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Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Learning Targets:  Students will be able to....

• Explain how the U.S. Constitution protects individual liberties and rights.
• Describe the rights protected in the Bill of Rights.
• Explain the extent to which the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the First and Second Amendments reflects a commitment to individual liberty.

Through the U.S. Constitution, but primarily through the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment, citizens and groups have attempted to limit national and state governments to prevent them from infringing upon individual rights and from denying equal protection under the law. 

However, it has sometimes been argued that these legal protections have been used to slow reforms and restrict freedoms of others in the name of social order.

Opener:  What is the difference between civil rights and civil liberties?  Which do you believe makes us a "freer" society?


Activity #1 -  Letter from B-Ham (ACT Style)

You will have 9 minutes to answer 10 M.C. questions regarding the legacy of MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail".  

- Strategy introduction
- AAR

Activity #2 - PERP

Brown v Board of Education (1954)

Activity #3 - N-50 - Civil Rights

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Close:  Student CPE presentations