Government Homework and Resources

LNC GOV Team: The content below is a duplication of the resource page and homework assignments for your class.  You can use this as a launching pad to develop the content you want to share.  Joey and Patrick are your assigned Resource Page coordinators, but everyone gets to play a role in aligning resources and homework with your program content.

Joey and Patrick: Please take the lead on the following and let the LNC team know how we can be helpful.

• Check each link for relevance and timeliness
  • Flag anything you think could be dropped
  • Flag any broken links
  • Share updated links for anything outdated
• Share suggestions for new resources and solicit them from your fellow committee members
  • We will invite all presenters to share suggestions when we hold planning calls in October

Everyone

• Get your suggestions for for additions, deletions, corrections to Patrick and Joey by Sept. 25

Schedule

• All committee suggestions to Joey and Patrick by Sept. 25
• Joey and Patrick share recommendations with Kelly by October 9
• Kelly finesses page by October 16, continuing to add any recs that come in from presenters after that
• LNC shares page with Class 34 by Oct. 23

General Session Resources–Optional

The following links are resources recommended by session presenters, planning committee members, and past LNC speakers. These are not required, but exploring those that interest you will enrich your experience both during and after the November Government Session.

The Legislative Branch

• Find Your State Legislators
• “The North Carolina General Assembly: Overview of the Structure, Legislation, and Process of North Carolina’s Legislature,” UNC School of Government Note: some links within this document are dated or broken, but the text of the packet is still useful in understanding the General Assembly.

The Judicial Branch

• The North Carolina Judicial Branch
  • Civics Education Materials
• The North Carolina Equal Access to Justice Commission
• Civil Legal Needs Assessment – scroll down that page for interactive maps by NC county
• NCDOJ Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice (TREC) Program and Policy Maps
• NC Legal Needs Assessment Population Snapshot
• World Justice Project

Demographics

• Carolina Demography
• NC FreeEnterprise Foundation (NCFREE) Partisan District Scores
• North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
  • County Map Book

Access and Influence

• How Do Political Donations Work?
• NC FIELD
• Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
• 5 Reasons Why Language Access Is Essential Today
• Why Language Access Matters for Business Growth

Other Resources

• 2026 Senate Election Interactive Map
• John Davis Political Report
• NC Newsline
• Carolina Journal
• North Carolina League of Municipalities
• NC.gov “Your Government: Get Involved”
• Governor’s Budget Recommendations 2024-2025
• North Carolina Museum of Art
  • PBS NC Special Featuring the NCMA Cloud Chamber
• North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
  • Dueling Dinosaurs and hot-off-the presses discovery

Session Follow-Up Materials

• Government Session Evaluation NEEDS LINK –Due November 14
• December Education Session Attendance Survey NEEDS LINK –Due November 14
•  Learning Team Calls: Prompts and Recording Form NEEDS LINK–Due December 3
  • Hold your Learning Team calls and have your call recorder submit call notes (optional) through the form linked above by December 3