Limitations on Freedom of Speech.
Students often times see the Bill of Rights granting them unlimited rights. The need for them to see the limits of those rights are important. This lesson helps them to see those limits.

In this lesson students will interpret the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Students will then examine four Supreme Court decisions which incorporated the Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.

The Responsibility of the Jury
This activity is to clarify the need for citizen participation on trial juries, as mandated by the sixth Amendment to the Constitution.

This lesson analyzes thirty-second political campaign/issue advocacy advertisements. Students should already be familiar with the various propaganda techniques.

Perseverance and the First Amendment.
Students will be able to: · write a one-page response defining “perseverance”; · analyze the language of the First Amendment concerning the right to petition and assemble; · research historical examples of groups or individuals exercising their right to petition and/or assemble, including but not limited to abolitionists, child labor movement, suffragists, Civil Rights movement, and pro-life/pro-choice groups.

Political Advertising:
Students will view current political ads and learn how they make use of various commercial ad appeals. Students will also develop familiarity with basic videography terms.

Leading or Misleading:
Students analyze commercials and look for logical fallacies. They then use a storyboard template to make their own commercial for a fictitious candidate, using the techniques and fallacies they've learned.
 

Interactive U.S. Constitution

Make a difference....be a voter!  Online voter registration.  Once you have entered the required information, you will be able to print and mail your voter registration application

PBS Democracy Project

Project Vote-Smart

Rock the Vote

U.S. Census Bureau voting demographics 

The Bill of Rights: A Brief History

American Civil Liberties Union

Congress.org. Resource site with information concerning the actions of the government

FAIR Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

Contact Your Representatives Online directory allows you to find e-mail and addresses of all elected and appointed federal and state officials

National Issues.com  No spin, just facts. nationalissues.com is a non-partisan, issue-oriented research web site that provides information to individuals, voters and students who are interested in truly understanding the major issues facing our nation today.

Selective Service Online Draft Registration

The Living Room Candidate: Online collection of presidential television ads since 1952
 

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