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| January
2009 |
Lesson Plan: The Saga of the Money Trail: Developing the Federal Budget, New Editorial Cartoons, Project: Library of Congress: Architecture and Symbolism, Resource: Putting the Movement Back into Civil Rights Teaching, The Civil Rights Movement – Fighting Segregation, Interactive: Inauguration Day Quiz & Trivia |
| February 2009 |
Lesson Plan: Introducing the Freshman Class of the 111th Congress , WebQuest: Leading the 111th Congress, Project: Abraham Lincoln and the Illinois Congressional District, New Editorial Cartoons, Internet Research Project Idea , State of the Union Multiple-Choice & Trivia |
| March 2009 |
Lesson Plan: Congress and Gay Marriage, Dirksen Video Segments, Project: 14 Units to Learn How a Bill Becomes a Law, New Editorial Cartoons, Internet Research Project Idea, American Congress Government Simulation & Trivia |
| April 2009 |
Lesson Plan: Mock Senate Simulation, Congressional Research Service Reports: House Rules Committee List, Congressional Research Award Winners, New Editorial Cartoons, Things to Think About, Leadership in Congress & Trivia |
| May 2009 |
No Issue |
| June 2009 |
Congress for Kids Redesign Complete!, Lesson Plan: Knowledge is Power, New Editorial Cartoons, New Dirksen Center Board of Directors, Public Criticisms Of Congress & Trivia |
| July 2009 |
What Do Students See When They Look at Congress?, Lesson Plan: You Can Lead a Class to Water, But Can You Make It Think? (An Activity for Teaching the Concept of “Implied Power”)*, New Editorial Cartoons, What Project is Next? – Congressional Timeline Project, The President’s Cabinet From Congress for Kids & Trivia |
| August 2009 |
Lesson Plan: Simulating Congressional Action in the Classroom, New Editorial Cartoons, Dirksen’s Funeral Procession, Pekin, IL, Congress in the Classroom 2009 A Success!, Professional Development Program: U.S. Capitol Constitution Week, Creating the United States: Word Search - United States Constitution & Trivia |
| September 2009 |
Lesson Plan: The Public’s View of Congress: A Study in Contrasts Through Film, New Editorial Cartoons, LaHood: Reflections on a Career in Congress, The Ten Most Important Things to Know About the U.S. Senate, Web-Based Resource About Congress, Introduction To The Constitution, Celebrate the Constitution & Trivia |
| October 2009 |
Lesson Plan: Congress – A Vocabulary Review, New Editorial Cartoons, Dirksen, Everett McKinley (1896-1969), Papers: Form Letters, 1951-69, Awards, Site Of The Day, Web Stats, TheCongressBlog, Facebook, & Twitter, Congress in the Classroom Online, What is Citizenship?, Online Games to Learn about Citizenship and Democracy, & Trivia |
| November 2009 |
Lesson Plan: Congress on Trial, New Editorial Cartoons, The Ten (Really Twelve) Most Important Things to Know about the House of Representatives, Radio Broadcast: Everett Dirksen’s Contribution to Civil Rights Legislation, NAACP Honors Dirksen, 2009,
The Original Thirteen Colonies & True or False |
| December 2009 |
Lesson Plan: Identifying Legislators and the Legislative Process, New Editorial Cartoons, Radio Script: Socialized Medicine, Oral History of the U.S. House of Representatives, The Dirksens at Christmas, Supreme Order in the Court, Supreme Decision & Trivia |
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