Adventures in Law & History Volumes I (4th Gr) & II (5th Gr): This resource provides lessons set in historical eras that introduce law-related concepts: purpose/function of law, equal protection, and due process. Includes service-learning activities linked to civic content.

Bill of Rights in Action: The Bill of Rights in Action curricular newsletter is distributed to over 30,000 educators nationally for use in history, government, and other social studies classes.

The Challenge Series: The four Challenge series volumes help students understand and analyze controversial topics. The volumes cover areas crucial to our society: violence, information, diversity, and governance.

Choices for the 21st Century: Choices Program develops student-centered curriculum resources that make connections between historical events and contemporary issues and engage students in deliberation on contested international issues.

Civic Education and State Policy (Dissertation) This study examines the relationship between state policy and civic education in Kindergarten through Grade 12 as measured through interviews, surveys, and student achievement data.

Citizenship Education is a curriculum designed to inspire students and teachers to engage in critical thinking and social action through meaningful classroom instruction and community service.

CityYouth: Education & Community Action: CityYouth curriculum provides lessons designed to foster civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and content and skills linked to History-Social Science, Language Arts, Science, and Math.

Essence of Acceptance: Curriculum provides understanding of human rights and oral history interviewing. Through stories of loss, students learn the importance of civic responsibility and protection of rights.

Facing History and Ourselves: Facing History and Ourselves provides resources and professional development to teachers worldwide so students can explore choices and recognize the decisions in history that led to group hatred and violence. Students learn civic skills and develop civic dispositions.

Foundations of Democracy: Foundations of Democracy is a K- 12 curricular program based on concepts fundamental to an understanding of politics and government such as Authority, Privacy, Responsibility and Justice

Get Up-Stand Up Vote/Youth Voter Education Project John F. Kennedy High School students along with other Sacramento City Unified high school students have developed this project for students to participate in registering citizens to vote, to become poll workers in county elections and to participate in mock elections

A Government for Xlandia; Problem Based Unit: Free HS government unit on basics of democratic constitutions, comparative systems. Uses problem based learning methodology; students work in groups in an engaging real-world scenario.

History Day in California: History Day in California is a hands-on approach to history in which students engage in in-depth research and create projects that are displayed for their peers and professionals to review, critique, and appreciate.

LegiQuest: Problem Based Unit: Free HS Government unit on Congress, lawmaking process, role of lobbyists. Uses problem based learning methodology; students groups work in an engaging real-world scenario.

The LegiSchool Project: LegiSchool's goal is to engage lifeyoung adults in matters of state public policies - public policies that directly impact their lives. In doing so, we hope to motivate young people to take an interest in public life and our democracy.

Not In My Back Yard: Problem Based Unit: Free HS Government unit on local government, homelessness, interest groups. Uses problem based learning methodology; students groups work in an engaging real-world scenario.

Project History--CRF: Project History lessons focus on historical periods that allow middle school students to reflect on the growth of our democracy and democratic systems.

School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program: The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program is a curriculum, training and research program that provides students with opportunities to engage in high quality civic education and group participation exercises.

Student Voices: The Student Voices Project encourages the civic engagement of young people by bringing the study of local government, policy issues, and political campaigns into the classroom.

We the People: The Citizen and the Constituion: The primary goal of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution is to promote civic competence and responsibility among the nation's elementary and secondary students.

We the People: Project Citizen: Project Citizen is a curricular program that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy.

Youth in Government: City of Davis, California:Davis High Schools "Youth in Government Day" is one of the ways we connect our students to the policy-making process in our community.

Youth Leadership for Action: Youth Leadership for Action is CRF's leadership development program for high school students. YLFA emphasizes active citizenship and provides the opportunity to develop civic leadership skills.

Active Citizenship Today (ACT): ACT is a civics- based, service-learning teaching strategy that links classroom skills and knowledge to school or community problems that students identify and address with action projects.

Adventures in Law & History Volumes I (4th Gr) & II (5th Gr):: This resource provides lessons set in historical eras that introduce law-related concepts: purpose/function of law, equal protection, and due process. Includes service-learning activities linked to civic content.

Anti-Bias Education Teacher Training: Professional staff development opportunities for K-12 grade educators that assist in creating multicultural, non-biased learning environments where all children can be succesful and feel respected.

