First Vote Connecticut (Grades 11 & 12):
A program providing information on the importance of voting procedures and democratic principles, culminating in the opportunity to register or pre-register to vote. First Vote is a national program, coordinated in Connecticut by the Secretary of the State. Teachers receive a video curriculum guide. The First Vote guide, and registration cards are free of charge.
Secretary of the State of Connecticut

Student Mock Election (Grades K-12):
This is a national program sponsered in Connecticut by the Secretary of the State, The Hartford Courant and the League of Women Voters. It provides teachers and students with a curriculum on voting and culminates in a mock election the week preceding the November election.
Secretary of the State of Connecticut

Youth Vote Pilot:
This program, with the approval and cooperation of local elected officials, enables students to visit official polling sites on election day, accompanied by parent or guardian, to cast a ballot similar in content to the official ballot. Accompanying curriculum for participating teachers and school districts will also be available.
Secretary of the State of Connecticut

National Law Day (High School):
A national program broadcast by satellite to high school seniors at federal courthouses.
Administrative Office of the United States Courts

Student Summits on Legal Issues (High School):
Students attend annaul conferences where a variety of topics dealing with current issues relating to law and government are explored in workshops given by school resource people. Regional conferences are held at two locations in the state. Past topics have included right to privacy, date violence, animal rights and the law,gangs, sexual harassment, street kids, gambling, forensics, labor laws, racism, and corrections.
Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Inc.

Student Conference on Legal Issues (Middle School):
Students attend annaul conferences where a variety of topics dealing with current issues relating to law and government are explored in workshops given by school resource people. At the middle school level conferences are organized at the participating school. Past topics have included animal rights and the law, arson, gangs, sexual harassment, street kids, gambling, forensics, racism, and corrections.
Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Inc.

America's Legislators Back to School Week:
Legislators go into classrooms during the third week in September. This program is designed to teach young people the responsibility of being a state legislator.
National Conference of State Legislators

We the People...the Citizen and the Constitution (Elementary, Middle, and High School):
Lessons on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. This curriculum complements the regular school curriculum by providing upper elementary, middle and high school students with an innovative course of instruction on the history and principles of constitutional democracy in the United States. Each We the People... textbook is designed for a wide range of student abilities and may be used as a supplemental text or for a full semester of study. The primary goal of the program is to promote civic competence and responsibility among the nation's elementary and secondary students. While learning about the institutions of American constitutional democracy, students discover the contemporary relevance of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Classroom sets include 30 textbooks, a teacher's guide, and an instructional packet containing information and  supplies necessary to complete the program. A limited number of free sets are available to each congressional district.
Sponsored by The Center for Civic Education. Administered in Connecticut by The Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Inc.

We the People...Project Citizen (Middle School):
Project Citizen is a civic education project for middle school students, which promotes competent and responsible participation in state and local government. The curriculum involves an entire class of middle school students in a series of structured, cooperative learning activities, which are guided by their teachers and adult volunteers. Working in cooperative teams, the class learns to interact with their government through a five-step process that includes identifying a public policy problem in their community, gathering and evaluating information on the problem, examining and evaluating solutions, selecting or developing a proposed public policy, and developing a plan for action. Students' work is displayed in a class portfolio containing a display section and a documentation section.

The teacher's guide includes directions for leading the class through the five-step process and developing a class portfolio. It also contains procedures for conducting a mock legislative hearing.
Sponsored by The Center for Civic Education. Administered in Connecticut by The Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Inc.

Voter Registration Kit:
Jennings Randolph Recreation Project
Street Law (www.streetlaw.org/youthact)

Capitol Forum on America's Future (High School):
A program of the Choices for the 21st Century Education Project at Brown University, the League of Women Voters Education Fund, Inc. and the CT Secretary of the State, engaging high school students and teachers in discussion of our nation's future in the changing international environment. The program places special emphasis on the importance of educating students in their participatory role as citizens.
Secretary of the State of Connecticut