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Veterans of Foreign Wars - website supported by the VFW on citizenship education – includes flag history, patriotic days and resources for teachers
Bill of Rights Institute – “The mission of the Bill of Rights Institute is to educate young people about the words and ideas of America's Founders, the liberties guaranteed in our Founding documents, and how our Founding principles affect and shape a free society”
Constitution Center - The National Constitution Center is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the Constitution, its history, and its contemporary relevance, through an interactive, interpretive facility within Independence National Historical Park and a program of national outreach, so that We the People may better secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity.
John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy – resources for services learning and other citizenship projects in Ohio .
Citizenshipeducation.org - created by the widow of one of the 9/11 victims that helped bring down Flight 93. Provides curricula and lesson plans free of charge to help students learn about ethical citizenship and encourage awareness of heroism in both everyday and extraordinary acts.
Kids Voting USA - national project that teaches kids about voting - also has an Ohio-based project: http://www.kidsvotingoh.org/
National Constitution Center - resources for Constitution Day (Sept 17) for educators and students.
Project Constitution - purchase a CD of dramatic readings about the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
First Amendment Center “The First Amendment Center is a program of The Freedom Forum, a nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment and newsroom diversity works. The First Amendment Center works to preserve and protect First Amendment freedoms through information and education. The center serves as a forum for the study and exploration of free-expression issues, including freedom of speech, of the press and of religion, the right to assemble and petition the government.”
Information on First Amendment Center education programs taken from the website:
Amendment education programs: Through its education programs, the First Amendment Center works with schools and communities throughout the nation. The center's school-reform initiative, consensus guidelines and conflict-mediation efforts are designed to promote strong public support for First Amendment principles and ideas. The center's religious-freedom programs educate Americans about the history, meaning and significance of the First Amendment's religious-liberty clauses. The programs help Americans find common ground across religious differences using the guiding principles of religious freedom. First Amendment Center education and religious-freedom programs include:
First Amendment Schools
This multiyear collaboration between the First Amendment Center and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) is designed to transform how schools teach and apply the guiding principles of the First Amendment. The initiative is developing model schools throughout the nation to encourage all schools to become laboratories of democratic freedom.
Finding Common Ground
From court-ordered training for teachers and administrators in northern Alabama to mediation between religious conservatives and schools in northern California, the center schools uses First Amendment principles to resolve conflicts over religion and values in public schools.
3Rs — Rights, Responsibilities & Respect
The First Amendment Center sponsors statewide "3Rs" programs in California and Utah that help school districts develop religious-liberty policies and prepare teachers to address religion and religious diversity in the classroom. Similar initiatives are under way in many local districts in Texas, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, New York and other states.
'Speaking Freely'
An Emmy-nominated television program exploring a range of First Amendment issues, including freedom of expression in the arts.
Freedom Sings™
A critically acclaimed multi-media experience featuring an all-star cast of musicians and an 'only-in-America' story line. This entertaining, irreverent and inspiring program — packed with live music, video and graphics — is now touring America ’s college campuses and appearing at conferences and other events. Freedom Sings tells the story of almost three centuries of banned or censored music in America and invites audiences to take a fresh look at the First Amendment.
Moot Court competition
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution — the cornerstone of American democracy — is the focus of the National First Amendment Moot Court Competition. Recognized as one of the nation's finest constitutional law competitions, this annual event features a current First Amendment controversy.
National FOI Day
Annual program of speaking and discussion by specialists in various aspects of freedom of information, updating developments in FOI over the preceding year.
Freedom in Film Award
Annual honor given by the First Amendment Center and the Nashville Independent Film Festival to recognize lifetime achievement in film/video that exemplifies and advances free expression.
Freedom Forum/American Press Institute First Amendment Seminars
The Freedom Forum and the American Press Institute are collaborating on a program to enhance newspaper professionals' understanding of and appreciation for the First Amendment.
Justice & Journalism
A series of discussions between judges and journalists on access, news-media accountability and other issues.”