Unit I: Principles and Structure of Systems National Constitution Center Lessons about the Constitution and the principles of U.S. government; Search by topic. http://www.constitutioncenter.org/education /LessonPlans/index.shtml Core Documents of U.S. Democracy "Cornerstone documents" and documents on each of the three branches of government. http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/locators /coredocs/index.html NARA's Charters of Freedom Virtual exhibit of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence. http://www.archives.gov/exhibit_hall/charters_of_ freedom/charters_of_freedom.html The Annotated Constitution By Library of Congress, annotated version of the Constitution w/ analysis and interpretation. http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/ constitution/toc.html The Federalist Papers Search for documents and topics within (includes: Constitution, Declaration, and Federalist Papers.) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/const/mdbquery.html The Maryland Constitution Online version; indexed by article number http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa /mdmanual/43const/html/const.html National Governor's Association Governors and general issues of state governments http://www.nga.org/ Redistricting Maryland 2000 From the Maryland Department of Planning; state map w/ Congressional/Legislative districts. http://www.mdp.state.md.us/redistrict/index.htm The Montgomery County Charter Browse the charter or search for specific info. http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgtmpl.asp?url=/content/government/AboutGovt/charter.asp Principles of Government...State & Local MCPS Net Investigation: MD Constitution and Mont. County Charter; identifies basic principles of gov't. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/departments/ isa/ninvest/nsllessons/prin.html MacMillan Law Library at Emory University Links to modern and historic documents http://www.law.emory.edu/erd/docs.html Close Up Links to various documents, including a user-friendly version of the U.S. Constitution. http://www.closeup.org/resource.htm From Revolution to Reconstruction Includes John Locke's Second Treatise on Gov't. http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1651-1700/locke/ECCG/governxx.htm The Four Types of Government PowerPoint presentation on the four types of government, created by MCPS teacher. http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/socialstda /NSL/PPT2/index.htm A More Perfect Union: An Exploration of American Democracy Article, "Theories of Democracy" (brief explanation of unitary, confederate and federal gov't.) http://library.thinkquest.org/26466 /theories_of_government.html Landmarkcases.org: McCulloch v. MD Contains case summaries of McCulloch v. Maryland; written at 3 different reading levels and activities http://www.landmarkcases.org/mcculloch/home.html Landmarkcases.org: Marbury v. Madison Contains case summaries of Marbury v. Madison written at 3 different reading levels and activities http://www.landmarkcases.org/marbury/home.html Return to NSL Government Resources *Compiled by Stacy Dimmick. **Special thanks to Marty Creel, Nancy McCulloch, Daryl Schultz, Dave West, and Jennifer Davis for their contributions.

Return to SS Resources & Links NSL Government I: Principles and Structure of Systems II: Participation in the Political Process III: Functions and Powers VI: Attaining Justice and Protecting Rights V: The Economic Common Good VI: Foreign Policy Today VII: The Public Policy Debate General Resources Primary Source and Other Documents Data Sources Elementary: Kindergarten Grade One Grade Two Grade Three Grade Four Grade Five USDE Teaching American History Grant * Grades 4 and 5 Corps of Historical Discovery Middle School: Grade Six Grade Seven Grade Eight High School: U.S. History NSL Government Modern World History