Answers -- Fun, Facts, and Trivia
August 2002 Issue

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.

Teachers, if you're looking for a fun way to teach your students about the civil rights era from 1954-1968, have them take an online interactive quiz. Find "Civil Rights" on Congress for Kids at: http://www.congressforkids.net/games/makinglaws/2_makinglaws.htm.

All the "Right" Moves

1. Trivia: What was the name of the organization that King and other clergy founded?
(Answer: SCLC -- Southern Christian Leadership Conference)

2. A leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power is called a…

A) Muslim
B) separatist
C) demagogue
D) racist

3. The Black Panther Party promoted _____ _____ and sometimes armed themselves to help achieve that goal.
(Answer: Black Power)

Answers to July's issue of Fun, Facts, and Trivia link here: http://www.webcommunicator.org/funfactstrivia0702ans.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 .