Resources
Check out some of our favorite nonpartisan civic education and engagement resources:
Teaching for Democracy Alliance (TDFA) created a comprehensive rubric of civic education guidelines for educators, and offers extensive research, lesson plans, and professional development resources for teaching about elections and voting.
The “Election Headquarters” at iCivics offers curated, non-partisan lesson plans, games, infographics, webquests, and other resources for educators, administrators, and families teaching elections.
When We All Vote’s My School Votes program works to change the culture around voting and guiding elementary, middle, and high schools in becoming hubs for voter activity. Get started by learning more and signing up your school here.
Generation Citizen’s Action Civics Curriculum is action-based, aligned to relevant standards, and academically rigorous. Students choose an issue they care about, develop a strategic plan to address the issue, and then take real action.
Stanford History Education Group’s Civic Online Reasoning curriculum provides free lessons and assessments that help educators teach students to evaluate online information that affects them, their communities, and the world.
In 44 chronological episodes, the “Presidential” podcast takes listeners on an epic historical journey through the personality and legacy of each of the American presidents. If you like what you hear, check out the “Constitutional” podcast.
Mikva Challenge offers a portfolio of Action Civics curricula designed for educators and youth leaders to use in developing the voices of the next generation and guiding them to take informed action.
Common Sense Education’s Digital Citizenship Program addresses top concerns for educators, prepares students to make smart choices online and in life, and engages the whole community through family outreach.
Facing History’s lesson on voting rights helps students explore the history of voting rights in the United States, the impact of the Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder, and questions around voting rights today.