Student Links and Teacher Resources

	The Florida Supervisors of Elections is offering THREE SCHOLARSHIPS to eligible college students in Florida. Click HERE to access the information packet and application form.
	iCivics is an educational nonprofit founded by Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor provides a digital games-based curriculum. Its free product offerings include print-and-go lesson plans, award winning games, and digital interactives.
	BrainPOP engages students through animated movies, learning games, interactive quizzes, primary source activities, and concept mapping.
	Ben’s Guide is an Interactive guide to government for teachers, parents, and students K-12. Has just about everything relating to government “from information to monuments to games to songs-this site has it all!”
	It’s unique, it’s fun and it works! Kids Voting USA combines dynamic, hands-on civics activities with an authentic voting experience to get students involved and ready to be active citizens.
	The Florida Department of State for Kids site can provide you with knowledge to help with your Florida projects and assignments. You can learn about Florida’s people from 12,000 years ago to the present, people of all cultures who have made our state their home. You can also find out Florida’s state symbols like the state bird or the state song.
	The National Constitution Center’s framework for learning integrates three main components: Historical Foundations through Storytelling; Constitutional Interpretation Skills; and Civil Dialogue and Reflection.
	TPT is the world’s largest marketplace of PreK-12 resources, powered by a global community of experienced educators. It features many free education resources for teaching students of all grade levels about elections.
	USAGov provides resources to learn about Federal Student Aid and studying in the U.S., to find early intervention, special education, and Head Start programs. Links to get help with child care costs and find a library.
	The National Coalition on Black Civic Participation strives to create an enlightened community by building institutional capacity at both the national and local levels that provides and develops African-American leadership. By educating, organizing and mobilizing citizens in our communities, the Coalition seeks to encourage full participation in a barrier-free democratic process.
	CIRCLE provides stats and information regarding voter turnout in past elections, practices for youth voter mobilization, easier voting, and ways to boost youth voter turnout. The Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI) conducts the largest secure student-only on-line mock election in the nation, using electronic cyber-ballots tailored to each student’s home congressional district. YLI is an ALL-YEAR, EVERY-YEAR civics education program. Participation in the Mock Election, as is true for all YLI activities, is FREE!
	The Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI) conducts the largest secure student-only on-line mock election in the nation, using electronic cyber-ballots tailored to each student’s home congressional district. YLI is an ALL-YEAR, EVERY-YEAR civics education program. Participation in the Mock Election, as is true for all YLI activities, is FREE!
	Rock the Vote is a program that has teamed up with MTV and has given young adults the information and outlet to voice their views about the voting process.
	A Guide to Presidential Elections provides information on the process of electing the President of the United States.
	The National Archives provides Educator Resources including Civics lessons and Teaching with Documents. Discover fun and engaging teaching activities. Create your own online or print activities for your students!
	Teacher Vision is a lesson plan site just for teachers. When you search under democracy for example, plans such as “Election Vocabulary” and “Know Your Rights”, all grade appropriate, are provided. Also search under voting and elections for more great plans. As is stated, “A democracy is built upon elections!”
	The Sunshine State Young Reader’s Award Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3 through 8 promoted by the Florida Association of Media in Education (FAME).​ The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for pleasure and to read books that are on, above, and below their reading level in order to improve their reading fluency.
	The Center for Politics promotes the value of politics and seeks to improve civics education and increase civic participation through comprehensive research, pragmatic analysis, and innovative educational programs.
	The Center for Civic Education partners with a network of state civics, government, and law programs across the country. They provide resources and offer collaboration with other educators in Florida and across the country.
	Whitehouse.gov gives kids a direct link to the White House, providing news for kids, and allowing students to learn about the President and the White House. Also gives teachers access and ways to incorporate website into the classroom.
	The History Place portrays pictures together with biographies of the United States 46 Presidents. It also lists some “Presidential Facts” and links to other historical sites.
	Yellowkeyrealty.com provides history, geography, climate fauna, geology, demographics, government, and education for the state of Florida.

These links are provided as a service to the voters of Martin County and the Supervisor of Elections is not responsible for the content contained within these sites.