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Website
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Montgomery Bus Boycott: They Changed the World

For Students 9th - 10th
This very informative site provides everything about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Includes an interactive timeline, video clips, biographies of the leaders, interviews of people involved, archived newspaper articles, and an entire section...
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Activity
The Dirksen Congressional Center

Congress for Kids: Elections: Voting

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discover why citizens of the United States vote and understand the effects of voting.
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Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Democracy for Kids: Understanding Rights and Responsibilities

For Students 3rd - 8th
Scholastic offers a series of printable panels and classroom activities in PDF format that focus on a U.S. citizen's right to express his- or herself. Content focuses on the Bill of Rights and its provisions for freedom of religion,...
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Handout
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Mlkcc: The Seven Steps of Non Violent Action

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Martin Luther King Celebration Committee Inc. gives an outline of the Seven Steps of Non-Violent Action as defined by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Find out more about this tremendous historical Civil Rights leader.
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Lesson Plan
Center For Civic Education

Center for Civic Education: Becoming a Voter

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this lesson, students apply their state's requirements for registering to vote. Students learn when and how to register, how to complete a voter registration form, and when and how to reregister.
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Activity
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Kids Voting Usa

For Students K - 1st
Kids Voting USA offers learning activities on the history and importance of voting, as well as a timeline of suffrage in the United States. Each learning activity includes materials, objectives, and questions to be raised in class.
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Handout
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Journey of a Vote

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explains how voting in an election works in India. This process can be used for comparison to the United States.