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.

* Women Suffrage*

The campaign of women to win the right to vote began in the 1840s. Find a biographical sketch of the great champion of women's rights, Susan B. Anthony, and answer the multiple choice questions. Find Women Suffrage at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/Constitution_righttovote/1_righttovote.htm.

Trivia:

Which man put the ideas of the Constitution into actual words?

A. James Madison
B. Gouverneur Morris [Answer: Gouverneur Morris took the ideas of Roger Sherman and James Madison and put them into words that became the Constitution.]
C. Roger Sherman
D. Alexander Hamilton

*Find the answer in next month's issue.

Answer to June's Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/classroom%20resources/funfactstrivia_ans0607.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.