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Don’t miss out on this exceptional opportunity to inspire and challenge your students. Access the lessons through the links below and help your students engage with the American Government.

1 – Lesson Plan: The First Amendment in Photos

1.1 – Bell Work: First Amendment Breakdown

1.2 – Doc: First Amendment Basics

1.3 – Doc: First Amendment Exit Slip

1 – Lesson Plan: Fourth Amendment

1.1 – Doc: Riley v. California

1 – Lesson Plan: Due Process

1.1 – Doc: Miranda v Arizona

2 – Lesson Plan: The Fifth Amendment Interpretation

2.1 – Doc: Blueford v Arkansas

2.2 – Doc: Martinez v Illinois

2.3 – Doc: Miranda v Arizona

2.4 – PDF: Eminent Domain Cartoon

1 – Lesson Plan: The Sixth Amendment

1.1 – Slides – The Sixth Amendment

1.2 – Doc: The Sixth Amendment Resources

1 – Lesson Plan: The Bill of Rights in Action

1.1 – Slides: Rights and Responsibilities

1.2 – Doc: The Bill of Rights Practice

1 – Lesson Plan: Protection of Civil Liberties

1.1 – Doc: Korematsu v United States

1.2 – PDF: Loving v Virginia

1.3 – Slides: The Bill of Rights: the 1st and 14th Amendments

1 – Lesson Plan: Was the Patriot Act Justified?

1.1 – Slides: Section 215 of The Patriot Act

1.2 – Doc: The Patriot Act Fact Sheet

1.3 – Doc: The Patriot Act Writing Prompt

1.4 – Doc: The Patriot Act Pros and Cons Station Worksheet

1 – Lesson Plan: Voting Rights and Civil Liberties

1.1 – Bell Work: Voting Rights and Civil Liberties

1.2 – Slides: Voting Rights by ICivics

1.3 – Activity: Why No One Should Vote (But Me)

1 – Lesson Plan: What is a true threat?

1.1 – Slides: Counterman v Colorado

1.2 – Reading: True Threats

1.3 – Activity: True Threat Carousel

1 – Lesson Plan: Peaceful Assembly

1.1 – Doc: Gallery Walk Stations

1.2 – Handout: Some Assembly Needed Gallery Walk Template

1.3- Doc: Scenario 8 Adapted Version

1.4 – Doc: Supreme Court Brief

1 – Unit 5 Test Bank

 303 Creative v. Elenis

Antebellum American, Jacksonian Democracy, and Dred Scott

Black Live Matter – African American Rights in the 21st Century

Counterman v. Colorado

First Amendment and Schools (with scenario)

From Brown To Montgomery To Little Rock

Groff v. Dejoy

Dobbs Presentation

Protest in the Streets

Section 215 of the Patriot Act

Slavery and the Constitution

The Long Journey of Brown v. Board of Education

The Road to Brown

LGBTQ+ Rights in the 21st Century

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