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Bill of Rights in the News: Gun Rights in the 21st Century
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This divide over gun control is animated by different interpretations of the Constitution: specifically the Second Amendment, its meaning, and its applicability in 21st century America. In this eLesson your students will explore some of the constitutional issues and policy proposals that make up the gun control/gun rights debate.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The Bill of Rights Institute
Author:
Bill of Rights Institute
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Board of Education v. Earls: The Fourth Amendment and Judicial Process
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Students will explore the Supreme Court case Board of Education v. Earls, in which high school sophomore Lindsay Earls challenged her school's drug testing policy. Students will watch a documentary on the case, apply the Fourth Amendment to the case, and further their understanding by participation in activities such as creating an anti-drug campaign and a moot court or mock trial.

Subject:
American History
Civics and Economics
English Language Arts
Social Studies
Twentieth Century Civil Liberties/Rights
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Carolina K12
Author:
Carolina K12
Date Added:
05/12/2021
Branches of Government Graphic Organizer
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This resource is designed to assist students in understanding the differences of the 3 branches of U.S. government.  It should take about 30 mintues to review the article and complete the graphic organizer.  Answers to questions not found in the article can be completed as an internet research activitiy.

Subject:
American History
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Homework/Assignment
Author:
Nathan Rutko
Date Added:
06/30/2020
Branches of Power
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Branches of Power allows you to do something that no one else can: control all three branches of government! You'll have the power to write any laws you want about issues you choose. Careful, though, there's a lot to juggle when you're playing all three branches. Good luck!

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Game
Date Added:
11/20/2019
Building a State Budget: Exploring North Carolina's State Services and Funding
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Students will explore the budgeting process in North Carolina, gaining an understanding of the different categories of our state's budget, how they are funded, and the state's procedure for making a budget. Students will participate in an experiential activity in which they create a balanced state budget, determining what areas to prioritize and then defending their decisions to fellow legislators.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Carolina K12
Author:
Carolina K12
Date Added:
05/12/2021
Bush v. Gore and the 2000 Presidential Election
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In this lesson, students read primary and secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore and the 2000 presidential election. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is an extension activity at the lesson.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The Bill of Rights Institute
Author:
Bill of Rights Institute
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Cantwell v. Connecticut (1940)
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In this lesson, students use secondary source documents about the Supreme Court case Cantwell v. Connecticut and religious freedom. Students then answer analysis questions about the case. There is a teacher answer key included in the lesson.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
The Bill of Rights Institute
Author:
Bill of Rights Institute
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Causes of the American Revolution
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Students will learn about the events leading up to the Revolutionary War and develop an understanding of the causes of Patriot resentment of the British. Students will experience emotions similar to those felt by colonists by participating in an experiential activity and represent various opinions of the time by creating a political cartoon focused on a particular event, tax, act, or law.

Subject:
American History
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Carolina K12
Author:
Carolina K12
Date Added:
05/12/2021
Chilling Predictions: Exploring the Economic, Political, and Environmental Issues that Global Warming has Created for the Arctic
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In this lesson, students will research and prepare an almanac on the Arctic. They then examine the laws that attempt to provide jurisdiction over this area and consider how these laws will be affected if geography of the Arctic continues to change due to the effects of global warming.

Subject:
21st Century Global Geography
Civics and Economics
Earth Science
English Language Arts
Science
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
New York Times
Author:
Michelle Sale and Bridget Anderson
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Choice, Conflict, and Compromise at the County Level
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In this lesson, students will simulate the meeting of the Clover County Commissioners, gaining an active understanding of the importance of local government. Students will then examine youth voter apathy at the local level and brainstorm ideas on how to get young people engaged in voting.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Carolina K12
Author:
CarolinaK12.org
Date Added:
02/26/2019
Civic Life
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Using an inquiry based approach, Michigan high school students will learn about the foundations of American government by studying the Constitution and exploring how it works today.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
MIOpenBook
Provider Set:
Michigan Open Book Project
Author:
Baker, Hillary
Balzar, Travis
Conway, Annemarie
Dutcher, Kelly
Hintz, Katie
Wregglesworth, Kymberli
Date Added:
08/15/2017
Civic Life, Chapter 1: Who Should Wield Power
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The Founders did not create our system of government out of thin air. They were well-read and lived at a time when many new ideas about government were being developed. They took their inspiration from the ideas of a variety of thinkers, but each of the following had a distinct influence on what government in the United States would become: Aristotle, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu, and Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
MIOpenBook
Provider Set:
Michigan Open Book Project
Author:
Annemarie Conway
Hillary Baker
Katie Hintz
Kelly Dutcher
Kymberli Wregglesworth
Travis Balzar
Date Added:
07/22/2019
Civic Life, Chapter 2: How Well are we Living Up to the Ideals and Principles Established at the Founding?
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The Declaration of Independence is key to understanding American government. Written in June and July of 1776, by the Committee of Five (Thomas Jefferson of Virgina, John Adams of Massachusetts, Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania, Robert Sherman of Connecticut, and Robert R. Livingston of New York), the document was forged in a time of crisis. American colonists were engaged in a war on their own soil against their mother country, England , who possessed the most disciplined military in the world. This document was like none previously seen.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
MIOpenBook
Provider Set:
Michigan Open Book Project
Author:
Annemarie Conway
Hillary Baker
Katie Hintz
Kelly Dutcher
Kymberli Wregglesworth
Travis Balzar
Date Added:
07/22/2019
Civic Life, Chapter 3: Is the Constitution Relevant and Effective Today?
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In Democracy in America. Alexis de Tocqueville referred to America as “The Great Experiment.” But what did he mean by saying that America’s constitutional democracy was an experiment? America was founded on key principles which, are the same principles that govern our nation today.   America’s Founders initiated the experiment in democracy by trying out a new form of government, including the ideas that power should ultimately come from the people, that government power should be limited, and that individual liberties of all peoples should be protected.

Subject:
Civics and Economics
Social Studies
Material Type:
Textbook
Provider:
MIOpenBook
Provider Set:
Michigan Open Book Project
Author:
Annemarie Conway
Hillary Baker
Katie Hintz
Kelly Dutcher
Kymberli Wregglesworth
Travis Balzar
Date Added:
07/22/2019