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iCivics prepares young Americans to become knowledgeable, engaged 21st century citizens by creating free and innovative educational materials. In 2009, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor founded iCivics to reverse Americans' declining civic knowledge and participation. Securing our democracy, she realized, requires teaching the next generation to understand and respect our system of governance. Today iCivics comprises not just our board and staff, but also a national leadership team of state supreme court justices, secretaries of state, and educational leaders and a network of committed volunteers. Together, we are committed to passing along our legacy of democracy to the next generation. In just two years, iCivics has produced 16 educational video games as well as vibrant teaching materials that have been used in classrooms in all 50 states. Today we offer the nation's most comprehensive, standards-aligned civics curriculum that is available freely on the Web.

Teaching Argument

online video creator - free to educators

Five Videos - Distinguish fact from opinion in different media: e.g., TV ads, billboards, essays, literary non-fiction, TV commentary, editorials, political speeches, letters to the editor.

Sample Perfiormance Tasks from text exemplars

Based on Marzano's Instructional Strategies. Links to lots of resources teachers and students can use during instruction.

Kentucky Deconstructed Standards

One of the easiest online graphing sites I have ever seen.

Lots of resources for writing strategies, reading in the content area, assessment, and lots more.

This is one of the all time BEST ELA sites! Thanks for sharing on Diigo, Virginia.

Reading gurus, including Regie Routman, offer suggestions for struggling readers

SS Resources

Great resource for incorporating math into other content/STEM areas.