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Constitution 101 Curriculum: High School Level

From The National Constitution Center “Constitution 101 is a 15-unit asynchronous, semester-long curriculum that provides students with a basic understanding of the Constitution’s text, history, Read More

Midterm Elections: 1966 Midterms Signal a Realignment, Shaping Today’s Parties

From Retro Report “Southern voters, once loyal to the Democratic Party, elected Republican candidates in 1966 as the two parties began to sort themselves into Read More

Virtual Escape Rooms

From Law For Kids “Put your civic knowledge to the test as you answer clues to escape the room in time.” Escape Rooms: When you Read More

State-by-State Race to Ratification of the 19th Amendment

Follow the state by state stories and timeline of the ratification of the Nineteenth (19th) Amendment.

StoryMap: Places of Women’s Suffrage

Explore this StoryMap to discover places associated with the ratification of the 19th Amendment. This StoryMap features places related to women’s suffrage (the right to Read More

ABA Supreme Court PREVIEW – Featured Cases 2018-2019

  Scroll down to “Past Cases” to find modified case studies and focus questions for classroom use. Featured Cases from the Supreme Court’s 2018-2019 session -  Read More

Bill of Rights in Action

The Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) has published the Bill of Rights in Action, since 1967. Scroll to the view the issues available online or browse the Read More

Political Gerrymandering Explained

What is political gerrymandering? Infographic with text. Also see: Rucho v. Common Cause and Lamone v. Benison (https://www.subscriptlaw.com/blog/rucho-v-commo-cause-and-lamone-v-benisek)

Case Study – Rucho v. Common Cause

In 2016, a federal court ordered North Carolina to redraw its congressional districts because the existing map was unconstitutional because it included districts that were racially Read More

60-Second Civics

Produced by the Center for Civic Education 60-Second Civics is a daily podcast that explores themes related to civics and government, the constitutional issues behind the Read More

ProCon.org’s State Laws & State Data On…

Many ProCon.org’s websites feature state laws and state-specific research on the issues they cover. Find links to state laws and related state resources here. Be Read More

Lesson Plan: Redistricting and Gerrymandering

From KQED/ By Rachel Roberson How do redistricting and gerrymandering work? Does gerrymandering silence voters? Who should decide how legislative districts are drawn? Students watch Read More

Image Detective – Women and Suffrage

Pose a question, gather clues, get background information, draw a conclusion using primary source documents with this online media literacy activity. Go to: http://cct2.edc.org/PMA/image_detective/main/index.html?women      

Evaluating Election Ads

From NewseumED “In this activity, students examine some of the techniques political campaigns use in ads to persuade voters.” Go to: https://newseumed.org/activity/evaluating-election-ads/ tag: media literacy

Bell Ringer: 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments

From C-Span Classroom Students will be able to explain the relationship among the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments. Bell ringer video (4:32): https://www.c-span.org/classroom/document/?1323 Username: students Read More

Pulling the Curtain – Voting in America

From BackStory With The American History Guys “In this episode of BackStory, the History Guys look at voting trends – from the changing mechanisms of Read More

Constitution USA – Episode III: Created Equal (Equality)

Part III of a four-part series hosted by Peter Sagal. Viewers are introduced to some of today’s major constitutional debates. For “each contemporary story, Sagal Read More

PolitiFact

PolitiFact staffers research statements made by elected officials, candidates, leaders of political parties and political activists, and rate their accuracy on the Truth-O-Meter, from True Read More

FactCheck.org

FactCheck.org: A nonpartisan, nonprofit project which monitors “…the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, Read More

Project Vote Smart

Voting records, campaign finances, interest group ratings, public statements, issue positions, and biographical and contact information for every candidate and elected official from President to Read More

FRONTLINE: How Voting Laws Have Changed

From PBS LearningMedia “Examine data about the voting rights laws that most impact Americans’ access to the ballot box and how they’ve changed across the Read More

The Right to Vote & Restrictions on Voting

From Street Law Activity: Students consider state voting laws (North Carolina, Texas, North Dakota, Ohio) that limit registration, voting times, or voter identification. They examine Read More

Voting Matters To Me

by JoEllen Ambrose, Jennifer Bloom, Alex Gray, and Filiz Yargici This 3-4 day unit will prepare students to vote by showing them why voting matters Read More

Congress Protects the Right to Vote: The Voting Rights Act of 1965

From The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration’s Center for Legislative Archives “By analyzing evidence reviewed by the House Judiciary Committee related to the Voting Read More

