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Social
Studies - US Government & Politics
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Great
Web Sites
- Ben’s
Guide to U. S. Government for Kids
Information about government structure and history organized
by grade level from K-12.
(http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/index.html)
- Cascade
link
This is a megasite with links related to local,
state and federal government, cities, elections, jobs, libraries,
education, organizations, neighborhoods, parks and recreation,
transportation, arts and entertainment and more.
(http://www.cascadelink.org/)
- Outline
of the US Government
This site provides an eight-chapter outline and informative
overview of many topics in US Government, from information
about the function of government branches, to important
documents, to landmark decisions of the Supreme Court.
(http://usinfo.org/enus/government/index.html)
- The
American Presidency
This Grolier Encyclopedia article includes information about
the Constitution and democracy, elections, politics, the
presidency, presidential programs (such as the New Deal
and the Monroe Doctrine), presidential scandals, biographies
about past presidential hopefuls, the United States Congress,
and voting rights.
(http://www.britannica.com/presidentsWebapp/home.do)
- The
Bill of Rights
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution from THOMAS:
Legislative Information on the Internet.
(http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/bor.html)
- Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor
The State Department provides a site that highlights the
programs, reports and public outreach of the Bureau of Democracy,
Human Rights and Labor.
(http://www.state.gov/g/drl/)
- Federal
Election Commission
This site is designed as a tool for anyone who wishes to
learn more about financing campaigns for federal office,
the rules and regulations pertaining to this process, or
elections and voting in general.
(http://www.fec.gov/)
- American
Memory
American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials
relating to the history and culture of the United States.
The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more
than 100 historical collections.
(http://memory.loc.gov/)
- Branches
of Government
This site introduces and explains the three branches of
US government.
(http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/government/branches.html)
- Electronic
Frontier Freedom Foundation
The EEF is a non-profit civil liberties organization working
to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public
resources and information online, as well as to promote
responsibility in new media.
(http://www.eff.org/)
- Government
& Politics by Topic
This site has information about the workings of federal,
state and local government, including courts and laws. You’ll
also find governor biographies and contact information for
public officials.
(http://www.vote-smart.org/other/)
- FirstGov
The US Government's official first stop for information
on the Web.
(http://www.firstgov.gov/)
Links
to contemporary political parties
Books
in Your Libraries
- Links
to books & other materials in the libraries of the Mid-Hudson
Library System.
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help?
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