Basic overview
The primary goal of We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution is to promote civic competence and responsibility among the nation’selementary and secondary students. What makes the program sosuccessful is the design of its instructional program, including its innovative culminating activity.
The instructional program enhances students understanding of the institutions of American constitutional democracy. At the same time, students discover the contemporary relevance of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
The culminating activity is a simulated congressional hearing in which students "testify" before a panel of judges. Students demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of constitutional principles and have opportunities to evaluate, take, and defend positions on relevant historical and contemporary issues.
The Center provides free professional-development opportunities for elementary, middle, high school educators, university and college professors, members of the legal community, We the People Programs state and congressional district coordinators, and youth organization leaders throughout the nation and in selected sites throughout the world.
Since the inception of the We the People program in 1987, more than 28 million students and 90 thousand educators have participated in this innovative course of study. Several studies by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) and Professor Richard Brody, Stanford University, indicate that students who used the curriculum "significantly outperformed comparison students" on every topic studied. The program enjoys the active participation of members of Congress, as well as support from professional, business, and community organizations across the nation. Program participants can maintain contact with the Center and with one another through the We the People Alumni Network.
Advanced Placement (AP) Government teachers can help prepare their students for the AP Exam by involving them in the We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution program. Government teachers from throughout the nation recommend We the People.
Simulated Congressional Hearing Resources
High School Companion Site
We The People: Struggling Readers Guide
WTP High School Struggling Readers Guide
WTP Middle School Stuggling Readers Guide
WTP Middle Grades Literacy Guide
Simulated Congressional Hearing Video Resources
TN Standards-US History Materials
- US History
- 8th Grade
- TN STATE RESOURCES
- David Hudson PPT
TN US History End of Course Materials-
From Terry Morley Happy Valley High School TN
TN US History 8thMaterials-Thanks to Jordan Fenner- Happy Valley Middle School TN
8th Grade TCAP Study Guide With Answers
8th Grade TCAP Studey Guide Without Answers
FROM THE TN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
TCAP ITEM SAMPLERS
TCAP PRACTICE TESTS
HIGH SCHOOL END OF COURSE
For More Information See: www.civiced.org
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