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Great Web Sites for Kids - <h5>Politics & Government</h5>

Politics & Government

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  • Appropriate for PreK aged youth
  • Appropriate for Elementary aged youth
  • Appropriate for Middle School aged youth
  • For Parents/Teachers/Caregivers
  • Congress for Kids.
    http://www.congressforkids.net
    Learn about Congress through activities and quizzes.

  • Electronic Frontier Freedom Foundation.
    http://www.eff.org/
    The Electronic Frontier Foundation is a non-profit civil liberties organization working in the public interest to protect privacy, free expression, and access to public resources and information online as well as to promote responsibility in new media.

  • FBI for Kids
    http://www.fbi.gov/fbikids.htm
    The official Federal Bureau of Investigation designed especially for children. Learn about FBI investigations, safety tips and employment opportunities.

  • FCC Kidszone
    http://www.fcc.gov/kidszone
    This site offers information for children on the FCC, as well as lots of interactive games and puzzles, surveys, telecom factoids and much more.

  • FirstGov for Kids
    http://www.kids.gov/
    A kids’ portal to the U.S. government, this site was developed and is maintained by the Federal Citizen Information Center. It provides links to Federal kids' sites along with kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.

  • Idealist.org: Kids and Teens.
    http://www.idealist.org/kt
    Learn all about nonprofit organizations and the activities and issues they pursue. Includes information about organizations started by kids as well as suggestions for getting started on your own.

  • Kids in the House.
    http://clerkkids.house.gov
    Do you ever wonder who keeps track of all those votes in the House of Representatives? Well, it's the Clerk of the House, of course. He (or she) does this and much more. Surf this interesting site to find out.

  • State and Local Governments.
    http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/stategov/stategov.html
    Information about each state’s government, plus maps of states and information about local governments.

  • TeachPeaceNow
    http://www.teachpeacenow.org
    This site’s mission is to promote attitudes and behavior, which encourage nonviolent conflict resolution, respect for human rights, intercultural understanding and tolerance.

  • The Constitution of the United States.
    http://www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html
    Study the U.S. Constitution online. Includes the ability to search the Constitution by keyword.

  • The Road to the Capitol/National Mock Election
    http://www.nationalmockelection.org/game/
    A free educational game for students, parents and teachers that tests the skills and knowledge of democracy and the election process.

  • Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet.
    http://thomas.loc.gov/
    A government information source with information on how the U.S. legislature functions, including details on pending bills before Congress and links to the last few years of the Congressional Record Online.

  • Appropriate for PreK aged youth.
  • Appropriate for Elementary aged youth.
  • Appropriate for Middle School aged youth.
  • For Parents/Teachers/Caregivers

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