For Future K - 12 Educators - Civic Engagement - Whittemore Library at Framingham State University

K - 12 Teaching Resources from the Curriculum Library

Civics (Print Book)

(Middle School & High School) This high-impact program offers students a strong introduction to government, citizenship, and the American economic and legal systems.

Making Civics Count (Print Book)

Making Civics Count offers research-based insights into what diverse students and teachers know and do as civic actors, and proposes a blueprint for civic education for a new generation that is both practical and visionary.

American Government (Print Book)

Hailed as a stellar educational resource for nearly a century, Magruder's American Government is updated annually to meet the changing needs of today's high school students and teachers.

Teaching History for Justice (Print Book)

Learn how to enact justice-oriented pedagogy and foster students' critical engagement in today's history classroom.

Voting in America (Print Book)

This anthology highlights the Constitution's treatment of voting and elections, leaders who have influenced voting practices, the electoral college, the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and more.

Organizations Promoting & Offering Resources for Civics Education

Civic Learning Week by iCivics
"...the national Civic Learning Week (CLW) is hosted by iCivics and seeks to highlight the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening constitutional democracy in the United States."
Civics by DESE Center for Instructional Support
"Every student regardless of race, class, ethnicity, language status, religion, education, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability has the right to civics education, including effective pedagogy and applied learning. Civics education should be culturally responsive, develop students' civic identities, and center the acquisition of knowledge, intellectual skills, and applied competencies that citizens need for informed and effective participation in civics and democratic life."
iCivics
"iCivics champions equitable, non-partisan civic education so that the practice of democracy is learned by each new generation. We work to inspire life-long civic engagement by providing high quality and engaging civics resources to teachers and students across our nation."
Massachusetts Civic Learning COalition
"...a non-partisan coalition of nonprofits, educators, universities, research institutions, museums, and partners from many professions who believe that civic education has a vital role to play in the health of democracy and that everyone has a stake in the civic life of our communities, state, and nation."
Mass Center for Civic Education
A private, non-profit, non-partisan organization that promotes civic education in Massachusetts public and private schools and communities.
Civics Education Resources by National Conference of State Legislatrues
Offers "specific resources provided through state legislatures, some aimed directly at children and students and also a view array of resources from organizations committed to bolstering the civic education of the American populace in general."
Teaching for Democracy Alliance
TFDA is composed of 19 national nonpartisan organizations, whose work spans all 50 states and directly supports more than 8 million young people, 220,000 educators, and engaged community members across the country. Their goal is to work to strengthen student learning about elections and informed voting.

Chidren's Books about Civics from the Curriculum Library

The Homework Strike (Print Book)

Gregory K., overwhelmed by homework, decides to make a stand -- but the stand takes on momentum of its own and Gregory has to live with the consequences.

Lillian's Right to Vote (Print Book)

An elderly African American woman, en route to vote, remembers her family's tumultuous voting history in this picture book publishing in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Democracy for Dinosaurs (Print Book)

Democracy for Dinosaurs takes key values on every parent's mind and gives them tools to show young readers how things they do every single day can be guided by principles we must share in a democratic society.

Stolen Justice: the Struggle for African American Voting Rights (Print Book)

A thrilling and incisive examination of the post-Reconstruction era struggle for and suppression of African American voting rights in the United States.

V Is for Voting (Print Book)

"This playful, though powerful book engages little readers in the tenets of democracy and activism through rhyming text and colorful works of art." --PBS Kids for Parents

Because They Marched (Print Book)

For the fiftieth anniversary of the march for voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, Newberry Medalist Russell Freedman has written a riveting account of African-American struggles for the right to vote.

That's Not Fair! (Print Book)

Provides an accessible exploration of the rights and freedoms of citizens in a democracy through a series of six short stories starring Mayor Moe and the councillors of a sometimes wacky city.

Our Little Kitchen (Print Book)

This rousing picture book tells the story of a crew of resourceful neighbors who come together to prepare a meal for their community.

Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom (Print Book)

A memoir of the Civil Rights Movement from one of its youngest heroes.