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What Founding Principles & Civic Virtues Unite Americans?

Last week, we released an updated version of our
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Being an American resource. This resource is designed for Civics classrooms and features brand new essays, activities, and increased scaffolding for differentiated classrooms.


In addition, our team has integrated our
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Founding Principles and Civic Virtues framework into the resource. These Principles and Virtues are woven throughout the resource and serve as the foundation for the Capstone Project which asks students to make connections to historical figures and these ideals.

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The first lesson asks the questions "What does “Being an American” mean to me?" and "What Founding Principles and Civic Virtues unite Americans?" and includes
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the framework and
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Capstone Project .




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Join the Debate!
As an extension activity, we encourage you to use our
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Think the Vote platform with your students. This online debate platform connects students from around the country. The current question asks "Should executive agencies be able to make regulations on issues like mask mandates?" Students can submit their answers for a chance to win a $25 gift card and a $1,000 grand prize at the end of the school year! This question runs from April 28th to May 12th.
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Submit answers here .


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Further Resources

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness is designed to meet the course needs of a yearlong U.S. History or AP U.S. History class. The history of the United States is presented through a series of narratives, primary sources, and point-counterpoint debates that invites students to participate in the ongoing conversation about the American experiment.


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Featured US Government Resource

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Supreme Court DBQs: Exploring the Cases that Changed History helps your students develop the critical thinking skills they need to evaluate the Court's rulings and the impact of these rulings on American society.

Using this resource, students will analyze primary sources spanning five centuries--colonial codes of law, the Federalist Papers, the Constitution, contemporary photographs, case law, oral arguments, the Court's majority and dissenting opinions, and others. Key tasks for each DBQ will lead them towards an understanding of the role played by the Court and an assessment of its decisions. Each DBQ also contains a section called "The Issue Endures," which highlights current applications of the case issue.



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Featured Student Opportunity Our
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MyImpact Challenge civics contest closes May 16th! Students can submit their community impact projects for a chance to win. There is $40,000 in prize money available, including a $10,000 grand prize.
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Start your application today!









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