Bill of Rights in Action: The Bill of Rights in Action curricular newsletter is distributed to over 30,000 educators nationally for use in history, government, and other social studies classes.

The Challenge Series: The four Challenge series volumes help students understand and analyze controversial topics. The volumes cover areas crucial to our society: violence, information, diversity, and governance.

Choices for the 21st Century: Choices Program develops student-centered curriculum resources that make connections between historical events and contemporary issues and engage students in deliberation on contested international issues.

Citizenship Education is a curriculum designed to inspire students and teachers to engage in critical thinking and social action through meaningful classroom instruction and community service.

CityYouth: Education & Community Action: CityYouth curriculum provides lessons designed to foster civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and content and skills linked to History-Social Science, Language Arts, Science, and Math.

Essence of Acceptance: Curriculum provides understanding of human rights and oral history interviewing. Through stories of loss, students learn the importance of civic responsibility and protection of rights.

Facing History and Ourselves: Facing History and Ourselves provides resources and professional development to teachers worldwide so students can explore choices and recognize the decisions in history that led to group hatred and violence. Students learn civic skills and develop civic dispositions.

Foundations of Democracy: Foundations of Democracy is a K- 12 curricular program based on concepts fundamental to an understanding of politics and government such as Authority, Privacy, Responsibility and Justice.

Get Up-Stand Up Vote/Youth Voter Education ProjectJohn F. Kennedy High School students along with other Sacramento City Unified high school students have developed this project for students to participate in registering citizens to vote, to become poll workers in county elections and to participate in mock elections.

History Day in California: History Day in California is a hands-on approach to history in which students engage in in-depth research and create projects that are displayed for their peers and professionals to review, critique, and appreciate.

The LegiSchool Project: LegiSchool's goal is to engage lifeyoung adults in matters of state public policies - public policies that directly impact their lives. In doing so, we hope to motivate young people to take an interest in public life and our democracy.

Not In My Back Yard: Problem Based Unit: Free HS Government unit on local government, homelessness, interest groups. Uses problem based learning methodology; students groups work in an engaging real-world scenario.

Project History--CRF: Project History lessons focus on historical periods that allow middle school students to reflect on the growth of our democracy and democratic systems.

School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program: The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program is a curriculum, training and research program that provides students with opportunities to engage in high quality civic education and group participation exercises.

Service-Learning - Student's Guide & Journal For Mid & High: This new resource will help your students organize their Service-Learning project, improve their thinking, writing, research, collaborative, and communication skills – and help you document the success of the Service-Learning program.   

Student Voices: The Student Voices Project encourages the civic engagement of young people by bringing the study of local government, policy issues, and political campaigns into the classroom.

Take Charge: A Youth Guide to Community Change : Take Charge is a civics-based, service-learning strategy designed for school or community use providing resources to develop citizenship skills and knowledge and create community change.

TreePeople's Campus Forestry Program: Through hands-on "Campus Forester" training and using the award winning "Schoolyard Explorers" curriculum, faculty, parents and students plan and implement a tree-planting project. TreePeople teaches how to work within the parameters of school district regulations, determine where trees can be placed, and give guidelines for a tree planting event. Long-term tree care training is also provided. Expected outcomes include transformed campuses and inspired students who value the process of civic participation.

We the People: Project Citizen: Project Citizen is a curricular program that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy.

Youth in Government: City of Davis, California:Davis High Schools "Youth in Government Day" is one of the ways we connect our students to the policy-making process in our community.

Youth Leadership for Action: Youth Leadership for Action is CRF's leadership development program for high school students. YLFA emphasizes active citizenship and provides the opportunity to develop civic leadership skills.

Active Citizenship Today (ACT): ACT is a civics- based, service-learning teaching strategy that links classroom skills and knowledge to school or community problems that students identify and address with action projects.

Adventures in Law & History Volumes I (4th Gr) & II (5th Gr):: This resource provides lessons set in historical eras that introduce law-related concepts: purpose/function of law, equal protection, and due process. Includes service-learning activities linked to civic content.

AmeriCorps Service-Learning Training Modules & Toolkit:Six training modules including plans, videos, and support materials and a toolkit of resources covering a variety of service-learning topics

California Service-Learning Regional Leads: A statewide network of service-learning leaders who promote service-learning and provide technical assistance to practitioners.

