This site provides a brief summary of the duties and responsibilities of citizens. The subject of the page focuses on voting. Includes links to citizenship, the Bill of Rights, and more.

Can you vote in Election 2008? View this guide to see historical facts and where to register to vote in Federal elections. Includes links to further information.

This template offers a structure to create a "content package" for a specific subject area and grade level. A content package is a collection of educator-curated instructional materials to support a given educational standard and need. Click View Resource to explore the structure or Remix to make a copy for your own use.

Explore the concept of citizenship, review the definition of being a United States citizen and the rights associated with citizenship, then learn about the naturalization process and test your knowledge with a 20-question civics exam in this Democracy in America interactive activity from Annenberg Learner. [27:45]

This classroom activity allows different boundaries for various groups of students to take a quiz. For example, some groups get more time, others may use a book or notes, etc. However, the roles of students will change just prior to the quiz, so students are forced to look for a more even or "fair" distribution of resources. This activity helps students to better understand the role of government in the distribution and protection of resources and opportunities.

This informative site contains information about voting in local, state and federal elections. Includes detailed instructions for absentee voting.

Electoral behavior and trends in voter turnout are explored. Through a study of foundational documents like the Constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights, students learn about how suffrage- the right to vote- has changed over time, the forces that push people toward and away from the voting booth, and the power of political ads to shift public opinion. [13:06]

Kids Voting USA offers learning activites on the history and importance of voting, as well as a timeline of suffage in the United States. Each learning activity includes materials, objectives, and questions to be raised in class.

The goal of this video lesson is to teach students about new and exciting ways of holding an election that they may not be aware of. Students will learn three different methods of voting: plurality, instant runoff, and the Borda count. They will be led through a voting experiment in which they will see the weakness of plurality when there are three or more candidates. [29:21]

This lesson plan from the Council for Economic Education for students, grades 9-12, examines the question of why many Americans don't vote. It interestingly ties the answer to some economic terms such as choice, cost/benefit analysis, and decision making. There is also a link to the student version of this lesson that can be followed on line.

Since 1948, the National Election Studies group has been polling Americans on public policy issues. Information is presented statistically and graphically on a wide range of topics involved in the "flow of public opinion and electoral behavior and choice."

Investigate the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship focusing on examples of citizens who took action to effect positive changes. Explore ways in which students can become involved in their communities.

Inspire civic awareness, promote student activism and examine the rights and responsibilities of American citizenship by exploring stories of how ordinary citizens accomplished extraordinary changes.