Conceived of as a glossary of commonly taught terms about Congress linked to digitized illustrations of those terms, TeachingCongress provides a platform supplement lesson plans and student activities.
   TeachingCongress is a subscription-based website formatted to enhance lesson plans and allow manipulation. 
A key ingredient to the 
structure of the service is its reliance on “clips” of notable moments on the floors of Congress. These clips will be used to visually illustrate procedural and legislative techniques and nuances. Additionally, it fills out historical narratives of particular bills, hot-button issues, and major events from the last decade. On the one hand, a glossary format provides direct access to clips grouped under headings of concepts and terms; other clips are grouped around particular historical narratives such as black and women’s history. All content will be made available in durations amenable to the classroom situation.  
   FedNet is a credentialed news organization on Capitol Hill and the leading provider of multimedia broadcast of the United States Congress. Since becoming the first to stream Congress on the Internet in 1996, FedNet has broadcast and stored every spoken word from the floors of both chambers, gavel-to-gavel.
   TeachingCongress is a logical extension of FedNet’s innovative multimedia coverage of Congress. Between the Dirksen Center’s mission of promoting the understanding of Congress and FedNet’s business and technical prowess, the two are not only natural partners for this endeavor, but perfect partners.