General Info
First Amendment
Background on other Amendments
Student rights
Supreme Court
Government Test Study Guide
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- Glossary of terms
- Locke and Hobbes very brief summary of ideas
- A close reading of the Preamble to the Constitution
- Why was the Constitution Necessary?
- The Bill of Rights -- Howard Zinn
- Bill of Rights -- the short version
- Bill of Rights with explanations
- Videos from Annenburg classroom
- Bill of Rights video (Annenburg)
- Constitution and Bill of Rights notes
- Evaluation of online sources regarding the Constitution
- Center for Constitutional Rights
First Amendment
- Limits of Free Speech
- Fighting Words
- 1st Amendment Pre-discussion questions
- 1st Amendment -- speech background
- The Future of Free Speech
- 1st Amendment -- freedom of assembly background
- 1st Amendment -- Religion: separation church/state background
- 1st Amendment -- Religion: free exercise of religion background
- 1st Amendment -- Press background
- Van Ordin v Perry
- general info about 1st Amendment: The First Amendment Center
- Congressional research center: Freedom of speech and press
Background on other Amendments
- 2nd Amendment background
- 4th Amendment -- search/seizure background
- Arizona V Gant
- 4th Amendment -- privacy background
- 14th Amendment -- racial discriminations background
- 14th Amendment -- equal protection background
Student rights
- Overview
- Student rights graphic organizer
- Tinker
- Hazelwood
- Fraser
- TLO v New Jersey
- Landmark Supreme Court cases about teens
- First Amendment and threats
- Wyner v douglas country school district
- California Legal research on FindLaw
- Frequently asked questions about students and the 1st Am
- Free speech and the Schoolhouse gate (student rights packet)
- Regulating Racist Speech on College Campuses -- Lawrence article; Kors article
Supreme Court
- Video: conversation with Justice Roberts
- About the Supreme Court
- Supreme court procedure
- landmark cases
- legals precedents and concepts
- Constitutional accountability center
- Supreme Court Docket/Briefs
- Liberal conservative voting trends of SC
- Bios and photos of SC
Government Test Study Guide
Jeopardy QA