This site is great for resources on teaching the First Amendment. There are lessons for a range of ability levels and connections to Supreme Court cases. Lessons also encourage students to examine the First Amendment's present-day relevancy.

A printable PDF timeline of voting rights from the Northern California Citizenship Project's Mobilize the Immigrant Vote 2004 Capacity Building Series. Formatted in a very readable graphic organizer that can be cut and pasted as part of a larger visual timeline project, or simply as a reading resource. Timeline entry summaries are concise yet cogent and range from 1776 to 2002. It could be interesting to have students conduct research to fill in the gap from 2002 to present.

This page includes a range of posts supporting "yes" and "no" views on whether kids should have the right to vote. Teachers could use the page as supplemental reading for a Voting Rights lesson, as a scaffold to a whole-class debate, or as a model for creating a class blog where students can debate the topic.

This collection of images provides a pictorial account of the Suffrage Movement, as well as an historical overview of the National Women's Party, timeline, information on selected leaders of the party, tactics and techniques of the campaign, and Gallery of Suffrage Prisoners. The photo collection is particularly great as a way to show the actions of the NWP.

This is helpful essay provides background (for teachers or as a source to modify for students) on cruel and unusual punishment clause in the 8th Amendment. Provides information on influences to the writing/inclusion of the clause in the U.S. Constitution, as well as a concise yet cogent history of its interpretation over time through case outcomes. Further reading and a "Teacher's Companion Lesson" pdf provided.

This is a card-matching game providing students with practice classifying information by culture. Key topics for comparison/contrast and sorting include citizenship requirements, legislative function, selection of the executive, characteristics of a jury, role of trial lawyers, law code, uses of the Death Penalty, use of slavery, position of women. Overall goal of lesson is to provide students with reinforcement of key ideas and talking points for considering the impact of Ancient Athenian and Ancient Roman democracy on the United States.

This site offers a history of the death penalty through time, beginning with Hammurabi's Code. It provides brief overviews of each landmark moment presented, many including text excerpts from primary sources. Teachers may want to use this as a resource for information when teaching the 8th Amendment, rather than introduce students to the page itself as the information (as a result of the topic) can feel a bit overwhelming as a whole.

A discussion of impacts that the Declaration of Independence has had on African-American experiences and perspectives.

Discussion of the Declaration of Independence as a 'living' document, with contemporary connections to the Reparations Movement.

An expressive reading of the Declaration of Independence by celebrities which could be used as a read-along support or as an access point for auditory/visual learners.

Background on Douglass with primary source text of this speech. Format is teacher-friendly for printing as handouts for students.

An examination of the shifting interpretations of the Emancipation Proclamation over time, with a focus on unpacking the complex and contradictory.

Lesson incorporating the letters between Banneker and Jefferson to examine the contradictions between the principles in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, as related to slavery.

Perspective on why the 1812 Overture is the standard song for July 4th.

A brief podcast introduction to/analysis of Elizabeth Cady-Stanton's agency within the Women's Movement.