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ONLINE CURRICULAR MATERIALS
The following are selected curricular materials available from the Center for Civic Education. All may be printed or downloaded.  The Center offer free classroom sets of materials (limited supply) for teachers participating in the Center's We The People program or Project Citizen program.

National Standards for Civics and Government   Entire Text
These K - 12 standards specify what students should know and be able to do in the field of civics and government.

Strategies for Struggling Readers: A Teacher Resource Guide for We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution, Level 2   Entire Text
This guide, for teachers of the Level 2 (middle school) edition of We the People, provides teachers with strategies to help their struggling readers. A variety of ready-to-use handouts also are provided to accompany the strategies. PDF version

Strategies for Struggling Readers: A Teacher Resource Guide for We the People: The Citizen & the Constitution, Level 3   Entire Text
This guide, for teachers of the Level 3 (high school) edition of We the People, is an easy-to-use online text that provides educators with an understanding of the reading process and allows them to identify the challenges for struggling readers and English learners. Includes a variety of printable handouts. PDF version

Res Publica: An International Framework for Education in Democracy
  Entire Text
This document represents an international effort to develop a resource that can be used in the creation of curricular programs designed to develop educational programs to prepare young people and adults for citizenship in a constitutional democracy. Participation in this project is open to any individual or organization.  PDF version

Education for Democracy: CALIFORNIA CIVIC EDUCATION SCOPE & SEQUENCE  Entire Text
A comprehensive multifaceted curriculum guide designed to aid school administrators, curriculum developers, and classroom teachers in integrating civic education in a systematic way. It shows how teaching civics can meet state and national standards, and provides lesson ideas and suggested resources for use by students and classes.  PDF version

CIVITAS: A Framework for Civic Education - Executive Summary
A comprehensive model framework for civic education in the nations elementary and secondary schools, designed as a resource tool for curriculum developers, school administrators, teachers, and scholars.

Comparative Lessons for Democracy
A resource book for high school teachers with lessons that feature comparative analyses of emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe.  Sample lesson

Constitutional Democracy: Outlines of Essential Elements and Indices
Preliminary draft for review and comment

Interdisciplinary Strategies
A work in progress comprised of prompts and strategies in literature, reading, writing, and math that use We the People: and Foundations in Democracy curricular materials as a base. This work was compiled as a project of the Allentown School District, Pennsylvania, and the Center's School Violence Prevention Program as a means to address state standards and testing in reading, writing, and math.
PDF version

Literature for Young Adults: Examining Issues of Violence and Conflict Resolution
An annotated bibliography by Alita Zurav Letwin