LESSON PLANS:
NCSS Standards
http://www.socialstudies.org/resources
DC Vote Lesson Plan for Teachers
www.dcvote.org/library/lessonplan/index.cfm
PBS Teacher Source Lesson Plans – Elections
www.pbs.org/pov/electionday/lesson_plan.php
Voices for Votes: Suffrage Strategies (283 lesson plans) *Need to revisit, website address invalid/pay for trial activated)
The Early Threat of Secession : The Missouri Compromise
Get resources and information that deals with Democracy. Hear from a vast array of articles, news reports and headlines on what moves todays Democracy.
ARTICLES & BLOGS:
CBS News: “Senate Votes To Give D.C. Voting Rights In House”
www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/02/26/.../entry4832402.shtml
The Caucus: “Senate Passes D.C. Voting Rights Bill, 61-37”
www.thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/senate-passes-dc-voting-rights-bill-61-37/?hp
NBC Washington: “DC Statehood Battle Gets New Online Home”
www.nbcwashington.com/news/politics/DC-Statehood-Battle-Gets-New-Online-Home-133500698.html
Plain Blog About Politics: “Here’s A Stick, Use It”
www.Plainblogaboutpolitics.blogspot.com/2009/08/heres-stick-use-it.html
The Huffington Post: “D.C. Statehood Rally Honors Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy”
The Nation: “DC Voting Rights Tour: First Stop, New Hampshire”
http://www.thenation.com/article/dc-voting-rights-tour-first-stop-new-hampshire/
DCist
Washington City Paper
www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/
We Love DC
ONLINE RESORCES:
Martin Luther Kind Memorial Library
District of Columbia Public Library
901 G St. NW
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202.727.0321
Videophone: 202.559.5368
TTY: 202.727.2255
The MLK Library offers a guide to the records of the Statehood Commission, 1978-1994, a Statehood bibliography, and more.
Library of Congress
101 Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20540
202.707.5000
This site also offers classroom activities, lesson plans, and primary resources
National Archives
700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20408
1-866.272.6272
Brookings Institute
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
202.797.6000
The Washington Post
1150 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20071
1-800.627.1150
Washington Times
3600 New York Avenue NE
Washington, DC 20002
202.636.3000
Washington Informer
3117 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard SE
Washington, DC 20032
202.561.4100
Howard University
2400 Sixth Street NW
Washington, DC 20059
202.806.6100
Organizations:
Teach Democracy—DC ***Since they are already on the website, not sure we should include this
4501 Western Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
202.537.0739
D.C. League of Women Voters
1100 15th Street NW
Washington, DC 20005
Stand Up for Democracy **Couldn’t confirm the address/phone number**
1715 4th Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
DC Vote
1100 H Street NW
Suite M-100
Washington, DC 20005
202.462.6000 – phone
202.462.7001 – fax
DC Statehood Yes We Can
1707 Columbia Road NW
Suite 314
Washington, DC 20009
202.363.8223
Historical Society of Washington
801 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
202.383.1800
Committee for the Capital City
P.O. Box 77443
Washington, DC 20013-8443
202.265.0200
DC for Democracy
P.O. Box 65691
Washington, DC 20035
DC Young Suffragists
*only website is their facebook page with no information on it, not sure if you still want to use*
GOVERNMENT:
District of Columbia (Shadow) Congressional Delegation:
Hon. Michael D. Brown, U.S. Senator
Hon. Paul Strauss, U.S. Senator
Hon. Franklin Garcia, U.S. Representative
1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite C9
Washington, DC 20004
202.741.5019
Congressional Delegate:
Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton
2136 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
202.225.8050
202.225.3002 - fax
Open Congress
Political Parties:
DC Democratic Party
The District of Columbia Democratic State Committee
P.O. Box 50622
Washington, DC 20091
202.714.3368
DC Statehood Green Party
1739 Irving Street NW
Washington, DC 20010
202.483.4165
DC Republican Party
DC Republican Committee
Edward W. Brooke Leadership Center
1275 K Street NW
Suite 102
Washington, DC 20005
202.289.8005 – phone
202.289.2197 – fax
Democratic National Committee
430 South Capitol Street SE
Washington, DC 20005
202.863.8000
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