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Democracy in America

This citizenship test is given orally at the Immigration and Naturalization Services across the United States...

When immigrants want to become Americans, they must take a civics test as part of their naturalization interview before a Citizenship and Immigration Services (INS) officer. The questions are usually selected from a list of 100 sample questions. See if you (and your students) could answer some sample questions.

NOVA's Saving the National Treasures has launched a site to illustrate the efforts at preserving the PHYSICAL documents of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Today, BLOGS are a populist way of encouraging democracy, because they can be set up by anyone. Certainly, students can encounter odd blogs or personal diaries, but it is a great tool for a classroom. Check Speaking of History as an example.

Confronting Policy Alternatives presents foreign policy choices reasonably and cogently. The final challenge rests with the student to generate a solution, hence, democracy in action.

The Bill of Rights Institute asks studentss to consider how life would change without such rights. students can converse with the Founding fathers.