Billboards to Awaken Democracy

For Freedoms , United States

Imagine radical visions into reality. The 2020 Awakening featured more than 100 billboards by over 85 artists in all 50 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Download the Citizen You App

Senator John Heinz History Center , United States

The intuitive and easy-to-use Citizen You mobile app is designed to foster civic engagement by gamifying everyday civic actions. The FREE app helps bring together citizens of all ages to compete in challenges and earn points for a variety of civic-minded activities including attending local council meetings, helping a neighbor in need, and (most importantly) […]

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Records of Rights: First Amendment Rights Exhibition

National Archives , United States

Are there limits to the types of speech we protect? What happens when a publication threatens national security? How do we keep the practice of one religion from impinging on the rights of others? Americans have debated the boundaries of their First Amendment rights since those rights were delineated in the Constitution.

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Education Guides on Reconstruction

American Civil War Museum , United States

This collection of Educator Resources rely on primary sources to explore different aspects of the Reconstruction period after the Civil War. You can use each of these for your own independent learning or to facilitate group learning.

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Edit the Declaration of Independence

American Philosophical Society , United States

If you had to edit the Declaration of Independence, could you? Would you search for formatting and grammatical errors or would you focus on the content? Maybe you would do both. Of course, once you edit it, you have to give it back to the writer. Are you ready to deal with an angry author?

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Extending Suffrage to Women

National Archives , United States

Explore documents about women's suffrage - the struggle’s length, the movement’s techniques, and the variety of arguments for and against giving women the vote, in the period following passage of the 15th Amendment that guaranteed the right to vote for African American men.

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Global Forms of Government

World101 from the Council on Foreign Relations , United States

A country's form of government determines whether citizens' voices are magnified or minimized. Government shapes how a country functions and the daily life of its citizens. Understand how the U.S. government and other governments around the world work with our Forms of Government module.

From Apathy to Agency: How to Reframe Elections for New Voters

Vote By Design , United States

In the last presidential election, less than half of eligible young people voted. Why? After all, countless initiatives have been launched to register and mobilize these voters. School lectures stress the importance of voting. Celebrities swamp social media with urgent pleas. And in some states, there are even drives to lower the voting age. Why […]

Explore the LGBTQ+ Center

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights Atlanta, GA, United States

The story of human and civil rights would not be completed without discussion of the on-going struggle for LGBTQ rights. Therefore, The LGBTQ Institute at The Center was established. The LGBTQ Institute is an integral part of The Center’s global civil and human rights platform, and provides a steady spotlight that helps create a public […]

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Good Trouble: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation

New American History , United States

What lessons can we learn from Rep. John Lewis’ final message to the people of the United States? John Lewis, the civil rights leader and congressman who died on July 17, 2020, wrote this essay shortly before his death. He requested the letter be published on the day of his funeral as a final message […]

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John Brown: Civil Disobedience or Civil War? Virtual Tour

National History Academy , United States

John Brown was a polarizing figure in American history, and his raid of Harpers Ferry in support of slavery’s abolition - and subsequent capture and execution- was a pivotal moment as the country moved toward disunion. Join us for a virtual tour of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park as we reflect on differing contemporary perspectives […]

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