In addition to these general resources, make sure to see the Media Specialist's Corner (MSC) in each issue of Insights. The MSC has Web sites, books, and other resources related to an issue's particular theme.

Primary Source Documents

American Experience Online
Includes more than fifty companion sites to the PBS television series, which features stories of and primary documents from the people and events that have shaped the United States.

American Memory
A Library of Congress site featuring more than seven million digital items from more than 100 collections related to U.S. history and culture; includes text and extensive graphic primary source materials.

Avalon Project at Yale Law School
Premier online collection of digital documents in law, history, economics, politics, diplomacy, and government; documents often feature hypertext links to supporting documents referenced in the texts themselves.

Constitution Finder
Links, many in English, to constitutions of numerous countries around the world; maintained by the T. C. Williams School of Law, University of Richmond, Va.

Constitution of the United States
Constitutional Amendments 1-10 (the Bill of Rights)
Constitutional Amendments 11-27

Declaration of Independence

Federalist Papers
A series of eighty-five essays on the proposed U.S. Constitution and the nature of republican government, published in 1787-88 by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.

International Law Help
Links to major documents in public and private international law.

Internet Modern History Sourcebook
Collection of online primary source materials in modern European and American history.

National Archives and Records Administration
Includes American Originals—Treasures from the National Archives and The Digital Classroom; an instructional resource for using materials from the National Archives.

Spartacus Educational
British educational site on the history of the United States, United Kingdom, and other countries and subjects; includes pages on the civil rights movement, emancipation of women, U.S. Civil War, and World Wars I and II.

Uncle Sam's World in Political Cartoons
Part of online collection of political cartoons and cartoonists edited by Jim Zwick; features images of Uncle Sam from around the world, covering the twenty years between the Spanish-American War in 1898 until World War I.

Supreme Court Documents

Previews & Opinions

Supreme Court Preview—The ABA Public Education Division's coverage of every Supreme Court case before oral argument.

Supreme Court's Official Site—Current cases in .pdf.

Cornell University's Supreme Court Collection—Offers searchable collection of opinions.

The Findlaw Supreme Court Center—Court opinions and copies of the parties' briefs.

Jurist: The Legal Education Network—Offers links to almost everything related to the Supreme Court.

News

The New York Times' Supreme Court Q & A—Archive of Linda Greenhouse's answers to questions related to Supreme Court rules and procedure.

Northwestern University's U.S. Supreme Court Multimedia Database—Oral arguments and full text for each of the 1500 featured cases.

USA Today's Supreme Court—Coverage by former Washington Post Supreme Court reporter Joan Biskupic.

The Washington Post's Supreme Court Page—Searchable archive of AP wire stories and staff reports.

U. S. Congress: Bills

Thomas
For full text of congressional bills, enter bill number (e.g., S. 249, H.R. 1501); for useful, related information to help better understand the bill, select “References to Bill in Congressional Record.”

Congressional Bills
Insights's listing of bills from the current term of interest to the educational community.

State News

Stateline
Daily news roundup, state profiles, and guides to important state issues.

National Association of Secretaries of State
Information from individual secretaries of state.

Law-Related Education Resources

These resources are of special use to teachers of civics, government, history, and law. Some are presented as .pdf files so that you will need Adobe's Acrobat reader in order to view them. If you don't already have this program on your computer, you can download a free copy by clicking here.

Essentials of Law-Related Education
Concepts and subject matter; attitudes, beliefs, and values; skills; instructional practices and contexts that provide optimal opportunities for students to learn about their roles and responsibilities as citizens. Compiled during the 1992 National LRE Essentials Initiative coordinated by the ABA Division for Public Education, Essentials reflects the input, commitment, and expertise of the diverse constituents of the LRE field.

Glossary of Legal Terms for Secondary Students
Specially prepared vocabulary of legal and law-related terms for adolescent learners.

LLRX.COM
Free Web journal that provides legal and library professionals with the most up-to-date information on a wide range of Internet research and technology-related issues, applications, resources, and tools.

Update on the Courts Index, 1992-1997
Index of the ABA Division for Public Education’s Update on the Courts, published to help classroom teachers and LRE program developers educate students about important Supreme Court decisions and other key judicial rulings, the legal issues they involve, and their impact on students’ lives; thematically arranged entries include case summaries and teaching strategies available at through the division.

Update on Law-Related Education Index, 1979-2000
Index of the ABA Division for Public Education’s Update on Law-Related Education, published to help secondary teachers of civics, government, history, and law, as well as law-related-education program developers, to educate students about the law and legal issues; thematically arranged entries include articles, teaching strategies, classroom activities, resources, and other informational and instructional tools available through the division.

National Standards

Teachers of civics, government, history, and law all over the country are working toward attaining the educational standards of their local communities. To assist in this effort, Insights's articles, instructional materials, and other features are designed to support national standards in a variety of subject areas, developed by these educational organizations:

National Standards for Social Studies Teachers, National Council for the Social Studies
All standards furnished online.

National Standards for Civics and Government, Center for Civic Education
Partial standards furnished online, with the full text available for purchase.

National Standards for History, National Center for History in the Schools
Partial standards furnished online, with the full text available for purchase.

Objectives for Information Literacy Instruction: A Model Statement for Academic Librarians, American Library Association
All standards furnished online.

Geography for Life: What Every Young American Should Know and Be Able to Do in Geography: National Geography Standards, 1994, Geography Education Standards Project
Partial standards furnished online, with the full text available for purchase.

National Content Standards in Economics, National Council on Economic Education
Partial standards furnished online, with the full text available for purchase.