NEW LESSON: Civil Liberties and the Coronavirus (7 Clips)
The U.S. Constitution provides for a balance of power between the federal and state governments while protecting the rights of citizens. Securing those rights during a time of crisis can be challenging. With the stay-at-home orders that have been enacted in states across the country during this time, people are discussing the impacts on their lives. In this lesson, students will explore the powers granted to the federal and state governments and how they relate to specific constitutional amendments.
Below you will also find selections of resources relating to individual rights. These Lessons and Bell Ringers provide historical and modern context to rights found in the Constitution and expanded upon through laws and Supreme Court cases. For additional resources not listed below visit our Individual Rights and Liberties Featured Resources site.
Individual Rights and Liberties:
Individual Rights and Supreme Court Cases:
- Lesson: The Bill of Rights in Modern Times (2 Clips)
- Lesson: Predecessors to the Bill of Rights (6 Clips)
- Lesson: The Expansion of Voting in the United States (10 Clips)
- Lesson: Rights of the Accused (3:34)
- Lesson: The Right to an Attorney and the Public Defender System (6 Clips)
- Lesson: Jury Trials in Criminal Cases (5 Clips)
- Lesson: The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (9 Clips)
- Lesson: Title IX (7 Clips)
- Bell Ringer: Free Speech and the First Amendment (5:17)
- Bell Ringer: The Free Exercise of Religion (3 Clips)
- Bell Ringer: Freedom of Press in the United States and Around the World (3:19)
- Bell Ringer: The Right to Petition the Government (1:46)
- Bell Ringer: The History of the 4th Amendment (4:56)
- Bell Ringer: Eminent Domain and Property Rights (3:44)
- Bell Ringer: The 14th Amendment and Incorporation (2:05)
- Lesson: Key Events of the Civil Rights Movement (15 Clips)
- Deliberation: Should Hate Speech Be Protected By the First Amendment? (14 Clips)
- Deliberation: Should the voting age be lowered to 16? (9 Clips)
- Deliberation: What policy should the government enact to protect data privacy? (10 Clips)
- Lesson: 2nd Amendment Cases: DC v. Heller & McDonald v. Chicago (6 Clips)
- Bell Ringer: Morse v. Frederick: The "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" Case (2 Clips)
- Lesson: Tinker v. Des Moines (12 Clips)
- Lesson: New York Times v. United States (9 Clips)
- Lesson: Gideon v. Wainwright (10 Clips)
- Lesson: Miranda v. Arizona (7 Clips)
- Lesson: Korematsu v. United States (6 Clips)
- Lesson: Schenck v. United States (6 Clips)
- Lesson: Voting Discrimination and the Effects of Shelby County v. Holder (8 Clips)
