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The Essential Questions

 

How does your amendment, or parts of your amendment, resonate in the United States today?

 

Task: Research and create a social media post (video, podcast, or infographic) that explains an amendment from the Bill of Rights. Your final product should answer the question above and resemble what you might actually see on social media. You need to use at least three sources, and create a bibliography for the project. 

Search Words and Phrases to Search for the Bill of Rights Assignments

Click here for SEARCH WORDS or PHRASES  to find information about the Bill or Rights.

Search the following sources using the words or phrases from above

 

ESUBSCRIPTIONS: (username pdslibs  password gooddata)

1.  SIRS DISCOVERER

2. POINTS of VIEW Reference Ebsco 

3. Gale Virtual Reference Library - look up amendments such as sixth amendment

4. Constitutional Amendments Reference Book - look up the amendments in the table of contents

5. EBSCOHOST WEB  (UserID: princetonds  Password: Cjrlc@096)

 

WEBSITES (No Password is necessary)

5.  ACLU Website: American Civil Liberties Union: check this out for current and historic cases under topics (About the ACLU from Wikipedia)

6. ALLSIDES.COM  No passwords necessary, it is a public website

Newspapers 

Username: library@pds.org

Password: Goodnews22!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Databases: From Home Username: pdslibs Password: gooddata

THE INTERACTIVE CONSTITUTION

The Interactive Constitution designed by the National Constitution Center offers current information about the Amendments to the Constitution and their current interpretations. 

Newseum

Check out Newseum, a national news museum, for court cases and the first amendment!

Example of Debate on Free Speech

 

Ted-Ed Videos for Constitution Week

Bill of Rights in Simple Language

The Bill of Rights in Simple language offers a simple way to understand  first Ten Amendments to the United States Constitution.

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