The site also features a 'curriculum builder' that will allow teachers to create lesson plans and classroom activities centered on civics and social studies. As in 2006, only 17 of eight-graders hit the proficient level or better on NAEP’s history tests.

In order to remedy this situation, Justice O'Connor has developed a website called Our Courts in the hopes of promoting '21st century civics.' The website will allow children to play interactive games, ask questions, submit projects, and watch webisodes that will allow them to learn about (and perhaps become interested in) the way our government functions. The former Justice fears that children without a basic knowledge and understanding of of how their government works will not be able to take an active role in democracy when they grow up. Check our website for events that bring awareness to Civics Education. Florida attorney Talat Kayar was a Brooklyn Law School student interning in Turkey in the summer of 2005 and served as O’Connor’s Turkish. Justice O'Connor believes that with the emphasis that schools have placed on math and science scores, and with the focus on the No Child Left Behind Act, that basic civics and social studies courses have, in fact, been left behind. The Sandra Day OConnor Institute advances Civics Education for all generations. Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in Turkey, 2005. 'But 75 percent of kids can tell you 'American Idol' judges.' Countdownto40 Day 4: OnThisDay, September 21, 1981, the United States Senate unanimously approved Sandra Day OConnor 99-0, making her the first woman and. That's scary,' Sandra Day O'Connor told 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday, March 4, 2009. This is the fifth year the OConnor Award has been presented. 'Only a third of Americans can name the three branches of government. Alan Day and learn about Sandra Day O’Connor’s amazing journey growing up on her family’s cattle ranch straddled between the Arizona and New Mexico border. Sandra Day O’Connor, First Female Justice on the Supreme Court, Hopes to Push for More Civics Classes in Schools By Staci Zaretsky

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