The Bill of Rights Institute seeks an America where we more perfectly realize the promises of liberty and equality expressed in the Declaration of Independence. This calls for civic education that helps students examine the story of our country and exercise the skills of citizenship.
The Journal’s mission is simple: Deliver smart, ideally groundbreaking, historical research and well-written narrative based on primary sources. Regularly featuring NEW research and perspectives, JAR is the leading source of information about the American Revolution and Founding era, one of the fastest growing areas of historical interest.
The Center for the Study of the American Constitution (CSAC) is a non-profit, non-partisan center housed within the History Department at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, founded in 1981 as an outgrowth of the Ratification Project—a project that publishes The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights series. It contains public access to thousands of original historic documents.
The Archives’ mission is to provide equitable public access to federal government records in its custody and control. The Archives drive openness, cultivate public participation, and strengthen our nation’s democracy through equitable public access to high-value government records.
A project of the Ashbrook Center, AmericanFounding.org serves the Center’s mission to strengthen constitutional self-government by educating our fellow Americans in the history and Founding principles of our country and the habits of reflection and choice necessary to perpetuate our republic. The Center believes that America’s future is found in her past. AmericanFounding.org presents in one place, the documents, debates, and narratives necessary to understand America’s Founding and therefore America itself.
Constitution Facts is the largest non-partisan publisher of pocket constitution books in the world. Retail sales of the book, combined with its free book program, deep discounts for organizations, schools and others have made it a leading resource for educating people about the Constitution. Each year, more than 4 million people visit constitutionfacts.com - it’s one of the largest communities of people on the internet interested in learning about the Constitution, printing the Constitution in both English and Spanish language editions (as well as more than thirty other languages through our custom bookstore!).
The mission of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association is to preserve, restore, and manage the estate of George Washington to the highest standards and to educate visitors and people throughout the world about the life and legacies of George Washington, so that his example of character and leadership will continue to inform and inspire future generations.
The site provides hundreds of books and articles about the Revolutionary War, African Americans, Books for Young People, and more… authored by many of our nation’s most respected historians.
The Civics Renewal Network is an alliance of 37 nonprofit, nonpartisan organizations that provide free online classroom resources for civics education. Sharing the belief that understanding the Constitution plays a vital role in creating knowledgeable and engaged citizens, they agree to work together as the Civics Renewal Network to raise the visibility of civics education and to make high-quality resources more accessible to teachers through a one-stop website. The network partners also collaborate on developing resources and on events such as Constitution Day.
Founded in 1962, the U.S. Capitol Historical Society (USCHS) has proudly worked to preserve and share the history of the Capitol, the Congress, and the people who work therein. As a nonpartisan, educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Society was chartered by Congress in 1978, in part “to foster and increase an informed patriotism.” In service of this mission, the Society conducts historical tours of the Capitol Building, hosts both virtual and in-person public history programming, publishes scholarly research in various aspects of Capitol History, and manages renowned civics education programs.
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