Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: First Amendment
Check out this interactive timeline on first amendment of the United States Constitution.
US National Archives
Docsteach: The First Amendment
In this activity students will analyze documents that span the course of American history to determine their connection to the different phrases found within the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
University of Missouri
Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: Regulation of Fighting Words and Hate Speech
Explore the constitutional conflict regarding the question of whether the first amendment limits the government's ability to regulate fighting words or hateful speech? This source contains background information and links to historical...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Civil Rights Movement
[Free Registration/Login Required] Through this lesson, students identify individual, personal, and political rights (freedom of religion, freedom of speech, right to own property) by analyzing lives of historical African American...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Our Rights
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...
Other
The Latter Rain: Constantine
This extensive resource documents the life of Constantine. Article is written from a Christian perspective. It goes into depth about the freedom he gave to Christians, and the effects of the Edict of Milan.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights was adopted to protect each United States citizen's rights. Learn about how the Bill of Rights was formed and the protections it guarantees to Americans.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Afghanistan
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Afghanistan from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Albania
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Albania from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: American Samoa
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of American Samoa from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Angola
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Angola from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Argentina
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Argentina, from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Aruba
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Aruba from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Curated OER
Association of Religion Data Archives: National Profiles: Austria
Learn about; religious demographics, religious freedom, socio-economic indicators, general facts, and history, in this country overview of Austria from the Association of Religious Data Archives at Pennsylvania State University.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Societal Impacts of the American Revolution
A look at how the ideals of the American Revolution shaped the new American Republic. Many ideals were not implemented immediately but the seed had been planted.
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Trial of Anne Hutchinson (1637)
America was not always the "Land of Liberty." In the 1630s, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, questioning Puritan dogma could bring you a world of trouble. It could get you shunned, it could get you ex-communicated, it could even get you...
Other
Rwfa: Roger Williams, a Brief Biography
Site built and maintained by descendants of Roger Williams. It contains lots of interesting facts about the founder of Providence, Rhode Island, and describes how his views on religion shaped the early US government.
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Martin Luther
Excellent introduction to the exciting life and influential writings of Martin Luther. Article outlines the history of Luther's enormous contribution to the Protestant Reformation. Also briefly explains his central theological ideas.
Social Studies Help Center
Social Studies Help Center: The Supreme Court as Defender of the Constitution
This site gives you examples of court cases demonstrating how the Supreme Court upholds the constituion. It also includes links to further information.
Library of Congress
Loc: America as a Religious Refuge
One of the primary reasons for colonization of the New World was to escape European religious persecution. This site provides stories of religious nonconformists, militants, zealots, reformers, and the faithful.
Curated OER
A Defense of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande
This site from the Library of Congress is an essay describing the state responses to religion after independence was declared.
Curated OER
Fast Day Proclamation, April 15, 1775
This site from the Library of Congress is an essay describing the state responses to religion after independence was declared.
Curated OER
Rev. Isaac Baccus, Am
This site from the Library of Congress is an essay describing the state responses to religion after independence was declared.