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 ROAD TO THE CAPITOL, PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION, & TRIVIA

* THE ROAD TO THE CAPITOL *

The National Student and Parent Mock Election, the nation’s oldest, largest, and most successful voter-education project, has created this civic education game.  In The Road to the Capitol, the player role-plays a candidate running for Congress.

Find The Road to the Capitol at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/Elections_campaign/2_campaign.htm

* PRINCIPLES OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION *

Learning new things is one of the joys of life, but it is even better if you can retain that knowledge. When it comes right down to it, we will remember far more from our education than we think we do, and proving that is as easy as sitting down and solving a crossword puzzle like this one.  Find Principles of the U.S. Constitution at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/writingconstitution/principles_constitution.htm

* TRIVIA *

Who ran for President of the United States with the campaign slogan "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage"?

1. William McKinley
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Herbert Hoover [Answer: In 1928, Herbert Hoover ran for President of the United States with the campaign slogan "A chicken in every pot and a car in every garage". Hoover carried 58.2 percent of the vote, easily defeating Democratic candidate Alfred E. Smith.]
4. Calvin Coolidge

*Find the answer in next month's issue.

Answer to March 2010’s Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/classroomresources/funfactstrivia_ans0310.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.