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Streetlaw: Rights in the Community ActivityStreetlaw: Rights in the Community Activity
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9th - 10th
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Streetlaw: Rights in the Community

Curated by ACT

This website provides several links and introductory information on the Constitution, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, expression in special places, freedom of religion, due process, the right to privacy, discrimination, and workplace rights and responsibilities.

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discrimination, due process, freedom of religion, freedom of speech

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age discrimination, commercial speech, defamation, first amendment, gender discrimination, housing discrimination, information gathering, local laws on discrimination, looking for a job, losing a job, obscenity, offensive speakers, privacy at school, privacy in the home, reproductive rights, state laws on discrimination, constitutional freedoms

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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