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BRI Provides Support To National Civics Bee

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<p>Students from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C. earlier this month for the <a href="https://civics.uschamberfoundation.org/national-civics-bee/championship-2025">2025 National Civics Bee Championship</a>.</p>

<p>The event was held by the <a href="https://civics.uschamberfoundation.org/">U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Civic Trust</a>, which promotes a broad range of efforts aimed at improving understanding of and involvement in American civic life. As the official content partner for the event, the Bill of Rights Institute played a vital role.</p>

<p>In addition to developing a study guide and multiple-choice questions for the regional, state, and national contests related to the Civics Bee, BRI assisted in designing the essay question that students answer to enter the competition and helped to create an Educator Toolkit.</p>

<p>BRI also designed the team challenge, which has finalists work in groups to solve a civic challenge as part of the contest. Students were also put to the test with the final challenge questions, which BRI staff developed and assisted in judging. Emily Brubaker, the 2024 winner of the National Civics Bee, also served as a judge.</p>

<p>BRI President David Bobb was the MC for the team challenge portion of the Civics Bee and shared a metaphor of the sun rising on the back of George Washington’s chair at the Constitutional Convention to indicate his belief that this generation of productive, thoughtful, civically literate students is showing hope for all Americans.</p>

<p>The grand prize winner was Aarit, a student from Ohio who received the $100,000 grand prize. Prizes of $25,000 and $15,000 were given to the second and third-place winners, and every student who reached the finals of the National Civics Bee received a certificate commemorating their participation.</p>

<p>“We are thrilled to be working with the National Civics Bee,” said Michelle Easley, BRI’s senior learning designer. “We are happy to see how students are engaging and how well they are responding to civics education.”</p>

<p>To participate in next year’s Civics Bee, visit the <a href="https://civics.uschamberfoundation.org/ncb-how-it-works/">U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s website</a>. The entry essay portion of the contest is currently open.</p>