Redraw the map on redistricting. Legislators have long used redistricting as an opportunity to select their constituents, rather than empowering voters to elect their representatives. The redistricting following the 2010 Census is an opportunity to change how the process is conducted. Armed with knowledge and the right tools, the public can redraw the map on redistricting.

THe American Human Development (HD) Index is a composite measure of wellbeing and opportunity. It combines indicators in three fundamental areas-health, knowledge, standard of living-into a single number that falls on a scale form 0 to 10.

Very Awesome Visual of Gettysburg Address

Travel back in time and around the world with The Travel Film Archive. The Travel Film Archive is a collection of travelogues and educational and industrial films that show the world the way it was between 1900 and 1970. Among our holdings are archives of the renowned travel filmmakers Burton Holmes, Andre de la Varre, and James A. FitzPatrick, as well as footage shot by many other intinerant cameramen. Footage from The Travel Film Archive is available for licensing from Getty Images and the TFA Network of agents, either directly or through this site. At this time we do not provide footage for personal use.

Resources for Native American Heritage Month

See 360 view of someof the worlds greatest wonders.

Rag Linen aims to be the premier online resource for information about historic newspapers. As such, we're frequently updating our education pages and resources section, which contains links to important videos, blogs, books, websites and more. We hope Rag Linen increases your interest and passion for historic newspapers.

Site that shows examples of period clothing.

Virtual Reality Tour of Mount Vernon

Bibliographies of Civil War letters and diaries yet published. It lists over 1,000 published and unpublished items from a variety of sources, including online resources and microform. 

This unit will introduce the first major clash in the Civil War--the Battle of Bull Run--and encourage students to consider the perspectives of ordinary citizens of the North and the South and the impact of this battle on their lives. The activities are based on the award-winning young adult novel Bull Run by Paul Fleischman.

Guide and resources to civics education on the Web.

Set up a space where people can get together and type on a common document. Great for student and teacher collaboration. 

Short video that looks at the historical spread of Democracy.

URL shortener for websites (From Google)

JOG THE WEB is a web-based tool that allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. Its step by step approach of taking viewers through web sites allowing the author to annotate and ask guiding questions for each page is unique.

Videos from KidsGov.

Google Earth Layers that also connect to Norton Publishing.

Create Avatars to speak to your students.