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Getting
Started | Finding Help
| Program Directories
and Models | National
Organizations
Curriculum Connections
| Civic Education and
Character Education Resources | Finding
Funding
Partnerships
| Youth Voice
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Evaluation and Assessment
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Civic education promotes responsible and informed participation
in the democratic process, by instructing students in
the principles that inform us as Americans, the institutions
that comprise our society, and the activities required
of us if we are to perpetuate our democratic ways. Character
education promotes the moral development of students by
teaching universal virtues, such as justice, fairness,
caring, respect, responsibility and trustworthiness. The
resources in this section provide information about civic
and character education, and suggest ways to incorporate
both educational methods into service and service-learning
programs.
Online Resources
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Celebration USA
Nonprofit educational organization established in 1992
to encourage young people to honor the principles of democracy,
good citizenship, and patriotism. Sponsor of Pledge Across
America.
www.celebrationusa.org
Center for Advancement of Ethics and Character
Resource for administrators, teachers and parents as they
seek to teach ethics and character.
www.bu.edu/education/caec
Center for Civic Education
Specializes in civic/citizenship education, law-related
education, and international educational exchange programs
for developing democracies.
www.civiced.org
Character Counts! Coalition
Nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian coalition of schools,
communities and nonprofit organizations working to advance
character education by teaching the Six Pillars of Character:
trustworthiness, respect, responsibility,
fairness, caring and citizenship.
www.charactercounts.org
Character Education Partnership
Nonpartisan coalition of organizations and individuals
dedicated to developing moral character and civic virtue
in our Nation's youth as one means of creating a more
compassionate and responsible society.
www.character.org
Close Up Foundation
Works to promote responsible and informed participation
in the democratic process through a variety of educational
programs.
www.closeup.org
Constitutional Rights Foundation
A website dedicated to educating young people about the
importance of civic participation in a democratic society
www.crf-usa.org
Education Commission of the States
Reports and publications about service-learning and citizenship.
www.ecs.org/ecsmain.asp?page=/html/publications/
home_publications.asp?am=5
EpiCenter
Resource guide to civic engagement.
http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/filemanager/
download/532/civic.pdf
The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge
Freedoms Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated
to teaching young people the principles upon which our
nation was founded through education programs and teacher
workshops.
www.ffvf.org
Giraffe Project
Story-based K-12 curriculum that teaches courageous compassion
and active citizenship.
www.giraffe.org
Goodcharacter.com
List of online resources for teaching character education.
www.goodcharacter.com/TeacherResources.html
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
A fact sheet about character education and service-learning.
www.servicelearning.org/resources/fact_sheets/k-12_facts/char_ed/
The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
Links to helpful sites about character education.
www.servicelearning.org/resources/links_collection/index.php
?link_set_id=1&category_id=237
The Bill of Rights Institute
Dedicated to helping high school Social Studies teachers
enhance their students' understanding of their rights
and responsibilities as citizens, as well as the historical
and intellectual origins of the U.S. Constitution and
the Bill of Rights.
www.billofrightsinstitute.org
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Print resources can be located in the National Service-Learning
Clearinghouse library catalog online at www.servicelearning.org/lib_svcs/lib_cat/default.php.
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