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Find your local lawmaker by clicking on your State Information page.

Executive Branch

Inaugural USA Presidential Addresses 1789-1989
Bartelby.com. Click on Reference, then US. Inaugurals.

White House

The White House includes a page for Kids!

White House Briefing Room
They have current news and a Press Briefings which has archives.

Legislative Branch

Legislative Branch: Senate

Legislative Branch: House

Thomas, Legislative Information on the Net
Senate & House of Representatives, Library of Congress, Bills, votes, laws, and more. You can search by bill number or word phrase.

U.S. Law Codes

Judicial Branch

Fully Informed Jury Association (FIJA)
This educational association's mission is to inform Americans about their rights, powers, and responsibilities when serving as trial jurors. WARNING: The links page has extremely questionable links. However, the other information at this web site is valuable for educational purposes.

Judicial Branch

Justices of the Supreme Court
Biographies

Supreme Court Virtual Tour

Constitution

Constitution Day: Teaching the Constitution
National Archives and Records Administration.

The Constitution Society
Scads of historical documents and our Constitution's implications, requirements, responsibilities, and powers.

Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville

The Federal Constitution, Product of a Christian Ethos

Take The Constitution Test
Text Your Knowledge of the Constitution. 25 questions you should be able to answer about the Constitution.

Declaration of Independence

Founding.com
A User's Guide to the Declaration of Independence

Federalist Papers

Federalist Papers
With a link to the Anti-Federalist Papers from The American Revolution - an HTML project.

Basic Info

Ben's (Franklin) Guide to U.S. Government for Kids
A site specifically for kids, divided up by age groups. Includes links to governement sites for kids. From the U.S. Government Printing Office.

Do you Have What it Takes to be a Citizen?
20 questions in an interactive test from MSNBC.com

Library of Congress

Strategic Intelligence
Many links about national and international intelligence organizations

Teaching Citizenship
By Michael Farris on the HSLDA Web site, from the Washington Times.

U.S. Census Bureau

United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Basic government information


World

Global
IBM's site to learn about government not only in the USA, but other nations (pick the country of your choice!)

Learn about the USA's State Department
Federal Despository Library Program/Department of State, University of Illinois at Chicago

NATO

Current Events

Many of the following web sites may also be utilized for civics.

ABC News

BBC

Capitol Hill Blues
"Because nobody's life, liberty or property is safe while Congress is in session."

C-Span

CNN
Cable News Network

EdNews.org
A great source for articles on what's REALLY going on in education.

Family Research Council

Fox News

God's World Book Club
Provides not only a way to subscribe to World magazine as well as the

Heritage Foundation

Home School Legal Defense Association
Keeps homeschoolers up-to-date with governmental trends, recent law cases, issues of concern to homeschoolers, etc.

Jewish World Review
Popular also with Christian families. Well worth watching for a good conservative viewpoint.

Michael Reagan
Conservative Radio talk show host

The National Reform Association
135 year old organization dedicated to restoring Christian principles to government.

National Review

NewsMax
A conservative news Site well worth watching.

Newspapers On-Line
Select (for the USA) either state or national newspaper, the Americas, or other continents, etc. There are literally hundreds of newspapers to select from!

Radio and Television Over the Internet!
Listen to the BBC, watch NASA take offs from NASA television, newsboard casts and more

Rutherford Institute
Keeps Christians abreast of constitutional issues impacting them in the USA as well as areas of concern worldwide.

Scholastic

Time Magazine

U.S. News and World Report

US Constitution Party
Learn more about the man that Dobson and many other prominent Christian leaders voted for President in 1996 (and many voted for him for president in 1992 as well) --- Howard Phillips and his party.

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition

Weekly Reader
Non-Christian version of World Magazine by grade levels

World Magazine
A Newsweek-type magazine from the Christian worldview perspective. They also offer Weekly Reader-type papers for several grades

World Net Daily
A conservative news Site well worth watching which often features homeschooling and education articles, including many by Samuel Blumenfeld. Permanent archives (hopefully!).


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