The Challenge Series: The four Challenge series volumes help students understand and analyze controversial topics. The volumes cover areas crucial to our society: violence, information, diversity, and governance.

Citizenship Education is a curriculum designed to inspire students and teachers to engage in critical thinking and social action through meaningful classroom instruction and community service.

CityYouth: Education & Community Action: CityYouth curriculum provides lessons designed to foster civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and content and skills linked to History-Social Science, Language Arts, Science, and Math.

Civic Education and State Policy (Dissertation) This study examines the relationship between state policy and civic education in Kindergarten through Grade 12 as measured through interviews, surveys, and student achievement data.

Essence of Acceptance: Curriculum provides understanding of human rights and oral history interviewing. Through stories of loss, students learn the importance of civic responsibility and protection of rights.

Facing History and Ourselves: Facing History and Ourselves provides resources and professional development to teachers worldwide so students can explore choices and recognize the decisions in history that led to group hatred and violence. Students learn civic skills and develop civic dispositions.

Foundations of Democracy: Foundations of Democracy is a K- 12 curricular program based on concepts fundamental to an understanding of politics and government such as Authority, Privacy, Responsibility and Justice.

Get Up-Stand Up Vote/Youth Voter Education ProjectJohn F. Kennedy High School students along with other Sacramento City Unified high school students have developed this project for students to participate in registering citizens to vote, to become poll workers in county elections and to participate in mock elections.

Not In My Back Yard: Problem Based Unit: Free HS Government unit on local government, homelessness, interest groups. Uses problem based learning methodology; students groups work in an engaging real-world scenario.

Peer Training Program: A student empowerment program that infuses ideals of diveristy in the school community and begins a process for creating an inclusive school culture by training high school students as facilitators of the Institute that promote respect and inclusion.

School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program: The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program is a curriculum, training and research program that provides students with opportunities to engage in high quality civic education and group participation exercises.

Service-Learning - Student's Guide & Journal For Mid & High: This new resource will help your students organize their Service-Learning project, improve their thinking, writing, research, collaborative, and communication skills – and help you document the success of the Service-Learning program.   

Student Voices: The Student Voices Project encourages the civic engagement of young people by bringing the study of local government, policy issues, and political campaigns into the classroom.

TreePeople's Campus Forestry Program: Through hands-on "Campus Forester" training and using the award winning "Schoolyard Explorers" curriculum, faculty, parents and students plan and implement a tree-planting project. TreePeople teaches how to work within the parameters of school district regulations, determine where trees can be placed, and give guidelines for a tree planting event. Long-term tree care training is also provided. Expected outcomes include transformed campuses and inspired students who value the process of civic participation.

Voter Registration Drive A service learing project to promote voting Students are given a "present" on their 18th birithday. Delivered to their class, with appropriate fanfare, the present includes voter registration material and a "Be Heard" wrist band.

We the People: Project Citizen: Project Citizen is a curricular program that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy.

Youth in Government: City of Davis, California:Davis High Schools "Youth in Government Day" is one of the ways we connect our students to the policy-making process in our community.

Youth Leadership for Action: Youth Leadership for Action is CRF's leadership development program for high school students. YLFA emphasizes active citizenship and provides the opportunity to develop civic leadership skills.

Active Citizenship Today (ACT): ACT is a civics- based, service-learning teaching strategy that links classroom skills and knowledge to school or community problems that students identify and address with action projects.

Take Charge: A Youth Guide to Community Change : Take Charge is a civics-based, service-learning strategy designed for school or community use providing resources to develop citizenship skills and knowledge and create community change.

CityYouth: Education & Community Action: CityYouth curriculum provides lessons designed to foster civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and content and skills linked to History-Social Science, Language Arts, Science, and Math.

Essence of Acceptance: Curriculum provides understanding of human rights and oral history interviewing. Through stories of loss, students learn the importance of civic responsibility and protection of rights.

History Day in California: History Day in California is a hands-on approach to history in which students engage in in-depth research and create projects that are displayed for their peers and professionals to review, critique, and appreciate.

The LegiSchool Project: LegiSchool's goal is to engage lifeyoung adults in matters of state public policies - public policies that directly impact their lives. In doing so, we hope to motivate young people to take an interest in public life and our democracy.

School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program: The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program is a curriculum, training and research program that provides students with opportunities to engage in high quality civic education and group participation exercises.

