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Rights in Conflict

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study situations where rights are in conflict. In this conflict in rights lesson, students review a conflict situation and the Supreme Court ruling for the issue. Learners review the Bill of Rights and then receive their own...
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Understanding Procedural Justice

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners analyze the concept of procedural justice. In this judges in the classroom instructional activity, students role play the ways the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights established certain procedures to protect people from...
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Whose Business Is It Anyway? McCarthyism and Its Effect on Individual Rights

For Teachers 8th
Students explore the concept of individual rights. In this McCarthyism lesson, students determine how government may affect the rights of individuals as they examine the Constitution, participate in class discussions, and research the...
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The U. S. Constitution (3)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive American history learning exercise, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding the early U. S. Constitution. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The U. S. Constitution (5)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive American history worksheet, students answer 17 fill in the blank questions regarding the U. S. Constitution. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Our National Documents

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the significance of National Documents. In this National Documents lesson, students read handouts regarding the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and Bill of Rights. Students complete the provided...
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The Alien and Sedition Acts: Defining American Freedom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the Alien and Sedition Acts. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the Alien Act and the Sedition Acts. Students examine Supreme Court cases...
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Blasphemy: Salman Rushdie

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the definition of blasphemy and examine examples of it in history. In this blasphemy lesson plan, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding details of blasphemy throughout history. Students respond...
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Constitutional Resources

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the REpublican Era and the writing of the constitution and Billof Rights through various links and activities included in this collection.
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The Constitution and The Bill of Rights

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the Constitution, the convention and the Bill of Rights with a wide variety of on-line activities including the framers, primary sources, court cases and games.
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The Constitution and The Bill of Rights

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Studnets explore the events and issues surrounding the Constitutional Convenetion and the Bill of Rights through web-sites interacting with such topics as the framers, court cases, games and more.
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Obama Hope Poster

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider constitutional rights. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students complete an activity guide regarding the property rights regarding the Obama "Hope" poster. Students respond to discussion questions pertaining to the topic.
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We the People v. We the Children of the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars compare the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child to the Bill of Rights. For this social justice lesson, students read and analyze both documents. Young scholars discuss how the documents compare and then...
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We the People Lesson 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students compare the Federalists and Anti-Federalists visions for the U.S. government. For this government lesson, students conduct research on Federalists and Anti-Federalists figures. Students use their findings to help them write...
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How Government Works and the Rights of the People

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify how to be responsible citizens. In this civics activity, 8th graders review websites of congressional members and then create questionnaires about the responsibilities of citizens.
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The American People, “Creating a Nation”

For Students 8th - 12th
In this early American history activity, students read noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 7 short answer questions regarding the U.S. Constitution and its formation.
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Constitution Web-lesson

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine multiple sources like america's founders, court cases, headilnes and more to learn about the Constitutional Convention of 1787
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Civil Rights

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the concept of Civil Rights. In groups, they use a timeline of the Navajo tribe to identify the ways the tribe has made advances in Civil Rights throughout the years. To end the lesson, they take notes and...
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Search and Seizure in Utah

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify legal requirements of searches conducted with and without a warrant. They identify the legal standard for conducting searches in public schools. Students discuss the permit of search and seizure and have a search...
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The Constitution and The Bill of Rights

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the Constitution and The Bill of Rights including the process of the Convention throgh a variety of websites that examine the framers, venets leading up to and after the convention games and more.
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A Time for Justice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explain the protections and privileges of individuals and groups in the United States.
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Judges In The Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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.
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Wartime and the Bill of Rights: The Korematsu Case

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders work together in groups to examine the discrimation Japanese Americans felt after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Using primary source documents, they analyze and discuss the case of Fred Korematsu who was placed in an...
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The Bill of Rights Today

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Bill of Rights, They read the Bill of Rights and clarify the meaning of the material using different reading strategies. In groups, students brainstorm to compare and evaluate their conclusions with those of others.

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