McCormick Foundation Civics Program

UC Davis is paying $1 million in damages to students and alumni who were pepper sprayed by campus police during a peaceful protest

Nearly $1-million UC pepper spray settlement coming from reserves A nearly $1 million settlement that the University of California has agreed to dole out in a pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis will be paid through the system's self-insurance program, officials said.

The Newseum has a new online resource for teaching the presidential campaign and election.

Multimedia Tool: Teaching the Presidential Campaign Education Week Teacher's take on the latest news, ideas, and resources for teacher leaders. Coverage runs the gamut from the inspirational to the infuriating, from practical classroom tips to raging policy debates, and from "news you can use" to "news of the weird".

Colonial Williamsburg is offering free access to "The Will of the People" Electronic Field Trip series for the month of September. The series on the presidential election of 1800 includes videos, games and lesson plans. It illustrates to students how "negative campaigning, partisan politics, and contested elections have been a part of our political system since the earliest days of the republic."

Gift to the Nation | Colonial Williamsburg's Gift to the Nation One of the most bitter presidential campaigns in U. S. history is part of a surprising lesson for a 21st-century student. Thomas Jefferson explains how negative campaigning, partisan politics, and contested elections have been part of our political system since the earliest days of the republic. Rea...