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I'm a future elementary teacher. I'm looking forward to sharing teaching ideas and websites to help engage students in active learning. Check out the gadgets on the left along with the posts below. There should be something of interest for every subject.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

New Civics Website

Sandra Day O'Conner has launched a new website to help instruct students in the basics of American civics. 

http://www.ourcourts.org

Not everything is up and running on the site (Games are still in the works) but there are few nice lesson plans and some great information about the supreme court. They also have an "Ask the Judge" page where Justice O'Conner replies to student questions about the current court or general civics questions. Check it out. I bet you learn something you didn't know. For instance there's a section about tribal governments that explains Native American governmental systems. Overall a good start for a promising site by one of our better Supreme Court Justices.