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Article
BBC

Bbc: Week of 7 7 14: Ordinary Internet Users 'Made Up Bulk of Nsa Intercepts'

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the NSA and the everyday communications they have intercepted from average citizens.
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Website
Other

Gov Track: Tracking the u.s. Congress

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great resource for making current information about our government available to everyday citizens. Discover the status of federal legislation, voting records of members of congress, recent congressional votes, and more. Keep up to date...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Constitution Day Resources

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A selection of online resources from THOMAS that have to do with the US Constitution.
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Handout
US Department of State

U.s. Department of State: Dual Nationality

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S. Department of State provides a brief summary of the concept of dual nationality as defined by the United States government.
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Mark Overmyer Velazquez, "From Repatriation to Deportation Nation"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the history of the relationship between the US and Mexico regarding immigration. In the 1930s, the U.S. government forced hundreds of thousands of ethnic Mexicans, including some U.S. citizens, back across the...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Political Experience

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about how the state governments in the new American nation served as the laboratory to try out new ideas of governing and treating citizens. See how remarkably similar the ideas put forth in state constitutions were to each other.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Economic Crisis of the 1780s

For Students 5th - 8th
Find out how massive debt and trade restrictions threatened the very existence of the new United States. See how debt affected the central and state governments as well as the average citizen.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Social Security

For Students 5th - 8th
See how the relationship between the government and its citizens was changed with the passage of the Social Security Act in 1935.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Trade Secrets: Classroom Content: Lesson 2

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Trade Secrets reveals how the public's right to know the truth about the thousands of chemicals that surround us has been compromised. This lesson focuses on the roles that scientists, industries, citizens, and government agencies play...