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The Essential Questions

 

How does your amendment, or parts of your amendment, resonate in the world 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.

USE Search words to find article in the following sources!

 

Start here first: SIRS DISCOVERER username = pdslibs  password = gooddata

 ACLU Website: American Civil Liberties Union: check this out for current and historic cases under topics

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

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

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

EBSCOHOST WEB UserID: princetonds  Password: Cjrlc@096

Newspapers 

Username: library@pds.org

Password: Goodnews22!

 

National Newspaper Index username = pdslibs  password = gooddata Choose Custom Newspapers. You may even select a certain newspaper, such as The New York Times, in the Advance Search mode.

 

 

 

 

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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