Minority Teenage Fathers: Rights and Responsibilities

What basic rights are guaranteed to all Americans? Do citizens, legal aliens, illegal aliens, and minors all have the same rights? Should individuals all over the world enjoy the same rights? Class members read the Declaration of...

Impress upon your learners the importance of civic duty, and explore the privileges and responsibilities to support the general welfare that comes with citizenship. Here is a 20-question, multiple choice assessment that will help get you...

Tenth graders examine the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's and how American Jews were involved. They discuss the responsibilities of any minority or ethnic group. They consider the process of change in politics as well.

Young scholars examine the bill of rights as it relates to founding documents and their significance today. In this bill of rights lesson plan, students use newspapers as sources to answer critical questions regarding democratic...

Fifth through seventh graders develop definitions for freedom, unity, progress, and responsibility, as they relate to American history. They read and discuss an informational handout, participate in a class discussion, and create an...

Young scholars use the Internet to research one of five cases associated with Brown v. Board of Education and then join a group with people who researched the other four.

Learners examine their rights and responsibilities. In this cross curricular lesson, students compose a journal entry answering the question of why the founding fathers made of list of 'rights' and then discuss their responses. They use...

Students examine the pros and cons of state sovereignty vs. federalism, as argued by the Founding Fathers. They identify the basic positions of each side, complete a worksheet, and write a persuasive essay arguing for Jefferson or Hamilton.

Students explore Supreme Court cases that featured Civil Rights issues. In this Supreme Court lesson plan, students examine primary source records regarding Rosa Parks, the Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the Browder v Gayle case, in order...

High schoolers investigate the Founders' ideas about what kind of government is most likely to protect the basic rights of people. They distinguish between limited and unlimited government.