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Civic Ideals and Practices

  Bureau of Justice Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the U.S. Department of Justice, is the United States' primary source for criminal justice statistics

   FindLaw
FindLaw is a portal to the Internet's legal information.

   The Project on Campaign Conduct
The Project on Campaign Conduct is a nonpartisan effort devoted to raising voter awareness and expectations about the quality of political campaigns through voluntary candidate codes of conduct.

  The Nebraska Supreme Court Homepage

  The direct link to the Students and Teachers page for the Nebraska Supreme Court  

  founding.com

A Users Guide to the Declaration of Independence  
  BeAVoter.org
BeAVoter.org -- organized by AARP, America Online and MCI WorldCom -- is a non-partisan, non-profit site. The mission: let's harness the simplicity and innovative nature of the Internet to increase voter participation in the United States.

The American President
This website, which was developed in coordination with the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS ), will provide teachers and students with exciting tools and resources to learn and discover about a uniquely American idea -- the presidency.

  National Election Studies
The mission of the National Election Studies (NES) is to produce high quality data on voting, public opinion, and political participation that serve the research needs of social scientists, teachers, students, and policy makers concerned with the theoretical and empirical foundations of mass politics in a democratic society.

  Elections U.S.A.
Attractive and packed with information, this site is packed with details about current office-holders, elections, and opinions from the political right and left. The teacher could foster classroom discussions and encourage student research with this site's offerings.

 

Listing of Links that help support the theme
Civic Ideals and Practices

AskERIC Virtual Library

All Politics (CNN/Time)

The Atlantic Unbound - Politics & Society

The Atlantic Monthly -POLITICAL RESOURCES

Civnet

Center for Civic Education

The CIA Fact Book - 1997

The CIA Internet Homepage for Kids

The Civic Practices Network

CloseUp Foundation

Constitution for the United States of America

The Constitution of the United States of America

Cool Government Site of the Week

C-SPAN

The Democracy Page

Democratic Principles WebQuest

The Electronic Policy Network

The Electronic Telegraph

 Fedstats

House of Representatives

IBERT

The Library of Congress

Library of Congress Learning Page

Links to Civics at Work Related Web Sites

Lycos look at "Government"

Nebraska Unicameral

Newslink

Newspage

Project Harmony

Project Vote Smart's

Public Broadcasting System

USA Counties

Roll Call Online

Rulers

POLITICS & GOVERNMENT

Rock the Vote

Teacher's Guide for the Professional Cartoonist

Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet

 Take a Virtual Tour of the Nebraska State Capitol

White House

Wiretap Electronic Text Archive

The White House for Kids