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A Guide to Civics (Government & Political Science): Civics Resources & Videos

This guide will help to serve Mercer County Community College's Civic Life Initiative. It will provide resources and tools for all members of the MCCC community to learn about and engage in civic life at both the state and federal levels.

Civics Links & Videos

American Political Science Association

U.S. Government and Politics - Crash course YouTube Videos

Political Theory – School of Life YouTube Videos

Center for Civic Education YouTube Videos

Civics TED Talks – Miscellaneous

Dan Dennett: Let's teach religion -- all religion -- in schools TED Talk

Defining The Humanities - Stanford

Citizenship Resource Center U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

A Look at Civics Education in the United States – American Federation of Teachers

Forgotten Purpose: Civics Education in Public Schools – National Education Association

We Rule: Civics for All of US – National Archives

We the Civics Kids – National Constitution Center

Civics – Public Reason and Discourse

Collective Responsibility - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – see more resource links at end

Michael Sandel: The lost art of democratic debate

What Wikipedia Teaches Us About Balancing Truth and Beliefs | Katherine Maher | TED

Democracy and the Common Good: What do we Value? with Michael Sandel (2018) Video

TED Talk Steven Pinker and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein: The long reach of reason

Rational Choice Theory – Wireless Philosophy

The Ethics and Rationality of Voting- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – see more resource links at end

Moral Courage

The Roots of Moral Courage by Kristen Renwick Monroe, PhD - The Greater Good Science Center at the University of California, Berkeley

Moral Courage with Check Points - American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)

Giving Voice To Values – Video Series - Ethics Unwrapped - University of Texas at Austin

Moral Courage: Definition and Development by Rielle Miller

Faces of Moral Courage by Antonia Marrero, Huffington Post

Social Contract

The Social Contract - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Social Contract Entries - Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Contractarianism - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – See more Resource Links at the end of each entry

Contemporary Approaches to the Social Contract - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – See more Resource Links at the end of each entry

Social Contract Theory – Ethics Unwrapped

The Social Contract – BBC In Our Times podcast

Civics Across the Curriculum

Liberal Studies, the Social Contract, and Lived Civics: Engaging Undergraduates across the Curriculum at DePaul University

Civics Across the Curriculum: Every Teacher is a Civics Teacher - Illinois Civics Hub

Civics Curriculum Guide - The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum