Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Amendment Mini Lesson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This mini-lesson highlights the Constitution's amendments. Students will learn about some of the most critical additions to our Constitution and how those additions guarantee their rights.
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: Changing the Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
America's constitutional government has changed over time as a result of amendments to the U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court decisions, legislation, and other practices. Students will use the seven basic principles found in our government...
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Docsteach: The Constitution in Action: Articles V,vi,vii (Lab Team 6)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity students will analyze Senator Lyndon B. Johnson's Oath of Office and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article V,VI, or VII of the Constitution in action.
Website
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us: Forgetting the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the story of a young Japanese-American girl whose family was sent to an internment camp after Pearl Harbor.
Lesson Plan
iCivics

I Civics: No Bill of Rights, No Deal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the debate over the Constitution, the Bill of Rights was a deal-breaker. In this lesson, young scholars learn why the federalists thought the Constitution didn't need a bill of rights and why the anti-federalists refused to accept the...
Activity
Other

Streetlaw: Rights in the Community

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides several links and introductory information on the Constitution, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, expression in special places, freedom of religion, due process, the right to privacy, discrimination, and...