Lessons

Readings and activities the provide historical background and raise issues about democracy and the electoral process in the United States and worldwide.

These resources are arranged under three categories: U.S. History | World History | Government

U.S. History

Who Voted in Early America? (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 8:1)

The Election of 1824-25: When the House Chose the President; Why Don't People Vote? (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 8:4)

The Citizen in de Tocqueville's America (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol 2:1)

Race and Representation (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 12:2)

How Women Won the Right to Vote (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 20:2)

The Progressives and Direct Democracy (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol 16:3)

Race and Voting in the Segregated South (CRF Online Lesson)

Election 2000 The Closest Presidential Race Ever (CRF Online Lesson)

World History

Bringing Democracy to Japan (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol 3:4)

South Africa: Revolution at the Ballot Box (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 12:2)

Emerging Democracies in Eastern Europe and Russia (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 19:1)

U.S. Involvement in Nation-Building Before Iraq: Germany, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 20: 3)

Government

Election 2000 Closest Presidential Race Ever (CRF Web Lesson)

Race and Representation (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 12:2)

Are the News Media Focusing on the Wrong Thing?; TV Attack Ads and the Voters; Evaluating TV Election News (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 13:1)

Judges and Voters: Explores the role voters play in judicial elections. (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 14:2)

Election Polls (Bill of Rights in Action, Vol. 10:2)

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