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It's Your Right: A Civil Rights Brochure

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Learners examine the US Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Supreme Court cases in order to broaden their understanding of the US Judicial System. They research a variety of textual and Internet resources to create a tri-fold brochure, which houses a summary and pro/con argument related to one Civil Rights issue.

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Research, summarizing, the bill of rights, constitutional amendments, civil rights, human rights, civics, the supreme court, the judicial branch, the three branches of government, the united states constitution

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amendments, bill of rights, civil rights, constitution, judicial branch, research project, supreme court, summarizing information, building an argument, case study analysis, ccss.ela-literacy.11-12.9, ccss.ela-literacy.ri.11-12.7, social studies
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