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| January
2010 |
Lesson Plan: Simulation Debate - Civil Rights Bill; New Editorial Cartoons; Dirksen: An Early Advocate for Civil Rights; FedNet: Black History Month; The Civil Rights Documentation Project; How to Influence Legislators; Stand Up for Your Rights, Stamp on Black History, Brain Pop: Civil Rights, I Have a Dream, Fight for Rights: History Challenge & Trivia |
| February 2010 |
Lesson Plan: Survivor Island; New Editorial Cartoons; Three New Finding Aids: Robert H. Michel Collection – Leadership Series; FedNet: Black History Month; Abraham Lincoln and the Illinois Congressional District; Congressional Research Awards Applications; Senator Everett Dirksen and Government Spending; The Articles of Confederation: Bug Match & Trivia |
| March 2010 |
Lesson Plan: Political Cartoon Analysis; New Editorial Cartoons; Presidential Remarks On House Health Care Vote; Video: The Difference Between A Democrat And A Republican; Article: LBJ, Obama And Hiding Sausage Recipes; President Rescue, Wordspy: The President And Congress & Trivia |
| April 2010 |
Lesson Plan: Creating a Metaphor for the Three Branches of Government; New Editorial Cartoons; Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-68; Video: U.S. Long-Term Fiscal Health; Congressional Research Award Winners; The Road to the Capitol, Principles of the U.S. Constitution, & Trivia |
| May 2010 |
Lesson Plan: Congressional Reapportionment/Redistricting; New Editorial Cartoons; Close Up Program Comments; Video: Update on Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill; Winners: Ray and Kathy LaHood Scholarships for the Study of American Government; Video: Lyndon B. Johnson Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Video: Jefferson Writes Declaration of Independence; Whorunsgov: Elena Kagan; A More Perfect Union: An Exploration Of American Democracy; & Trivia |
| June 2010 |
Lesson Plan: Greater Debate Issues #1 – Does the Two-Party System Adequately Represent the People?; New Editorial Cartoons; Republican Congressional Leadership Meetings; Video: Weekly Address: Financial Regulations Bill; Book Review: Changing Citizenship: Democracy and Inclusion in Education; Video: History of the Holidays, Lawcraft, Thirteen Colonies Word Search & Trivia |
| July 2010 |
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| August 2010 |
Congress in the Classroom 2010 = Success!; Lesson Plan: Greater Debate Issues #2 – Does the Separation of Powers Produce Ineffective Government?; New Editorial Cartoons; U.S. House of Representatives Oral Histories; Video: Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report; Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: Budget Simulator; The Redistricting Game, What Does it Take to be a U.S. Citizen? & Trivia |
| September 2010 |
Winning A Seat: A Congressional Election Simulation; Lesson Plan: Greater Debate Issues #3 – Should Moral Principle Matter in Politics?; Lesson Plan: What Makes a Great Campaign Brochure?; What High School Government Teachers Should Know about Congressional Elections; New Editorial Cartoons; U.S. House of Representatives Oral Histories; 2010 Winners: Robert H. Michel Special Project Grants; Campaign Game, U.S. Capitol Virtual Tour, Checks And Balances & Trivia |
| October 2010 |
* Introducing the Congressional Timeline 1.0 -- http://www.congressionaltimeline/index.htm --
from The Dirksen Congressional Center *
Lesson Plan: Finding Purpose in Political Propaganda Mailers; PowerPoint: Leadership In The House During The 111th; New Editorial Cartoons; U.S. House of Representatives Oral Histories;
History: The Old Hall of the House Of Representatives & The Subsequent Creation of Statuary Hall; The Propaganda, Making Laws, & Trivia |
| November 2010 |
Lesson Plan: The U.S. Constitution Power Grab Game; The Dirksen Center’s Lesson Plan Contest; A Journalist’s Take on Congress; New Editorial Cartoons; U.S. House of Representatives Oral Histories; What’s What in the Executive Branch, What Congress Can and Cannot Do, & Trivia |
| December 2010 |
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