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The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively.

* NEW * The Articles of Confederation: Bug Match

A fun activity including a question and four possible answers about the Articles of Confederation that are displayed in the area to the right of your screen.  Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move your bug, back and forth or up and down, to eat the ant that corresponds to the correct.

Find The Articles of Confederation: Bug Match at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/articlesofconfederation/1_multiplechoice.htm

* Trivia *
In his first inaugural address, Lincoln said he would support a proposed thirteenth amendment to the Constitution that Congress had passed. What was the amendment?

  1. Abolishing slavery
  2. A stronger fugitive slave law
  3. Making secession illegal
  4. Make abolishing slavery illegal

*Find the answer in next month's issue.

Answer to January 2010’s Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/classroomresources/funfactstrivia_ans0110.htm

Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively.

If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel.


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