The Museum of Us’ Race: Are We So Different? – Social Stratification virtual exhibit highlights how social stratification intersects with race to create significant impacts on how we experience our lives.
The ChallengeUS Future Leaders Competition aims to critically engage and amplify youth voices from all over the world in civic ideas and challenges. The competition seeks to find, spotlight, and reward promising future leaders through scholarship prizes and award recognition. For this cycle, the competition has zeroed in on the power of government, and what […]
Join the Seward House Museum's Education team as they explore difficult civics questions and relate possible answers to William Henry Seward's political decisions. This eight-part Instagram series will offer bite-size analyses of big issue prompts and will be posted throughout Civic Season. Want to dive deeper into the impactful and still-relevant career of Abraham Lincoln's […]
This Constitution is an every-two-weeks podcast ordained and established by the Center for Constitutional Studies at Utah Valley University, the home of Utah’s Civic Thought & Leadership Initiative. Co-hosted by Savannah Eccles Johnston and Matthew Brogdon, This Constitution equips listeners with the knowledge and insights to engage with the most pressing political questions of our […]
Join members of the Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) education team for thirty-minute highlight tours as they offer you an introduction to our newest exhibition, "Give Me Liberty: Virginia & The Forging of a Nation." Commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, "Give Me Liberty" highlights Virginia’s leading role in the […]
Join us as we celebrate "Civic Season" by getting involved in the legislative process. Discover tips and tricks on how to write a letter of advocacy to your lawmakers! Activity is included in your museum general admission.
Step into the role of a judge in Bob’s Pop-Up Court, an interactive civics experience designed to spark thought and conversation around justice, rights, and responsibility. Inspired by Robert H. Jackson’s belief in principled legal reasoning and the role of the individual in democracy, this program invites visitors to rule on real-world civic dilemmas and […]
Explore history, community, and civic pride! This Agents of Discovery mission at Naper Settlement takes you across our site to uncover stories of local changemakers, historic milestones, and how you can shape the future. Complete challenges, test your knowledge, and discover what it means to be an active citizen-past and present.
The Paper City Mentoring Project is offering a free summer series for all Ross County teens filled with engaging field trips, hands-on activities, and real-world learning about how our community works and how teens can get involved! From behind-the-scenes tours of local government to trail cleanups, historical site visits, and conversations with local change makers, […]
Join us in the visitor center courtyard at Monticello to kick-off Civic Season with a Feast of Reason. Inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s legendary dinner parties—where great minds gathered to exchange ideas over food and drink—the Feast of Reason is a unique guided conversation dedicated to intellectual exploration, civil discourse, and the pursuit of knowledge. After […]
Our goal is to equip all people with resources necessary to participate in the redistricting process through knowledge of geography, civics, geospatial technology, and principles of governing. GeoCivics is a project of the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs that aims to spread awareness about the redistricting process […]
At the birth of the United States, no one knew what it meant to be an American citizen. What rights and responsibilities would they have as citizens? What role would ordinary people play in electoral politics? What did being an informed citizen mean in the early United States? Why does the United States have an […]