Service-Learning - Student's Guide & Journal For Mid & High: This new resource will help your students organize their Service-Learning project, improve their thinking, writing, research, collaborative, and communication skills – and help you document the success of the Service-Learning program.  

Youth in Government: City of Davis, California:Davis High Schools "Youth in Government Day" is one of the ways we connect our students to the policy-making process in our community.  

Youth Leadership for Action: Youth Leadership for Action is CRF's leadership development program for high school students. YLFA emphasizes active citizenship and provides the opportunity to develop civic leadership skills.

Active Citizenship Today (ACT): ACT is a civics- based, service-learning teaching strategy that links classroom skills and knowledge to school or community problems that students identify and address with action projects.

Essence of Acceptance: Curriculum provides understanding of human rights and oral history interviewing. Through stories of loss, students learn the importance of civic responsibility and protection of rights.

Fairview Elementary School-First Amendment School: The First Amendment Schools initiative is a National school reform program focusing on academic and social achievement.

Take Charge: A Youth Guide to Community Change : Take Charge is a civics-based, service-learning strategy designed for school or community use providing resources to develop citizenship skills and knowledge and create community change.

Student Voices: The Student Voices Project encourages the civic engagement of young people by bringing the study of local government, policy issues, and political campaigns into the classroom.

Youth in Government: City of Davis, California:Davis High Schools "Youth in Government Day" is one of the ways we connect our students to the policy-making process in our community.

Active Citizenship Today (ACT): ACT is a civics- based, service-learning teaching strategy that links classroom skills and knowledge to school or community problems that students identify and address with action projects.

Adventures in Law & History Volumes I (4th Gr) & II (5th Gr):: This resource provides lessons set in historical eras that introduce law-related concepts: purpose/function of law, equal protection, and due process. Includes service-learning activities linked to civic content.

Bill of Rights in Action: The Bill of Rights in Action curricular newsletter is distributed to over 30,000 educators nationally for use in history, government, and other social studies classes.

The Challenge Series: The four Challenge series volumes help students understand and analyze controversial topics. The volumes cover areas crucial to our society: violence, information, diversity, and governance.

Choices for the 21st Century: Choices Program develops student-centered curriculum resources that make connections between historical events and contemporary issues and engage students in deliberation on contested international issues.

Citizenship Education is a curriculum designed to inspire students and teachers to engage in critical thinking and social action through meaningful classroom instruction and community service.

CityYouth: Education & Community Action: CityYouth curriculum provides lessons designed to foster civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, and content and skills linked to History-Social Science, Language Arts, Science, and Math.

Essence of Acceptance: Curriculum provides understanding of human rights and oral history interviewing. Through stories of loss, students learn the importance of civic responsibility and protection of rights.

Fairview Elementary School-First Amendment School: The First Amendment Schools initiative is a National school reform program focusing on academic and social achievement.

Get Up-Stand Up Vote/Youth Voter Education ProjectJohn F. Kennedy High School students along with other Sacramento City Unified high school students have developed this project for students to participate in registering citizens to vote, to become poll workers in county elections and to participate in mock elections.

History Day in California: History Day in California is a hands-on approach to history in which students engage in in-depth research and create projects that are displayed for their peers and professionals to review, critique, and appreciate.

The LegiSchool Project: LegiSchool's goal is to engage lifeyoung adults in matters of state public policies - public policies that directly impact their lives. In doing so, we hope to motivate young people to take an interest in public life and our democracy.

Project History--CRF: Project History lessons focus on historical periods that allow middle school students to reflect on the growth of our democracy and democratic systems.

School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program: The School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program is a curriculum, training and research program that provides students with opportunities to engage in high quality civic education and group participation exercises.

Student Voices: The Student Voices Project encourages the civic engagement of young people by bringing the study of local government, policy issues, and political campaigns into the classroom.

Take Charge: A Youth Guide to Community Change : Take Charge is a civics-based, service-learning strategy designed for school or community use providing resources to develop citizenship skills and knowledge and create community change.

We the People: The Citizen and the Constituion: The primary goal of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution is to promote civic competence and responsibility among the nation's elementary and secondary students.

Youth in Government: City of Davis, California:Davis High Schools "Youth in Government Day" is one of the ways we connect our students to the policy-making process in our community.

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