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Home | Stanford History Education Group - 2 views

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    What doesn't the Standford History Education Group have on their site? The site offers everything from lesson plans, to primary source materials, to pedagogical approaches to teaching history, to assessment materials. This site has especially great tools for getting students to think like historians!
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - 1 views

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    The American Civil Liberties Union has a vast array of materials hosted on their site. Perhaps the materials of greatest use to teachers are the frequent "news releases" about issues pertaining to our individual freedoms that are currently in the news.
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Bill of Rights Institute: Home - 4 views

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    The Bill of Rights institute offers a wealth of materials for teachers. In addition to copies of each of the Founding Documents and accompanying essays about each, there are many other materials on the site. Among my favorite resources are the many lesson plans made for teachers of all levels.
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The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law | A Multimedia Archive of the Supre... - 2 views

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    The Oyez Project is the best site available for Supreme Court decisions and business currently before the court. As I write this description, there are currently two articles about the court considering same-sex marriage issues on the front page.
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Charters of Freedom - The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, The Bill of Ri... - 1 views

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    This is the National Archives' "Charters of Freedom" website. In addition to having full transcriptions of the DOI, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, there are links to many ancillary materials as well. Included in the site are lesson suggestions, other primary source materials, and scholarly essays about the legacy of our Founding Documents.
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Puerto Rican Voters / Voting Rights and Citizenship - 1 views

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    This City University of New York page explores the history of Puerto Ricans in relation to US citizenship and the right to vote.
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A History of U.S. Citizenship - Los Angeles Times - 2 views

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    This is a link to a 1997 article/piece from the Los Angeles Times that summarizes who was/was not a citizen at various points throughout US History.
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US Naturalization and Immigration, Citizenship Application, US Visas - 1 views

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    This is the US government's Immigration website. On the site, you can find information about how to become a US Citizen.
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Bill of Rights Institute: Fourteenth Amendment: Equal Protection (1868) | Bill of Right... - 1 views

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    This is a link to the Bill of Rights Institute's page concerning the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The page includes links to primary source materials and summaries related to important 14th Amendment precedents (Plessy, Brown, Korematsu, Loving, Bakke, etc).
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The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow . Jim Crow Stories . 14th Amendment Ratified | PBS - 1 views

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    This is link to a PBS website called "The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow". This particular page explores the ratification of the 14th Amendment. It also includes links to short videos and related documents.
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14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual... - 1 views

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    This is a link to the 14th Amendment on the Library of Congress website. There are also links to additional primary sources related to the 14th Amendment on this page.
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