Bill of Rights Vocabulary List

Lectures

Freedom of Religion

The Fifth and Sixth Amendments

The 8th Amendment

Listed rights from the Bill of Rights

Assignments

Due Tuesday 9/29 - Group work on articles about religious estabilishment or free excercise.

Due Thursday 10/1 - Book questions on p.553: 1-6

Due Monday 10/5 - Rewrite the Bill of Rights, One through Three

Due Monday 10/12 - Questions for "Bowling for Columbine" by Michael Moore.

Due Monday 10/12 - Questions for "US Has Most Prisoners" article.

Due Monday 10/12 - Graded lecture notes on "The 4th Amendment"

Due Tuesday 10/13 - Read “Rights of the Accused” and do the worksheet for homework.

Due Wednesday 10/14 - Read the article "Too poor to defend the poor" and answer the questions at the end of the reading.

Due Thursday 10/15 - Book questions on p.574: Qs 1-5

Due Friday 10/16 - Interview your parents about the Fourth Amendment and the criminal rights amendments in general. You may have to explain the rights to them.
1. What do they think of the protections listed in the Fourth Amendment?
2. What is their relationship to the police? What is their opinion of the police?
3. What is their opinion of criminal rights in general? Are they too strong, too weak, or just right? Explain.

Due Monday 10/19 - Defense and Punishment Wksht

Due Wednesday 10/21 - Unit Test

Readings

Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment

THE X-ON CONGRESS: INDECENT COMMENT ON AN INDECENT SUBJECT by Steve Russell

Declaration of the Rights of Man

Unit Links (Not Required)

"The Thin Blue Line" review byRonnie D. Lankford jr