Six principles outlined by the Civic Mission of Schools Campaign can help us achieve our objective of preparing competent and responsible citizens.

Educators will find the winners of a leading Internet award to be exellent resources for enhancing teaching and learning in the classroom.

Students have the opportunity to research, create, and present potential solutions to important global challenges when they make their own videos, which many choose to upload to social networking websites.

Creating documentary productions on computers motivates students and enables teachers to guide student historical thinking skills and practices.

A pilot program at the National Archives challenges students to determine how certain documents illustrate the Constitution ?in action,? then create digital stories using cellular phones and web tools.

An interview with three experts on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty can serve as a jumping off point to explore with students the legal issues surrounding nuclear weapons.

Students will learn about the uses of data for research, planning, and policymaking when they review the census from 100 years ago and gather contemporary information about their own households.

The authors imagine what two of the most renowned economists in our history might say to Ben Bernanke about promoting economic recovery.

The websites presented here will help educators integrate local history projects that not only stimulate student interest, but build research and presentation skills.

Field trips to historic sites, such as to the house in Colonial Williamsburg of Revolution-era scholar George Wythe, offer students a tangible and physical connection to the past.