Links
Teacher Resources
Truman Links
Truman and Other Modern Presidents
Truman, The Road Building Politician
The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library
Harry S. Truman’s Farewell Address
Truman Books
Be Government Watchdog!
Center for Public Integrity A public policy “Watchdog” site where you can localize inquiries about issues and actions to your own zip code.
OpenSecrets.org A Center for Responsive Politics.
County Related Activities and Links
National Association of Counties Many sources and types of information on all American counties in every state.
National Center for the Study of Counties of the Carl Vinson Institute of Government at the University of Georgia.
Current Research on Public Affairs in the U.S. and the World
PewResearchCenter Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World -- the homepage for the non-partisan “Fact Tank” on current public issues and trends
Stateline.org — Current Issues and Research in State Politics and Policy making in the U.S.
Pew Hispanic Center — Chronicling Latinos' Diverse Experiences in a Changing America
Pew forum on Religion & Public Life — Research. News. Discussion.
Pew Global Attitudes Project — Public Opinion Around the World
Other Governmental Affairs and Public Affairs Centers in the U.S.
How We Elect the President
www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/ Site with everything you want or need to know about how the Electoral College is set up and works to “elect” the President of the United States.
www.270towin.com/ Interactive map of the Electoral College allows user to track and predict outcomes as well as see history of past electoral votes.
Humor in Politics
Political Cartoons site for teachers and others interested in using political cartoons to teach and understand political history.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/hlbhtml/hlbabt.html
Infrastructure and Public Policy Issues
What are the Benefits of Hosting a Major League Sports Franchise?
Mass Media in American Life
Roll Call The Newspaper of Capitol Hill Since 1955
PEW Research Center for the People and the Press
Journalism.org • Project of Excellence in Journalism: Understanding News in the Information Age
Parties and Groups in American Politics:
National Democratic Party home page
National Republican Party home page
Libertarian Party home page
Women in Politics links and information
Issues Affecting African Americans - links and information
Research Tools on American Politics
American President an Online Reference Resource
Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies a wide range of links to sources of political and governmental information for searching and researching items of American life and politics.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities A site with current analysis of points at issue involving taxing and spending policies as these effect programs at all levels of American government.
www.census.gov/ U.S. Government Census Bureau with all types of data sources on American society, economy and government.
www.usa.gov/ Portal to wide range of information about and services from all departments of the U.S. Federal Government---including Native American Tribal Governments.
www.publicagenda.org/ Site of a non-partisan civic engagement organization doing issues awareness research with sources that include fact files, polling data and other current information sources on all major national issues.
http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?lang=en Quick access to certain census data sets.
Young Voters
Rock the Vote dedicated to the younger voter with videos, and youth-oriented features as part of a civic engagement push.
www.kids.gov/ Portal to sites and activities for youngsters created and provided by the Federal Information Center
www.students.gov/ Portal to sites and information for college students provided by the federal government. Has an internship locator.
www.votesmart.org/ Site dedicated to efforts to improve elections in the United States with links to paid internship positions
www.ourdocuments.gov/ Site with a list of "The 100 Most Influential" public documents in American history and a discussion of their contents.