Official home of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Learn about American news, what's going on with the Supreme Court and new legislation, and more at this online interest group.

Provides a summary and interesting facts about the Alien and Sedition Acts that were laws relating to the rights of immigrants and free speech.

This site on the The OAS and the Inter-American System provides history, key dates, original and current member states, past and present secretaries general, and more.

This book uses historical case studies to explore the rights in the Constitution. Supreme Court cases are used to demonstrate how a right received its modern interpretation, how the right applies today, and how courts and other...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students analyze historical speeches by Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King to find rhetorical devices and features that make these speeches memorable.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart the student identifies the characteristics of various genres and produces evidence of reading that responds to and analyzes the effects of sound, figurative language, and graphics in...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers the basic conventions of speech punctuation.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn that onomatopoeias are words that imitate sounds. Using them can enhance writing and poetry.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will define the terms verb, linking verb, action verb, helping verb, being verb, irregular verb, and verb tense and provide examples of each type of verb. They also will identify and classify...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart focuses on the traits of an effective listener and the identification of popular logical fallacies and propaganda techniques. In addition, there is an Activote at the end to check student...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students understand the use of metaphors and similes in written and spoken language. There are several fun examples, activities and whole group feedback using Activotes.

This speech outlines the nature of the communications revolution, establishes a framework for the most important challenges that must be addressed and proposes an Agenda for Action for individuals and groups to take advantage of the...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a Parts of Speech student exercise. Students must correctly identify parts of speech and label them. Assessment pages evaluate the ability of students to identify a part of speech in...

[Free Registration/Login Required] Teaching nouns to students involves more than a brief explanation! This flipchart applies correct principles of grammar, parts of speech, and usage and mechanics in an entertaining and easy to use fashion.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart allows students to identify adjectives and also promotes discussion on what this part of speech does for our writing.

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson students will work with rules of grammar and parts of speech.