Ben's Guide to US Government for Kids - arranged by grade levels
http://bensguide.gpo.gov/
The Formation of a National Government
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/H/1994/chap4.htm
The Constitution of the United States
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/
http://www.midnightbeach.com/jon/US-Constitution.htm
http://www.usconstitution.net/constkids4.html
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/constitution.htm
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/northamerica/after1500/government/constitution.htm
http://congressforkids.net/Constitution_index.htm
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_history.html
Interactive Constitution - http://72.32.50.200/constitution/The Bill of Rights -
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.billofrights.htmlCourt Cases from the Supreme Court collection -
great site arranged by topic
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htmThe Supreme Court -
The Oyez Project and virtual tour plus info about justices
Famous Supreme Court decisions - 21 Important cases/decisions
http://library.thinkquest.org/11572/cc/index.htmlThomas - legislative information
http://thomas.loc.gov/How a bill becomes law - Senate
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/enactment/enactlawtoc.htmlHow a bill becomes law - House of Representatives
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/lawsmade.toc.htmlBuilding a Government
http://history.state.gov/milestones/1784-1800
http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/OakViewES/harris/97-98/america/building/constitution/index.htmlU.S. National Archives and Records
Charters - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters.html
The Founding Fathers - http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html
Daniel Webster - http://www.marshfield.net/History/webster.htm
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h273.html
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000238
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~dwebster/
http://www.nndb.com/people/445/000024373/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/webster/index.htmlAlexander Hamilton -
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/burr/hamiltonbio.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/hamilton/hamilxx.htm
http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/hamilton.html
http://www.alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org/
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/ham/hamilton.html
Aaron Burr - http://www.ushistory.org/valleyforge/served/burr.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/B/aburr/burr.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr
http://www.aaronburrassociation.org/
http://www.nndb.com/people/184/000022118/
George Washington - First President - 1789-1797
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewashington/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gwashington.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/gw1/about/washingt.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnadams/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jadams.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ja2/about/bio/adamsxx.htm
http://millercenter.org/president/adams
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/adams/
http://www.hbo.com/films/johnadams/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/thomasjefferson/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/tjefferson.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/tj3/about/jeffersonxx.htm
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/thomasjefferson/p/pjefferson.htm
http://millercenter.org/president/jefferson
Monticello - Visit Jefferson's home in Virginia
http://www.monticello.org/
Thomas Jefferson from Ken Burns - http://www.pbs.org/jefferson/***Class worksheet on Thomas Jefferson
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmadison/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jmadison.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison
http://millercenter.org/president/madison
http://montpelier.org/explore/james_madison/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesmonroe/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jmonroe.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnquincyadams/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jqadams.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjackson/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ajackson.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/aj7/about/bio/jackxx.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/martinvanburen/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/mvanburen.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamhenryharrison/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/whharrison.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johntyler/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jtyler.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamespolk/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jkpolk.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/zacharytaylor/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ztaylor.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/millardfillmore/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/mfillmore.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklinpierce/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/fpierce.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesbuchanan/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jbuchanan.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/alincoln.html
http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln.html and http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln2.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/andrewjohnson/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ajohnson.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ulyssessgrant/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/usgrant.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/rutherfordbhayes/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rbhayes.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jamesgarfield/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jagarfield.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/chesterarthur/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/caarthur.html
1885-1889 (see below)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/grovercleveland/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gcleveland.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/benjaminharrison/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/bharrison.html
1893-1897 (see above)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/grovercleveland/
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williammckinley/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wmckinley.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/theodoreroosevelt/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/troosevelt.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamhowardtaft/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/whtaft.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/wt27/about/taftbio.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/woodrowwilson/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wwilson.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/ww28/about/wilsonxx.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/warrenharding/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wgharding.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/wh29/about/harding.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/calvincoolidge/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ccoolidge.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/herberthoover/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/hchoover.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/franklindroosevelt/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/fdroosevelt.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/harrystruman/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/hstruman.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/dwightdeisenhower/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ddeisenhower.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/johnfkennedy/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jfkennedy.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/jk35/about/bio/jfkbio.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/lyndonjohnson/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/lbjohnson.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/richardnixon/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rmnixon.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/geraldford/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/grford.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/gf38/about/fordbio.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/jimmycarter/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jecarter.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ronaldreagan/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/rwreagan.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/rr40/about/reagan.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgehwbush/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ghwbush.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/gb41/about/bush.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamjclinton/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/wjclinton.html
http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/bc42/about/clintonbio.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/georgewbush/
http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/gwbush.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama/
Inaugural Address - http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gGxHZR
TEACHER RESOURCESUS Government Lesson Plans from Ask Eric -
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Social_Studies/US_Government
ProTeacher Lesson Plans about the Constitution
http://www.proteacher.com/090037.shtml
Lesson Plans from Crossroads - democracy in the United States
middle school- http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_4/index.html
high school - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec5/Unit_05/
elementary - http://www.eduref.org/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec3/gr4/unit5/U5-G4-HEAD.htmlUS Constitution activities - http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-kids/
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