—Social Education StaffThe Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools is leading efforts to advance the causeof civic education.418

—Daniel RulliThis annotated list of selective websites offers access to primary source documents useful for the civics classroom.414

—Maria Elena SardinasThe We the People program has taught countless students how to monitor and influence public policy. In Miami, students considered tax exemptions to spur economic growth, stronger driving license regulations for seniors, and a sales tax to fund public schools.412

—Laurel Singleton and Carolyn PereiraStudents involved in a discussion of the text of the Preamble to the Constitution obtain a better sense of the purposes of our government.410

—Christine BlackerbyMost students who learn how a bill becomes a law never actually see a law. This article highlights three documents that trace one bill’s journey—for a holiday to honor the nation’s veterans—to becoming a law.373

—Lee Ann PotterRonald Reagan made history when he nominated Sandra Day O’Connor as the first female justice of the Supreme Court. His letter to the Senate is an excellent jump off point for teaching about the separation of powers and checks and balances. 366

—Lee Ann PotterThomas Jefferson was shocked when war veteran Jacob Koontz wrote to him asking for presidential help seven years after Jefferson’s presidential term had ended. A look at Jefferson’s letter noting Koontz’s lack of civic awareness highlights for students the importance of civic literacy.360

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—Elizabeth K. Wilson and Kathy Shaver WetzelThe authors describe how a novel, such as The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963, can draw students into the study of the civil rights era.