Bill of Rights Institute Launches Comprehensive Free Civics Curriculum for American Schools
'With Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment, students everywhere can develop the knowledge and skills they need for lives of productive, principled citizenship.' — David J. Bobb, Ph.D., President & CEO
ARLINGTON, VA, UNITED STATES, May 7, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- For more than 25 years, the Bill of Rights Institute has worked to ensure all students receive a quality civic and history education.
Now, classrooms across America will have access to a new comprehensive civics curriculum – offered at no cost to educators and schools.
The Bill of Rights Institute announced today the launch of its new civics curriculum, Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment.
A national leader in the publication of open educational resources (OER), the Bill of Rights Institute offers more than 6,000 classroom resources and supports a network of more than 80,000 teachers who reach 8 million students per year.
With Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment, the Institute is offering its most comprehensive civics curriculum to date.
Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment offers 7 units and 40 lessons, and examines the relationships between civil society, our government, and citizens. Students explore the structure of American government alongside key concepts like self-governance, founding principles like liberty, justice, and equality, and civic virtues.
The curriculum was pilot tested with classroom teachers and offers multiple engaging resources, including primary sources, point/counterpoint debates, informative videos, essays, case studies, and more.
Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment also marks the Bill of Rights Institute's entry into game-based learning, with a series of interactives and tabletop games designed to increase student learning, comprehension, and knowledge retention.
Bill of Rights Institute President and CEO David J. Bobb, Ph.D., said that Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment gives teachers an immediate new tool to increase civic learning, without having to rely on cost-prohibitive textbooks.
'We believe all students should have access to a quality civic education, regardless of ZIP Code or school budget,' Bobb said. 'With Government and Politics: Civics for the American Experiment, students everywhere can develop the knowledge and skills they need for lives of productive, principled citizenship.'
The Bill of Rights Institute is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that teaches civics and history through market-leading curricula and educational programs for teachers and students. To learn more about Bill of Rights Institute programs and resources, visit www.mybri.org .
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