Civics

How the republic actually works. The Constitution, your rights, your vote and how to be heard by the people you elect.

GuideJosh Halloran26 Sept 20267 min

Your First Amendment Gets Tested at a Folding Table

Speech, religion and assembly rarely get defended at the Supreme Court. They get defended at the three-minute podium, the permit office and the zoning board.

How to Become a US Citizen and Pass the Civics Test

Civics on video

Worth an hour of your evening

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TED-Ed30 Oct

A 3-minute guide to the Bill of Rights - Belinda Stutzman

Turning Point USA17 Jul

Kirk: We Have Natural Rights When We Are Born!

Civics Review18 Jan

The Bill of Rights: Every Amendment, Why it's important, and How it limits the government

Heimler's History30 Sept

The BILL of RIGHTS [AP Gov Review Unit 3 Topic 1 (3.1)]

Turning Point USA13 Jun

Justice Should be Blind, NOT Biased

Jake the Lawyer10 Dec

The Bill of Rights - 800 Years in the Making (Lawyer Explains)

CrashCourse20 Mar

How a Bill Becomes a Law: Crash Course Government and Politics #9

Jack Italix30 May

Schoolhouse Rock- How a Bill Becomes a Law

Khan Academy22 Dec

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Khan Academy12 Jan

Diagramming how a bill becomes a law in the U.S.

Government Explained7 Sept

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Fresberg Cartoon – Learning & History for Students2 Jan

Wait… Who Makes the Laws?! How a Bill Becomes a Law for Kids

GPB Education15 Dec

How Does a Bill Become a Law?

Learn Something - Politics31 Dec

How a Bill Becomes a Law | Learn Something

Mr. Raymond's Social Studies Academy19 Dec

How A Bill Becomes a Law 3.7 - Benchmark Civics EOC Exam - Congress II

Teach With TVW6 Dec

How a Bill Becomes a Law

Nate Vanderzee5 May

How a Bill Becomes a Law (cartoon)

Springtide4 Jul

How a bill becomes a law

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Civics quizzes

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GuideAde Fisher23 Sept 20266 min

What It Actually Takes to Get on Your Local Ballot

Most people who talk about running for school board never call the election office. That call takes eleven minutes and settles the whole thing.

GuideJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

How to Argue Politics With Your Neighbor and Keep Him

You're going to share a fence line with this guy for fifteen years. Here's how to hold your ground without torching the relationship.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to Get Your Congressman to Actually Write Back

Most messages to Capitol Hill get tallied, not read. A few get worked. The difference is which door you knock on and what you put in your first sentence.

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Ten Federalist Papers Worth Reading and What Each Argues

You don't need all 85. Start with No. 51 tonight, and you'll understand more about Washington than most cable panels do.

Poll

Where does your best time with your kids happen?

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Your State Legislature Runs More of Your Life Than Congress Does

The deed to your house, your kid's graduation requirements and your property tax rate are all state and local calls. Here's how to actually work that system.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

Three Minutes at the Microphone and How to Use Them

Public comment isn't a suggestion box. It's the last unlocked door in local government, and most people walk past it.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How to Read the Part of Your Ballot Nobody Explains

Judges, bond questions and the county races with zero coverage decide more of your life than the name at the top. Forty minutes at the kitchen table fixes that.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Reading the Declaration of Independence Line by Line

About 1,300 words, 27 grievances, four mentions of God, and a to-do list that still has your name on it.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

Why We Have a Bill of Rights and What Each One Says

George Mason asked for one at the Convention and lost 10 states to nothing. Then he took the fight to the country and won.

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How the Electoral College Actually Works and Why It Should Stay

The Constitution never uses the word "college," 270 is the only number that matters, and the best argument for keeping it isn't about small states.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

What the Second Amendment Actually Says and How Courts Read It

Twenty-seven words, two centuries of argument, and six Supreme Court cases you should be able to name before you argue about any of it.

Poll

How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

How a Case Reaches the Supreme Court and Gets Decided

Four votes, a $300 fee, and a booklet-sized brief. The path from losing in a lower court to a published opinion, step by step.

GuideJosh Halloran23 Sept 20266 min

What the Courts Have Actually Held on Religious Liberty

Sixteen words in the First Amendment, two centuries of cases, and a set of rules you can use at work, at church and at the school board.

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GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20265 min

What the First Amendment Actually Protects, and What It Doesn't

Forty-five words, a handful of narrow exceptions, and a lot of myths. Know the difference before you step up to the microphone.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideMarcus Vale23 Sept 20266 min

What each of the seven articles of the Constitution actually does

The whole document runs about 4,500 words and takes half an hour to read out loud. Here's the plain-English tour, article by article.

Build the Chicken Coop for the Raccoon, Not the Hen

A small backyard flock is a great idea. Just check your city code, wire the coop against what's hungry, and do the honest egg math first.

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StoryHistoryWes Dunbar4 Oct 20267 min

Before Paul Bunyan Was an Ad, He Was a Few Thousand Real Men

The north woods camps ran on pine, pancakes and nerve. They built the Midwest, nearly burned it down, and left a lesson in how to clean up after yourself.