The following links are useful for learning and teaching.
Teaching Civics
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The Civics Renewal Network has lots of partners and useful advocacy tools.
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Center for Civic Education has decades of experience and great books and videos.
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Civics 101 – from New Hampshire Public Radio – is a refresher course on the basics of how our democracy works. The podcast covers topics from midterm elections, to foreign aid, to constitutional amendments – and a whole lot more!
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iCivics is great for middle-school and high-school students.
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US Constitution.
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Practicing Civics
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AllSides.com offers an amazing service, showing news stories from conservative, progressive and neutral perspectives.
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Better Angels teaches practical skills for debating political differences.
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Village Square has a great recipe for bringing different-minded people together over a meal for perspectives on difficult topics – and they enjoy it!
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The folks at Livingroom Conversations have a similar idea…
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As do the folks at The People’s Supper.
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AllSides.com has some useful tips and links for bridging political divides.
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