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Visit Our Fully Integrated Website! What do you get with a library of more than 4,000 lessons, videos, and activities, the ability to collect and share resources via various playlists, and the functionality to truly reach your students with courses and assignments, including thousands of self-check questions?
You get the Bill of Rights Institute's
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fully integrated website! It is available to you 24/7 to help provide top-notch civics education to your students, and it is completely free to use. All you need to sign up is your email address!
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This video shows you how to register for and use the BRI website.
You can also take BRI with you through our official app, which is available for free download in the
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Google Play .
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Take A Closer Look At Reconstruction How did the United States attempt to reunite after the Civil War while also securing the rights of recently freed enslaved people? How successful was this attempt? In this
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Homework Help video , we explore those questions while encouraging students to analyze the Reconstruction period and its relationship with the principles of liberty and equality.
More information on Reconstruction is available in our
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness digital textbook and in this
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Reconstruction playlist curated by Mary Patterson, BRI's Senior Content Specialist.
Chapters 7-9 in LLPH take a closer look at the Civil War and whether it actually helped create a more perfect Union.
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Ask Your Students To Think The Vote! Our new
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Think The Vote question takes a look at who should be responsible for drawing political districts in individual states for the purposes of voting and representation. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently considering a case surrounding the topic of gerrymandering in certain state districts.
So should the duty to draw and create political districts fall to the legislature in each state? Or is this an issue that should be addressed at the federal level? Students can share their thoughts on this
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Think The Vote question until Wednesday, Nov. 8.
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The English Teacher: Friend or Foe? What role can English and Language Arts play in civics education? In her latest blog post, BRI's own Mary Patterson
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shares her thoughts on this topic . She also shares some playlists from BRI that can help you incorporate resources related to arts, music, or literature in your lesson plan.
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VISIT OUR BLOG FOR MORE!
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Educator Spotlight
Meet Rosie Timothy!
Becoming the mother of biracial children changed Rosie Timothy’s view on social justice and how she approaches it in her classroom.
“It should have never taken a direct experience with being ‘othered’ because of the color of our family’s skin to change how I view these topics, but my family has inspired me to create change in the spaces that I have access to,” Rosie said. “I want better for my kids than what they have access to right now.”
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Don't forget that your students can sign up for BRI's annual
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MyImpact Challenge! Our civic engagement contest asks students to develop constitutionally-principled service projects that benefit their local communities, and they can win up to $10,000 in prizes.
There is up to $40,000 in total prizes available to students and teachers during
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MyImpact Challenge . Every project that meets the entry guidelines will be rewarded with a digital Civic Achievement badge.
Visit our
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MyImpact Challenge page for more information and to download informational posters and flyers for your classroom. We hope you and your students sign up and join us!
Warmly,
Laura Vlk
Director, Educator Engagement
Bill of Rights Institute
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