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Home  › Teaching  › Civic Education Civic Education The study of the workings of the national and local government, especially as the subject of a secondary school course suited as training for citizenship. Education for civic engagement and responsive governance were founding objectives of the political science profession at the beginning of the 20th century and remain essential for the 21st century. Supporting and sustaining quality civic education has been an important theme throughout the history of the American Political Science Association. 2012 Election Information and Voter Education Links The Federal Election Commission The C-SPAN Campaign 2012 Bus C-SPAN Politics League of Women Voters--Smart Voter Site Campus Compact Vote Initiative  Rock the Vote -- Election Land National Association of Secretaries of State NASS-canIvote.org Other Civic Education Resources Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen Resources   Organizations  Articles, Essays, Books   Data and Reports   Discussion Lists   Civic Education for the Next Century Listserv    Precollege Teaching   Higher Education Teaching   Teaching the Constitution   Search Civic Education Papers APSA Teaching and Learning Conference The 2013 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference will be held in Long Beach, California on February 8th-10th, 2013. For more information on registration and the meeting program, please visit the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference page.   Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen Editors: Alison Rios Millett McCartney Elizabeth A. Bennion Dick Simpson  About the Authors This book provides an exploration of key theoretical discussions, innovative ideas, and best practices in educating citizens in the 21st century. The book addresses theoretical debates over the place of civic engagement education in political science. It offers pedagogical examples in several subfields, including evidence of their effectiveness and models of appropriate assessment. Written by political scientists from a range of institution types and subfields, Teaching Civic Engagement makes the case that civic and political engagement should be a central part of our mission as a discipline. Including an online supplement to the book which provides additional materials and resources on civic education: Assessment and Evaluations Course Materials Bibliographies Syllabi Working with the Community and more...     APSA Committee on Civic Education & Engagement The APSA Committee on Civic Education & Engagement focuses on the contributions that higher education, and political sciences in higher education institutions, are making or could make to enhance the quantity and quality of civic engagement among young Americans. Constitution Day Teaching Resources Constitution Day is September 17th. APSA and the Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics of the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) at the University of Pennsylvania invite APSA members to participate in a civics community outreach program for Constitution Day. This effort is part of the Sunnylands Constitution Project, funded by the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, and which includes a collection of classroom-ready digital resources offered for secondary schools for their Constitution Day activities. To find out more about how to participate in the next Constitution Day, log in to MyAPSA (using the login boxes above), and look for "Constitution Day" toward the bottom of the page or visit the APSA Teaching the Constitution page, or visit the APSA Constitution Day teaching resources page.