Institutions of Democracy

Street Law released a free curriculum for middle and high schools on the rule of law, created with the support of APPC's 2021 Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics Award.

After two years of improvement, Americans’ knowledge of some basic facts about their government has fallen, with less than half able to name the three branches of government.

In advance of Constitution Day, September 17, Annenberg Classroom has released a new film on the First Amendment's freedom of speech when it comes to students in schools. 

APPC Director Kathleen Hall Jamieson took part in an American Bar Association Annual Meeting panel on the future health of democracy in America and around the world.

The Rendell Center conducted its annual Constitutional Scholars Summer Teachers Institute in partnership with APPC for 29 teachers, focusing on the Bill of Rights.

The Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement, in partnership with APPC, is hosting a two-session webinar for teachers on the Supreme Court and judicial independence.

Two organizations, Retro Report and the Rendell Center for Civics and Civic Engagement, have joined as partners in the Civics Renewal Network.

The Gilder Lehrman Institute won the 2022 Leonore Annenberg Award to create a high school program on the role of the states in determining voting rights.

Annenberg Classroom offers resources for Women's History Month on the 14th and 19th Amendments and the Supreme Court case Ledbetter v. Goodyear.

Annenberg Classroom presents movies for Black History Month, including the story of how a worker's personal-injury suit led to a landmark Supreme Court case on jury selection.