In this video, students will learn how the First Amendment safeguards key freedoms like speech, press, religion, assembly, and petitioning the government.
How a Bill Becomes a Law
Students will explore how a bill becomes a law by following each step of the legislative process, including committee review, voting in Congress, and the President’s role in approving or vetoing legislation.
Elections and Voting: An Overview
Students will explore the Constitutional amendments that deal with elections, the qualifications for voting, and protections offered to voters. Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the Fifteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-sixth amendments, the history of voting in America, Supreme Court cases, and measures that ensure voters can vote without discrimination based on property ownership, race, sex, and age. Created by National Constitution Center.
Reading Historical Documents
Students will practice their understanding of historical documents and allusions by evaluating how well they can interpret references and contextual clues in a brief activity.
A Walking Tour of the Bill of Rights
Students will walk through the ten amendments that make up the Bill of Rights. This discussion draws on Yale professor Akhil Reed Amar’s framework for grouping related sets of rights protected in the Bill of Rights.
Why Have Civil Dialogue?
What is civil dialogue and why is it important? Drawing on the writings of Supreme Court Justices Louis Brandeis and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jeffrey Rosen, president and CEO of the National Constitution Center, explains the central role civil dialogue has played in American democracy throughout history and today.
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Bell Ringer: The Role of Delegates in the House of Representatives
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) discussed the differences between a Delegate to the House of Representative and members of the House of Representatives from states.
Bell Ringer: Significance of Presidents’ Day
Author and Presidential Historian Lindsay Chervinsky discussed the significance of Presidents’ Day, how Americans have remembered and memorialized departed presidents, and how Americans’ views of presidents have changed over time.
Bell Ringer: Free Market Economics
Samford University business professor Art Carden talked about Strangers with Candy, his book of essays on the benefits of free-market economics. In each of the clips he discusses the role of the free market in stimulating economic growth.
Bell Ringer: The Phillips Curve Today
Economist Ekaterina Peneva talks about the relationship between inflation and unemployment.