There are a lot of great sites out there that will really benefit you and your GoPo students.

Today, I’d like you to spend some time navigating the sites I’ve listed below.

Find a web site (below) and explain how you will use it with your class.

This list came from my experience as a classroom teacher and was crowd-sourced from government teachers at AP summer institutes. I'd love to add any great sites you know about to this resource. Feel free to post any great sites you discover in the comments section at the bottom of this page.

Here are some great sites for AP GoPo

Tools

• Start every class with a Visual Class Starter

• Some great GoPo games and links thanks to Juliette and Tyler!

• Poll Everywhere

• Kahoot

• CB Videos on Teaching the FRQs: teaching and assessing modules - AP credentials Required

• Ed Puzzle

• Crash Course in Government and Politics - videos by PBS

• Constitution USA - PBS show on US Constitution with Peter Segal

• CSPAN has an amazing site for GoPo

• Prezi

• AP Government teachers Facebook page

• Countable

• SGAP

• Mr. Betts Class - Videos!!!!

• Goosechase - scavenger hunt for the masses

• This is Bill Van Cleve's  fabulous, fabulous Daily News Brief for students

• Playspent - A simulation that Makes economic policy personal

• Listenwise - good listeners are good learners

• Civics 101 - New Hampshire Public Radio's podcast

• Socrative helps you manage classroom quizes in real time

• Quizziz - Make a quiz connected to Google CLassrooms

• Khan Academy for AP Gov

• AP Audit

  • Option 1: Create and submit a syllabus aligned with the new curricular requirements, now available on the AP Course Audit page.

  • Option 2: Adopt one of the annotated sample syllabi, now available on the AP Course Audit page.

Unit 1

• Constitution Day Lesson

• National Constitution Center - Interactive Constitution

• Interactive: The Federal Government in your life

• Bill of Rights Hand Signals pdf

Unit 2

• US Senate

• US House of Representatives

• Learn About Congress at Engaging Congress

• Lee Hamilton’s Center On Representative Government from Indiana University

• Interactive: The Dynamic Legislative Process

• The White House

• Miller Center - Presidency

• Supreme Court

• Article on history of Supreme Court

• Presidential Campaign Simulator

• Oyez

• Judicial Branch Backgrounder

• CQ Press simulations on 1-White House & Media, and 2-US

• Legislative Branch Federal Court System explainer video

• Membership of the 115th Congress: A Profile

• Donald Trump Presidential Popularity Polling on 538

• Presidential Report Card Project from the Miller Center at UVA

• C-SPAN Presidential Survey and Ranking 2021

• Presidential Facial Hair Power Rankings from GQ

• Fiscalship - budgeting simulation game

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens expounds on his dissenting opinion in Bush v. Gore and Citizens

Unit 3

• National Constitution Center

• Alabama Literacy Test (c. 1965)

• Alabama Voter Application Form (c. 1965)

• Voting in Alabama: How it worked in the 1960s

• Example of Louisiana literacy test

• Citizenship Test

• Project Implicit

• Interactive Graphic of Gay Rights State By State

• Streetlaw

• Justice Learning

• The Bill of Rights Institute

• Constitutional Rights Foundation

• Racial Demographics U.S. Map

• More Perfect podcast

• In the dark podcast

• Serial Podcast

Unit 4

• Cracker Barrel versus Whole Foods

• USA Facts

• Political ideology survey

• Your Morals dot org

• Pew Center - Political Typology Quiz

  Ideology and Policy Making

• Interactive Death and Taxes!!!!

• xkcd Money Chart

• Balanced Budget Simulation

• NY TIMES INTERACTIVE BUDGET CHALLENGE

• Public Policy Resource

• Monetary Policy Game

• National Debt Clock

• National Priorities Project

• Fiscalship Debt Simulator

• Economic Freedom Index

• Another Debt/budget simulation

• Gun Policy by state

Unit 5

• Open Secrets

• Sabato's Crystal Ball

• Brennan Center for Justice

• Occupations and Voting

• Follow the money

• The Living Room Candidate

• Generic Ad For President

• Video of Stephen Colbert forming a SuperPAC

• Electoral Dsyfunction - Electoral College Video by Mo Rocca  - 36 minute classroom version

• First Past The Post Voting Explained

• Quiz: How well can you tell factual from opinion statements?

• Project Vote Smart

• An Extremely Detailed Map of the 2016 Presidential Election

• National Popular Vote Plan

• Voter Turnout by country

• Voter Turnout by state

• NY Times Exit Polls from 2008 Election

• CNN 2008 exit polls

• Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Spending Limits

• Media Bias Chart

• 270 to Win

• Running for Vice-President

• What would it take to turn Blue States Red? - from 538

• Guide to Political Donations

• I side with - Quiz that matches voters with candidates

• Polling Consultant Simulation

• Election Tracker: Interactive Map of Candidate Election Visits

• iCivics Government Simulation Games

• The Redistricting Game Simulation

• Redistricting Illustrated with Mini-Golf Game

• Daily Show Gerrymandering video clip

Review

• Mega AP Review Magical Page

• C-SPAN - cram for the exam AP GoPo exam review

Miscellaneous

• AP Central for US GoPo

• Gap Minder

• Worldometers

• World Mapper

• Annenberg Classroom - Resources for an Excellent Civics Classroom

• Mr. Milner's students go to Haiti: Global Arts

• Youth Leadership Initiative

• Deliberating in a democracy

• Fact Check

• All Sides - media from across the political spectrum

• 50 Core Documents for Teaching American History

Summer Programs for Teachers

• Streetlaw summer institute for teachers

Share any great sites you discover in the comments section below. I'll add them to this list.