Curated OER
A Short, Short Lesson on the Fourth Amendment
Students examine Fourth Amendment protections and explore amendment situations involving young people. After discovering the historic background for the creation of the Fourth Amendment, students role-play various situations involving...
Curated OER
Judges In The Classroom
Students explore legal requirements of searches conducted with and without a warrant and explore legal standard for conducting random searches of passenger vehicles preparing to board state ferries from a Judge who visits the classroom.
Other
Landmark Cases: Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
A very comprehensive resource for reading all about this landmark case. It includes all the judicial opinions, background summary, and teacher directed activities.
National Constitution Center
National Constitution Center: Interactive Constitution: Search and Seizure
Provides the text to the Fourth Amendment with further explanation about unreasonable searches and seizures.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Right Against Unreasonable Search and Seizure
Check out this interactive timeline of the right against unreasonable search and seizures in the United States.
US National Archives
Docs Teach: Search Warrants and the 4th Amendment
In this activity, learners will analyze a search warrant and decide whether or not it fulfills all of the necessary requirements by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution.