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Street Law is excited to announce the release of its Rule of Law for All curriculum. This set of seven core lessons plus a culminating activity is ideal for middle and high school social studies courses ranging from U.S. history to civics and law to global studies. The curriculum was developed by Street Law’s expert Read More ⟶

The Gilder Lehrman Institute’s History U lets high school students explore American history with top scholars — completely free of charge. In “The Life and Writings of Frederick Douglass,” David Blight, historian at Yale and the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom, probes the nature of the life, work, and thought of Read More ⟶

Join Street Law for a nationwide Rule of Law for All Teach-in on September 16. Celebrate Constitution Day by teaching about a bedrock of democracy: rule of law. How can you participate? Teach one of Street Law’s new Rule of Law for All lessons on Friday, September 16. Lesson 1 is available now as a Read More ⟶

Are you interested in expanding your knowledge of the U.S. Constitution? Register to take the Center for Civic Education’s free, self-paced online course, “The U.S. Constitution: Its Foundations, Transformation, and Challenges.” This course explores events that led to the transformation of the U.S. Constitution and our system of government from its foundation to what it Read More ⟶

Join K-12 teachers from all over the country to provide the George Washington Teacher Institute with insights into K-12 teacher and student needs to help guide the development of classroom resources and professional development programming. This virtual volunteer commitment will include mandatory meeting attendance and survey completions, not to exceed two hours per month. Selection Read More ⟶

On Friday, September 16, Constituting America is hosting a series of nine 25-minute workshops on the U.S. Constitution with celebrity guests, constitutional scholars, and Constituting America’s student contest winners: Students teaching students about the U.S. Constitution and talking about how the Constitution applies to their specific interests and abilities. As a special offer to your Read More ⟶

The Center for Civic Education, the Center on Representative Government, and the National Education Association have announced the winners of the 2022 American Civic Education Teacher Awards (ACETA): Justin T. Hubbard of Salamanca High School in Salamanca, N.Y.; Shelina Warren of Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C.; and Tony Pirotta of Jule F. Read More ⟶

On July 27-28, 2022, the Reagan Institute’s Center for Civics, Education, and Opportunity will host the Reagan Institute Summit on Education (RISE), a two-day virtual and in-person summit to address the health of education in the United States. RISE 2022 will feature diverse perspectives on education and will include leaders and key stakeholders in the Read More ⟶

Join the James Madison Memorial Foundation on July 1, 2022, for the 25th Annual James Madison Lecture, presented by Akhil Reed Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University. The lecture will be presented live and virtually at 1 p.m. EDT at Marymount University’s Ballston Campus, 1000 N. Glebe Road, Arlington, Va. Read More ⟶