Sources for School Projects

Civics and History Sources

The Center for Civic Education specializes in civic/citizenship education, law-related education, and international educational exchange programs for developing democracies. Programs focus on the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights; American political traditions and institutions at the federal, state, and local levels; constitutionalism; civic participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

The Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Inc. is a private, non-profit association that promotes and conducts law-related education programs and projects in Connecticut's public and private schools, courtrooms and communities.

Students.gov is an official U.S. government web site designed for students and their families. Our mission is to provide you with easy access to information and resources from the U.S. government - all the info you need, in one place, from all parts of the government.

The Constitution Center offers an interactive, searchable version of the US Constitution, along with a variety of other resources and articles to help with any project on, or involving the US Constitution.

The National Service Learning Clearinghouse maintains a website with timely information and relevant resources to support service-learning programs, practitioners, and researchers. The Clearinghouse also operates national listservs for K-12 service-learning and higher education service-learning to encourage discussion and exchange of ideas.

Student Search Engines

Ask for Kids is a fast, easy and kid-friendly way for kids to search online. Designed to be a fun destination site focused on learning and "edu-tainment," Ask for Kids uses natural-language technology that allows kids to ask questions and perform web searches in the same way they would ask a parent, friend or teacher.

Google has a great collection of sites to help students with homework and projects!

Student News Sources

Scholastic supplies students with innovative tools, resources, and top-notch tips to support homework success while strengthening the home-school connection.

The BBC, one of the world's largest news organizations, has launched this innovative and helpful site for students of all ages. BBC for Students is complete with student oriented news, research tips, and help on homework!

CNN Student News to designed to introduce students to the news of the day. Video segments encourage student participation and provide a context for understanding the events.

C-Span for Students is a web site for social studies students that has downloadable and searchable video: Immediately usable video clips for social studies classes. A fully searchable database of C-SPAN video clips, with many available for download. Video clips and discussion questions are linked to national standards, and include primary source materials. New video clips are added regularly, and are searchable by keyword, speaker, or concept.

Sources on past Presidents

Everything you could want to know about President Lincoln! Includes a directory of Abe Licoln's connection to various states, including Connecticut!