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 Monday 1/31 - Answer the following questions:
1. What do you want/need to learn?
2. What big issues does the US face now in your opinion?
3. What grade do you expect to get? Why?

Due Wednesday 2/2 - Read the Russell article: "The X-on Congress." Provide long answers for the following two questions:
1. what is Judge Russell’s argument? What is his point?
2. How does Russell make his point? Is his method necessary?

Due Thursday 2/3 - Read pp. 546-553 and answer Qs 1-6 on p. 153

Due Monday 2/7 - Group work on articles about religious estabilishment or free excercise.
Individual work on one of the three articles:
1. Is the issue in your article “establishment,” “free exercise,” or both? Explain in detail.
2. Summarize the issues in your article. If you already answered this question in number 1, feel free to just write that you did that.
Group work – one piece of paper – one answer per article
3. How should/would the US resolve each issue? Explain in detail each of the 3.

Due Thursday 10/1 - TBD

Due Monday 2/14 - Worksheet pp.576-581 to "Right to an Adequate Defense"

Due Monday 2/14 - Questions for "US Has Most Prisoners" article.

Due Friday 2/18 - Defense and Punishment Wksht

Due Wednesday 3/2 - 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