Learners examine different Supreme Court cases and discuss First Amendment rights.

Pupils research and discuss the Establishment Clause.

Students conduct Constitutional Amendments Survey to create an opinion poll forum.

High schoolers examine the debate between free-speech and patriotism. They analyze the conflict between expression and patriotism to the throne in the Northern Renaissance, recording their responses on an Ordeal of the Artist handout.

Students learn about First Amendment rights as they pertain to school and school newspapers.

Fifth graders explore the following questions: What is it? What is it like? What is an example?

Students create an Intergalactic Bill of Rights and apply the United States Bill of Rights to a hypothetical situation.

Pupils leaqrn about how search and seisures can take place with and without a warrent and what the legal standard is in public schools.

Students use the newspaper to discover the importance of the First Amendment. They examine the Bill of Rights.

Students examine the role of the attorney in court. This strategy can be used as a social studies unit on the Bill of Rights, the judicial system, and/or courtroom procedures.

Young scholars explore the first amendment in relation to their own personal use of the internet and discuss the legal implications that occur when schools and libraries put filters on computers to restrict access to certain websites.

Students become aware of the basic liberties of speech, press, religion, assembly and petition through study of Supreme Court cases. Student groups analyae some cases heard by the Supreme Court to further their understanding of the First...

Fifth graders identify and define in their own words the first ten amendments to the Constitution. They are assigned a CDV or amendment from the Bill of Rights and create and present a one-minute skit demonstrating it.

Young scholars examine and discuss the 14th and 15th amentments, and evaluate the agendas of Americans from underrepresented groups in the quest for civil rights. They conduct Internet research and create essays or posters regarding...

Students analyze and discuss the 19th Amendment, and read the document, Why Women Want to Vote. Students illustrate statements from the handbill, then conduct a play about women's suffrage.

Eighth graders look critically at the 26 amendments to the United States Constitution.

Students become familiar with the US Constitution and consider how it affects their lives. They research the Preamble to articulate the purposes of government, compile collages, and research the separation of powers within each branch of...

Students examine current news stories and from them develop "BIG" questions related to individual and group rights. They then relate their questions to the U.S. Constitution and supreme court decisions.

Pupils explain the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States.

Students examine how freedoms of expression and religion are shaped within democracies. They consider reactions to controversial art exhibit in Moscow. They compose reaction papers supporting or refuting a quotation from the article read...