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BRI Launches New Government And Politics Curriculum

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<p>For more than 25 years, the Bill of Rights Institute has worked to ensure all students receive a quality civic and history education.</p>

<p>Now, classrooms across America will have access to a new comprehensive civics curriculum – offered at no cost to educators and schools.</p>

<p>The Bill of Rights Institute announced today the launch of its new civics curriculum, <a href="https://billofrightsinstitute.org/curricula/government-and-politics-civics-for-the-american-experiment">Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment</a>.</p>

<p>A national leader in the publication of open educational resources (OER), the Bill of Rights Institute offers more than 6,000 classroom resources and supports a network of more than 80,000 teachers who reach 8 million students per year.</p>

<p>With Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment, the Institute is offering its most comprehensive civics curriculum to date.</p>

<p>Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment offers 7 units and 40 lessons, and examines the relationships between civil society, our government, and citizens. Students explore the structure of American government alongside key concepts like self-governance, founding principles like liberty, justice, and equality, and civic virtues.</p>

<p>The curriculum was pilot tested with classroom teachers and offers multiple engaging resources, including primary sources, point/counterpoint debates, informative videos, essays, case studies, and more.</p>

<p>Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment also marks the Bill of Rights Institute’s entry into game-based learning, with a <a href="https://billofrightsinstitute.org/games">series of interactives and tabletop games</a> designed to increase student learning, comprehension, and knowledge retention.</p>

<p>Bill of Rights Institute President and CEO David J. Bobb, Ph.D., said that Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment gives teachers an immediate new tool to increase civic learning, without having to rely on cost-prohibitive textbooks.</p>

<p>“We believe all students should have access to a quality civic education, regardless of ZIP Code or school budget,” Bobb said. “With Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment, students everywhere can develop the knowledge and skills they need for lives of productive, principled citizenship.”</p>