Decoding the Video: Bad Romance (Women’s Suffrage)

Learn more about the passage of the 19th Amendment by watching Soomo Publishing’s five-minute parody music video of Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” (2012 Emmy Award recipient for Best Informational/Instructional Program.)
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The Redistricting Game

USC Annenberg Center for Communication The Redistricting Game is designed to educate, engage, and empower citizens around the issue of political redistricting. Currently, the political system Read More

Minimum Voting Age (DDA)

This lesson is designed to promote the teaching and learning of democratic principles and the skills of civic deliberation. Students complete a reading (available in Read More

The Powers of Getting a Drink (An Activity for Teaching the Concept of “Implied Power”)

A dramatic scene in a high school government or civics class provides the setting. Students follow a process of inductive reasoning in a situation which is especially relevant to their daily lives. In the scene, the teacher grants a student permission to get a drink of water and the student begins to leave the room. But does he or she have “implied” authority to get out of his seat, open the door, and walk out into the hall?

Voting! What’s It All About?

A series of eight lessons on voting. Students discuss information, read from a variety of sources, collect images, articles, and other things they can use to create a graffiti wall about voting. They create a chart listing what they know about the current election and how they know it, then examine the chart to determine which items are fact and which are opinion. They explore the history of voting and voting rights and create a timeline of voting history.

Expanding Voting Rights

Expanding Voting Rights traces changes in voting rights through the early republic, African-American suffrage, women’s suffrage, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the 26th Amendment

Voter ID, Voting Requirements, and Vote Counting

A collection of lesson plans from the American Bar Association that teach voting requirements, voter ID laws, and vote counting laws.

Voting Rights

With guided notes, students explore the evolution of voting rights in the United States through an interactive PowerPoint presentation highlighting landmark changes. They apply knowledge of voting legislation to individual scenarios through a class activity. This lesson is part of the Politics and Public Policy curriculum. The Teacher’s guide has a useful “Voting Rights: A Brief History” chart.

Compulsory Voting (DDA)

This lesson is designed to promote the teaching and learning of democratic principles and the skills of civic deliberation. Students complete a reading (available in English, Spanish, and Audio-English) and engage in a Structured Academic Controversy. Deliberation question: Should voting be compulsory in our democracy?

Extending Suffrage to Women

In this interactive activity, students will see eleven different documents arguing both for and against voting rights for women. Their task is to put them in the order that they were created, making a list of the arguments that suffragists and anti-suffragists used to convince others of their opinions.

The Trial of Susan B. Anthony: The Woman Suffrage Movement, A Document-Based Question

Students are asked to use primary source documents, knowledge of the period from 1865–1873, and knowledge of Susan B. Anthony to answer: To what extent did the trial of Susan B. Anthony advance the cause of suffrage for women?

The Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment, A Simulation Activity

In order to examine the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment and the suffragists’ arguments in favor of voting rights, students write scripts for and reenact a hearing before the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary as well as reenact a jury deliberation in the Susan B. Anthony trial.

Private: The Trial of Susan B. Anthony: Public Audiences for a Federal Trial, A Primary Source Activity

Susan B. Anthony presented her public audiences and the federal court with her argument that, because the vote was the essential and defining right of citizenship, the recognition of United States citizenship in the Fourteenth Amendment extended suffrage to women. Students read and then analyze primary sources related to this case.

Felon Voting

“Should felons be allowed to vote?” is the core question explored on this site, with arguments and support given both pro and con. The topic of felon voting is further explored pro-con by categories.

Seize the Vote

This in an online interactive voting rights game which addresses historical and current suffrage issues.

Vote America!

Vote America! educates students about suffrage. The struggles of the civil rights era, passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, and the 15th, 19th, and 26th amendments to the U.S. Constitution are chronicled in this video.

Claim Your Powers

This cooperative small group activity will involve students in a class competition. Groups are assigned one of the three branches of government and points are awarded when groups correctly claim the branches power and/or checks the branch has over other branches. Students will claim powers based on their reading and application of the first three articles of the Constitution to hypothetical situations. The constitutional themes presented are separation of powers and checks and balances.

Fourth Amendment’s Protections in the Home

In this lesson, students will be presented with a brief summary of the scope of the Fourth Amendment as it relates to the home. They will read the facts of the Supreme Court case California v. Greenwood and work in small groups to deliberate as the Supreme Court would. After reaching a decision in their groups, they will be provided with the Supreme Court’s reasoning and have an opportunity to compare their explanations with those of the Court. The lesson includes background information and relevant case summaries for the teacher.

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