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Civics Common Task Resources

Thanks to Mr. Allen for providing these links for the 8th grade students!

  • History Central.com on Elections (http://www.multied.com/elections/)
  • Procedural Guide to the Electoral College (http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/elctcoll/proced.html) has a description of the Electoral College and how it works.
  • FindLaw (http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html) has the Supreme Court Cases online. Nice site!
  • RealClearPolitics.com (http://www.realclearpolitics.com/) has current news stories of political interest.
  • Cornell Law School's Supreme Court Site (http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/) has an archive of Supreme Court decisions (you know, like the one you have to do for your common task?) and lots of other stuff.  Worth checking out!
  • Freedom Forum (http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=13091) has research materials on several First-Amendment issues.
  • Oyez Oyez Oyez: Supreme Court Multimedia Database (http://oyez.nwu.edu/) has information about Supreme Court cases and the justices. Also has some sounds and images.
  • Information Please Online Almanac (http://www.infoplease.com/) will help you find what was happening in the world when your case took place.  Go to the Interactive Almanac section, type in the year you need, and press "go."
  • FactMonster (http://www.factmonster.com/us.html) also has a place to enter the year you need to look up and will give you a nice timeline of events during the year your case was heard by the Supreme Court.

Don't forget about the Decades books we have in the Library for you to use! Ask for a study hall pass or see us to find out what days we'll be open for you to come to the Library after school!