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Annenberg Learner: Dynamic Earth: Plates and Boundaries
Interactive website where students can learn about movement of earth's 15 major tectonoic plates and identify types of boundaries. Includes glossary and learning game.
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Annenberg Classroom: The Great Compromise
A brief synopsis with graphic explaining The Great Compromise.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twenty Seventh Amendment
Text of the 27th Amendment regarding Congressional pay raises and a description of what it means. Part of the Annenberg Classroom site providing resources for civic education.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twenty Sixth Amendment
Text and brief explanation of the 26th Amendment which expanded voting rights to citizens from age 18.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twenty Fifth Amendment
From the Annenberg Classroom Consititution Guide, provides an overview of the text and meaning of the 25th Amendment.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twenty Second Amendment
Text and brief paraphrased meaning of the Twenty-Second Amendment, provides students with an overview of the amendment which specifies presidential term limits. Links to related resources.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twenty First Amendment
Actual text of the 21st Amendment along with an explanation of its meaning. Part of the Annenberg Classroom Civics Education. Links to related resources.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twentieth Amendment
Annenberg Classroom material with text of the 20th Amendment along with an explanation of its meaning. Links to timeline and video resources.
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Annenberg Classroom: Nineteenth Amendment
Text of the 19th Amendment and explanation of the text. Annenberg Classroom series Constitution Guide. Related videos and timeline.
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Annenberg Classroom: Eighteenth Amendment
Text of the 18th Amendment banning the sale of alcohol and a brief description of its meaning.
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Annenberg Classroom: Seventeenth Amendment
Provides the text and meaning of the 17th Amendment. Includes link to a timeline for it.
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Annenberg Classroom: Sixteenth Amendment
Text of the 16th Amendment accompanied by an explanation. Site includes links to related resources.
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Annenberg Classroom: Tenth Amendment
Annenberg Classroom resource on the 10th Amendment which attempts to create a balance of power between federal and state government. With links to related news articles and resources.
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Annenberg Classroom: Ninth Amendment
Annenberg Classroom resource provides an overview of the meaning of the 9th Amendment sometimes referred to as unenumerated rights. With links to related video.
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Annenberg Classroom: Eighth Amendment
Resource on the 8th Amendment from Annenberg Classroom Institute for Civics Education. Provides the text and summary of the 8th Amendment with links to related material.
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Annenberg Classroom: Seventh Amendment
Text and summary of the 7th Amendment to the Constitution. From Annenberg Classroom with links to related materials including videos, timeline and news article.
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Annenberg Classroom: That's Your Right Game
That's Your Right is a card where you use the Bill of Rights to defend your freedom.
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Annenberg Classroom: The Bill of Rights Interactive Quiz
Many Americans take for granted the freedoms contained in the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. As students play this game, they will discover surprising facts about the story behind the Bill of Rights and gain a clearer...
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Annenberg Classroom: The Constitutional Convention
Travel back to 1787 and become a delegate to the convention in Philadelphia. As the Founding Fathers struggle to decide how the young nation will be governed, explore how very different men representing their states' conflicting...
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Annenberg Classroom: Interactive Guide to the Sixth Amendment
Check out this interactive guide to understanding the 6th amendment.
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Annenberg Classroom: Our Constitution
This book takes an in-depth look at the Constitution, annotated with detailed explanations of its terms and contents. Included are texts of primary source materials, sidebar material on each article and amendment, profiles of Supreme...
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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...
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Annenberg Classroom: The Pursuit of Justice
This book analyzes 30 Supreme Court cases chosen by a group of Supreme Court justices and leading civics educators as the most important for American citizens to understand. An additional 100 significant cases included in state history...
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Annenberg Classroom: Understanding Democracy: A Hip Pocket Guide
This guide, written by John J. Patrick, explains the core concepts of democracy in a clear A-Z format.