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Products and resources developed to improve public understanding of representative democracy and encourage Americans to play a responsible role in their government; strengthen classroom teaching about representative democracy; provide legislators and staff with resource materials to help improve public understanding of their institutions; and support research on public views about Congress and state legislatures.
Whether you are a citizen, student, educator, or elected official contact us to learn about the important role you can play in strengthening representative democracy in America.
Contents:
Video Series and Web-Based E-learning Modules
Class Room Materials
Series of Brief Television, Radio, and Internet Messages
Academic Research
Surveys
| A video series, Representative Democracy in America: Voices of the People, supported by lesson plans and reading materials for teachers and their students in high schools and colleges, is a six-part series on DVD or VHS designed to help students understand our system of representative democracy.
A series of Web-based, e-learning modules designed to bring the work of legislatures alive for young citizens.
  
Democracy Kids. The visually dynamic Democracy Kids Web site presents information on Congress and civics through a variety of interactive games and other activities that entertain students as they learn. Features include crossword puzzles highlighting key concepts of democracy and government, a “Tour of the Town” showing how government affects our lives, and a “Being Involved” survey that encourages students and parents to talk about civic engagement.
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| Classroom materials that approach representative democracy from the point of view of elementary, middle, and high school students that are designed to support America's Legislators Back to School Program:
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