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.

* Civil Rights Self-Quiz *

Take an interactive 3-tiered self-quiz about the civil rights era from 1954-1968.  The challenge includes a vocabulary quiz and 2 multiple-choice quizzes.  You must pass each quiz to advance to the next level of questioning.

Find Civil Rights Self-Quiz at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/civilrights-vocabulary.htm

Trivia: By what name is the Civil Rights Act of 1965 more commonly known?

Answer: Three Words [Voting Rights Act -- This Act outlawed the use of literacy tests and poll taxes that prevented blacks from voting.]

*Find the answer in next month's issue.

Answer to January 2008"s Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/classroomresources/funfactstrivia_ans0108.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.