam
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/about.html

Polling Report Website
http://www.pollingreport.com/

The New Poll Tax?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EAyiA5Rmf0

Political Party, Candidate and fundraising info available here
http://www.opensecrets.org/races/index.php

List of Interest Group websites
http://usgovinfo.about.com/blorgs.htm

Center on Congress website learning modules
http://www.centeroncongress.org/learn_about/launcher.htm

AP Government Online course
http://www.montereyinstitute.org/courses/AP%20Government%20and%20Politics/nroc%20prototype%20files/coursestartc.html

60 Minutes - War on Women - Congo clip
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/01/11/60minutes/main3701249.shtml

Catholic Social Teaching
http://www.osjspm.org/files/officeforsocialjustice/files/cstprinciples--osj.pdf

Poverty Tour USA
http://www.usccb.org/cchd/povertyusa/tour2.htm

Sisters of Mercy
http://www.sistersofmercy.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=64&Itemid=80

Maxwell Public Policy Analysis Site
http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/plegal/TIPS/welcome.html

Review Site for AP Government Exam
http://phs.prs.k12.nj.us/ewood/amergov/index.htm

Review Site for AP Government Exam
http://wps.ablongman.com/long_edwards_government_11/0,7701,718366-,00.html

US Government Jeopardy
http://www.quia.com/cb/124649.html

A teacher's website for students - many review questions and quizzes 
available
http://home.att.net/~betsynewmark/1GoPoQuizzes.html

Monterey Institute online course - U.S. history review
http://www.hippocampus.org/?course=20

REACH site for Part B form
http://www.reachnyc.org

Electoral Map from NY Times
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/whos-ahead/key-states/map.html

Electoral Map from CNN
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/map/polling/index.html

Electoral College Maps - 270 to Win
http://www.270towin.com/

Choose a candidate quiz
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/projects/ongoing/select_a_candidate/president.shtml

John McCain campaign website
http://www.johnmccain.com/splash32615.htm

Barack Obama campaign website
http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

League of Women Voters
http://www.lwv.org

CNN Election Center
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/

Choice 2008 - Frontline program
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/choice2008/

What is your vote worth?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/02/opinion/20081102_OPCHART.html

President Elect Barack Obama Speech
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/04/election.president/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr. Mountaintop speech exerpt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9m81OwYH0&feature=related

Democratic Party Platform 2008
http://www.democrats.org/a/party/platform.html

Republican Party Platform 2008
http://www.gop.com/2008Platform/

18-29 year old electoral map
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/3013067128_3014f9bc7a_o.jpg

Voter turnout statistics
http://elections.gmu.edu/preliminary_vote_2008.html

CNN Stats on election 2008
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/polls/#USP00p1

Campaign Finance Maps
http://www.fec.gov/

111th Congress Characteristics
http://www.cq.com/graphics/monitor/2008/11/05/mon20081105-5election-stats.pdf

Redistricting Game
http://www.redistrictinggame.org/index.php

Inaugural Speech word clouds
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery/2009/jan/21/obama-inauguration-word-clouds-gallery?picture=342103851

Article II - The Executive Branch
http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/article02/

Looking for Lincoln - PBS Special
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/lookingforlincoln/

Presidential inaugural addresses
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/inaugurals.php

Federal Reserve Games
http://www.federalreserveeducation.org/fed101/games/

Marbury vs. Madison - Colbert Report
http://kycivics.wordpress.com/2009/03/01/judicial-review-on-the-colbert-report/

White House Internship program
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/internships

60 Minutes Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke interview
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4866969n

27  Amendments Quiz Game
http://quizlet.com/238274/amendments-1-27-flash-cards/

How to write a Research Paper - Examples of Citations
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Research_Paper_Format.htm

A Class Apart
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class/

How to Write a Research Paper - MLA Format Help
http://www.socialstudieshelp.com/Research_Paper_Format.htm

2 teachers who are helping you cram for the AP exam - new blog entry with 
review every day - check it out!
http://www.cbs2chicago.com/school

Inside Obama's West Wing
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/interactives/westwing/

Supreme Court Case review site
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Teach/freeResources/LandmarkSupremeCourtCases/


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