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Test your legal and historical know-how in this quiz of Supreme COurt decisions and constitutional controversies.

In Argument Wars, players debate historical Supreme Court cases by advancing arguments and sound supports. Cases include Brown v. Board of Education, New Jersey v. TLO, Gideon v. Wainwright, and many more.

Spearhead by former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Our Courts is a web-based education project designed to reinvigorate civics learning inside and outside the classroom. "Do I Have a Right" and "Supreme Decision" (the first games on the site released in fall 2009) are geared for middle school students.

Interactive online lessons, in English and Spanish, about the life of the first Hispanic woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, developed by AARTPACK Interactive, a web content development company.

Has detailed records of US Supreme Court decisions since 1950.

Congress thinks people should know what's going on. I know, I'm skeptical, too. But they asked the Library of Congress to create this site where students can find out how government works or doesn't. Track bills, check up on your Congressman, or visit the LEARN section midway down the homepage for links to sections on how laws are made, how the Supreme Court works and a host of primary source documents sorted by theme: The American Revolution and New Nation; National Expansion and Reform; and Civil War & Reconstruction.

A page on Muslim immigration to the United States on the resourcesforhistoryteachers wiki with a focus on historical patterns and contemporary facts.

Publishes law for free. Also provides materials for helping convey legal concepts and the legislative process.

Covers Supreme Court cases, busing and school integration, school integration in Ann Arbor and resegragation in American schools.

Visual US history time line of: Presidency Supreme Court Senate Democratic Party Republican Party