United+States+Constitution

United States Constitution

This page is being created for the students that are preparing to take the Constitution test this year. There are some links here to support your learning.

If teachers or any students need additional resources please let me know. I will modify this and other pages as the needs are brought to my attention.

=CPS Resource Databases= = [] = Student resources: Library databases

General Constitutional Information From General Reference Sources from Pioneer Middle School in Wenachee, Washington

[|E-Library]click on "topics," choose Social Issues, then sociology for topics such as gun control, capital punishment, death and dying, diversity, immigration

[|Social Issues]from the Multnomah County Library Gun control, human rights, immigration, civil rights and more

[|Exploring Constitutional Law]look for the suggested questions to guide your research

[|Bill of Rights : an overview] [|American Memory Historical Collections Site] from the Library of Congress; search using keywords to find original documents, many from congressional debates about constitutional amendments

[|Constitution Society]

[|The U.S. Constitution Online] Links to the amendment process, history behind the ratified amendments, the amendments that failed to pass and some proposed amendments

[|U.S. Gov Info/Resources] = ** First Amendment Links ** = [|American Library Association] links to court cases and first amendment issue discussions [|The First Amendment Center] addresses issues with freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly [|First Amendment Project] a nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and promoting freedom of information, expression, and petition [|The First Amendment Handbook] detailed information available about freedom of the press and copyright issues = Freedom of Expression  = ** Movie Ratings ** [|Reasons for Movie Ratings] [|Kids-In-Mind:Ratings] [|Kids-In-Mind: Censorship] [|Red Carpet Rating Service: Films] [|How Movies Are Rated] [|History of Ratings] [|FAQs About Ratings]  __** Music Censorship **__ [|**Freemuse:What Is Music Censorship**] [|**Freemuse: Artists On Censorship**] [|**Wikipedia: Censorship of Music**] [|**Wikipedia: Censorship on MTV**] [|**Recording Industry of America: History On Freedom of Speech**] [|The Ratings Game: Choosing Your Child's Entertainment] [|Television and the Family] [|TV Parental Guidelines] ** Freedom of Religion **  [|American Atheists] [|Anti Defamation League:] mission is to eradicate bias and discrimination against people of all races and religion [|First Amendment Center: Religious Freedom In Public Life] [|Freedom From Religion Foundation] dedicated to maintaining the separation of church and state [|People for the American Way] [|Religion and the Founding of the American Republic]

from Library Of Congress

[|Ten Commandments and Other Displays and Mottos]