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  • About this Site

    Ben's Guide to the U.S. Government, a service of the Government Publishing Office (GPO), is designed to inform students, parents, and educators about the Federal Government, which issues the publications and information products disseminated by the...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/about-this-site

  • Learning Adventures 14 and more

    Welcome to the Master level Learning Adventures. This is a great level for those who know a lot about our Government but want to brush up on key concepts. Federally Recognized Tribes Learn about Federally recognized tribes in the United States. Federal...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/learning-adventures-14more

  • Learning Adeventures 9 to 13

    Welcome to the Journeyperson level Learning Adventures! If you know a little bit about our Government but want to know more, this is a great place to start! Federally Recognized Tribes Learn about Federally recognized tribes in the United States....

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/learning-adeventures-9-13

  • The Federal Depository Library Program

    The Printing Act of 1895 brought about the transfer of the Superintendent of Documents to GPO, a reform that capped years of effort by Congress to devise an efficient and effective system for ensuring public access to Government information. In 1813,...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/libraries-mobile-14

  • What are the Branches of Government

    The United States Government is divided into three parts, or branches: the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch. Each branch has a different duty, but all three branches must work together. Do you know which branch of...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/a-what-are-branches

  • The History and Process of Voting

    Any U.S. citizen who is at least 18 years old, and who meets certain requirements, can vote in Federal elections. This has not always been the case. When the United States first won its independence, there were restrictions on who could vote. In some...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/27-age-9/journeyman-election-process/68-the-history-and-process-of-voting

  • Declaration of Independence: 1776

    The Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule. People in the colonies were unhappy that...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/declaration-of-independence-1776

  • Civics and Citizenship Toolkit

    For more in-depth studying, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has created a Civics and Citizenship Toolkit, a collection of educational resources and information for immigrants to the United States. This toolkit contains settlement...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/the-civics-and-citizenship-toolkit

  • Checks and Balances

    The Constitution divided the Government into three branches: legislative, executive, and judicial. That was an important decision because it gave specific powers to each branch and set up something called checks and balances. Just like the phrase...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-check-balance

  • A Message to Parents, Guardians, and Educators

    Bensguide.gpo.gov is a product of the U.S. Government Publishing Office. This site is designed for kids, however, we may also include some information that is useful to those who want to become naturalized citizens. Although many of the sites we link...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/14-legal/77-a-message-to-parents-guardians-and-educators

  • A Message to Kids

    Bensguide.gpo.gov is a ‘dot.gov’ site, which means it comes from the U.S. Government. Government sites that end in .gov have to follow special rules for kid-designed sites to protect privacy, but non-government sites (.com, .info, etc.) do not have to...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/14-legal/76-a-message-to-kids

  • Tracking a Bill From Beginning to End

    How is a law actually made? What’s the whole process like? That depends, of course, on what type of law we're talking about. For this example, we'll look at how a bill first introduced in the House of Representatives becomes a public law. 1. When a...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/how-laws-are-made

  • Election of the President and Vice President: General Election

    The primary election process ends with the national conventions of the political parties. Once the national conventions have been held, and the candidates from the political parties have been nominated and chosen, the presidential election begins in...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/election-of-the-president-vice-president-general-election

  • Gettysburg Address: 1863

    The Gettysburg Address was delivered by President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery (now called the Gettysburg National Cemetery) at Gettysburg, PA. The dedication of the cemetery was an important...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-gettysburg-1863

  • How Laws are Made

    So now we know that a law is like a rule that we must follow. We know that Congress makes the laws, and now we will learn how they are made. Laws start in Congress. When someone in the House of Representatives or the Senate wants to make a law, they...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/a-how-made

  • Federal Versus State Government

    After the American colonies won their freedom from England, the thirteen colonies became thirteen states. The new states decided to work together. Their system of government was described in the Articles of Confederation. In this system, the state...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/apprentice-federal-versus-state-government

  • Learning Adventures

    Ben’s Guide provides opportunities to learn about themes related to our Government. These themes, called Learning Adventures, are divided into three school-age categories. The Learning Adventures are designed for specific age and grade groups:...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/58-parents-educators-for-journeyperson-and-master/199-for-parents-educators-9-plus

  • How Laws are Made: The Language of the Law

    Some subjects have a special vocabulary that we use so we can talk about complex topics in simple ways. In math, some words are addition, fractions, and decimals. We can talk about math without using these words, but it can quickly get confusing. In...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/21-age-9/j-how-laws-made/43-how-laws-are-made

  • Bill of Rights Facts and Figures

    There were originally 12 amendments to the Constitution, but the first two were never ratified. Amendments three through 12 then became the Bill of Rights. The structure and content of the Bill of Rights was influenced by the Virginia Declaration of...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/bill-of-rights-facts-and-figures

  • A History

    In this Learning Adventure, we’ll find out who designed the Branches of Government and why they’re so important. In 1787, when the United States was still a new country, a meeting of State delegates gathered to make decisions about how the Government...

    https://bensguide.gpo.gov/j-history

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