Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test

Putting the Bill of Rights to the Test

A Primary Source-Based Workbook Exploring Protections Found in the Bill of Rights

Publisher Description

This workbook includes primary sources to help students explore some of the core concepts, or protections, found in the Bill of Rights, and how they’ve been tested throughout American history.


Each chapter leads you to consider the implications of one core concept and includes:


- Background Information

- A key question or questions to frame your thinking

- Questions to help you analyze the document

- A primary source document or documents

- Discussion questions to help you consider the impact or importance of the concept


The concepts covered include:


- No Law Respecting an Establishment of Religion, or Prohibiting the Free Exercise Thereof (First Amendment)

- Freedom of Speech (First Amendment)

- Freedom of the Press (First Amendment)

- Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble (First Amendment)

- Right to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances (First Amendment)

- Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment)

- Unreasonable Searches and Seizures (Fourth Amendment)

- Deprived of Life, Liberty, or Property, Without Due Process (Fifth Amendment)

- The Right to Counsel (Sixth Amendment)

- Cruel and Unusual Punishments (Eighth Amendment)


All of the primary source documents come from the holdings of the U.S. National Archives.


The year 2016 marked the 225th anniversary of the ratification of the first 10 amendments to the Constitution, known as the Bill of Rights. The National Archives commemorated the occasion with exhibits, educational resources, and national conversations examining the amendment process and struggles for rights in the United States. The initiative was presented in part by AT&T, Seedlings Foundation, and the National Archives Foundation.


Learn more about eBooks from the National Archives and Records Administration at http://www.archives.gov/publications/ebooks

  • GENRE
    Politics & Current Events
    RELEASED
    2016
    November 22
    LANGUAGE
    EN
    English
    LENGTH
    44
    Pages
    PUBLISHER
    The National Archives and Records Administration
    SELLER
    US National Archives
    SIZE
    20.1
    MB
    AUDIENCE
    Grades 10-11
    FIRST FREEDOM FIRST FREEDOM
    1988
    Free Speech Free Speech
    2010
    The Second Amendment and the American Gun The Second Amendment and the American Gun
    2016
    Keeping the Faith Keeping the Faith
    1998
    The Difficulty of the Amendment Process of the Constitution of the United States of America and Freedom of Speech and its limits The Difficulty of the Amendment Process of the Constitution of the United States of America and Freedom of Speech and its limits
    2005
    American Constitutional History American Constitutional History
    2022
    Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives
    2013
    Exploring the United States Constitution Exploring the United States Constitution
    2013
    Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives Baseball: The National Pastime in the National Archives
    2013
    Congress Creates the Bill of Rights Congress Creates the Bill of Rights
    2014
    The Meaning and Making of Emancipation The Meaning and Making of Emancipation
    2012
    The Meaning and Making of Emancipation The Meaning and Making of Emancipation
    2012