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As a homeschool mom, I’m always looking for resources to supplement my kids’ studies. Even if you teach in a different setting, there are so many free or cheap ways to help kids connect more with whatever they’re learning.
I decided to make a series of posts helping organize resources for different school subjects. This helps me get organized for our school work, and hopefully helps others too! For today, here is my civics and government resource roundup, broken down into age groups. Two resources that are great for all ages are iCivics and the National Constitution Center’s Interactive Constitution.
Civics & Government Resource Roundup
Elementary School Resources
Books
- Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio
- If I Ran for President by Catherine Stier
- We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States by David Catrow
- Duck for President by Doreen Cronin
- A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution by Betsy Maestro
- What’s the Big Deal About Elections? by Ruby Shamir
- So You Want to Be President? by Judith St. George
- What Does the Constitution Say? A Kids’ Guide to How Our Democracy Works by Ben Sheehan
- Kid Presidents: True Tales of Childhood from America’s Presidents by David Stabler
- When You Grow Up to Vote by Eleanor Roosevelt
Websites
- Ben’s Guide to the U.S. Government for Kids
- PBS Elementary Social Studies
- Scholastic: Election Resources
- The White House Kids Website
- Congress for Kids
YouTube
Middle and High School Resources
Books
- The Constitution Decoded by Katie Kennedy
- Fault Lines in the Constitution by Cynthia Levinson
- How the U.S. Government Works by Syl Sobel
- We the People: The Story of Our Constitution by Lynne Cheney
- The Bill of Rights: Protecting Our Freedom Then and Now by Syl Sobel
- A Kids’ Guide to America’s Bill of Rights by Kathleen Krull
Websites
YouTube
- CrashCourse Government & Politics
- Mr. Beat
- HipHughes History
- PBS Learning Media Civics
- Annenberg Classroom
- C-SPAN Classroom
