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Constitution Relay - Texas Law Related Education has made a fast-paced question-and-answer game about the Constitution. What's your high score?

Federalists and Antifederalists - Another game from Texas Law Related Education. This one's a little more difficult than the Constitution Relay, but a great way to test your knowledge about the arguments for and against the Constitution.

Then or Now - Read modern as well as historical quotes. You decide whether they are from "then" or "now". How many can you get right?

Constitutional or Unconstitutional - Read through each brief scenario and decide whether the action taken was ruled "constitutional" or "unconstitutional" by the courts.

Have Your Rights Been Violated? - Can you figure out if your rights have been violated? Take our quiz and find out.

Hey! That's Mine! - Read the situations and decide if you should expect privacy.

Life Without the Bill of Rights - Ever wonder what it would be like without the Bill of Rights? Read the story and figure out what's missing.

True/False Challenge - How much do you know about freedom of the press?

A Thousand Words - What do images - especially advertisements - really mean? Is it important to question what you read and see?

Test Your Journalism Skills - Visit the ASNE High School Journalism site and test your skills as a journalist. (This Website is not affiliated with doyouhavetheright.org)

Is That Legal? - Decide for yourself whether each gun control law is a federal law, state law, both, or neither.

Guns in the Colonies - Go back to Concord in 1775 and learn more about a debate over the Colonists' right to own guns.

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Links

The Founders’ Constitution - Read the original documents which influenced the Founders who shaped the Constitution. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/tocs/toc.html

The Charters of Freedom at the United States National Archives - Take a close look at the actual Constitution and find out how you can visit it in person. http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/constitution.html

Interactive Map of Historic Philadelphia in the late 18th Century - Click on the different buildings and points of interest to find out more about historic Philadelphia. http://www.teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/map/

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic - This exhibit at the Library of Congress is focused on Religion and the American Founding.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/religion/

The First Amendment Center's Religious Liberty Website - Learn more about the history of religious liberty and religion in public life today.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/rel_liberty/index.aspx

Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance - A transcription of a portion of James Madison's papers that focuses on religion.
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions43.html

The Bill of Rights - Read the Bill of Rights, hyperlinked so that you can find out more about each of the amendments.
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/Instructional/Resources/FoundingDocuments/Docs/TheBillofRights.htm

The Bill of Rights Institute's Founding Documents Teacher Resources - 15 hand-selected resources about all the Founding documents, including the Bill of Rights.
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/instructional/resources/EdResources/EdResources_Links.asp?action=showCat&catId=15

Gunston Hall Plantation - Learn more about the home of George Mason, the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
http://www.gunstonhall.org/

James Madison's Montpelier - Learn more about the home of James Madison, the "Father of the Constitution" and author of the Bill of Rights.
http://www.montpelier.org

Clarence Gideon - Read about Clarence Gideon, the man who's landmark Supreme Court case, Gideon v. Wainwright (1963), shaped the right to counsel in the United States.
http://www.landmarkcases.org/gideon/pdf/gideon_lesson_plan.pdf

JIdeas.org - Developed to encourage high school journalism, jideas.org is an excellent resource for student journalists.
http://www.jideas.org/

First Amendment Center, Press section - Learn more about freedom of the press with current news articles and background information about freedom of the press.
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/Press/index.aspx

Freedom Forum - Dedicated to free press and the First Amendment, visit Freedom Forum for more press-related research.
http://www.freedomforum.org/

Freedom Museum - The McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum is located in Chicago, Illinois, but you can find out more about freedom of the press by visiting their Website.
http://www.freedommuseum.us/

American Society of Newspaper Editors - Made for newspaper editors around the country, the ASNE has a Website dedicated to high school journalism.
http://www.highschooljournalism.org/

National Scholastic Press Association - Find out more about student journalism with resources from the National Scholastic Press Association.
http://www.studentpress.org/nspa/

Newseum - Another museum dedicated to the press, the Newseum has resources about the press and even front pages from newspapers nationwide, updated daily.
http://www.newseum.org/

The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence - An issue advocacy group that "works to reform the gun industry and educate the public about gun violence through litigation and grassroots mobilization, and works to enact and enforce sensible regulations to reduce gun violence including regulations governing the gun industry."
http://www.bradycenter.org/

The National Rifle Association (NRA) - According to its website, the NRA is "America's foremost defender of Second Amendment rights...the premier firearms education organization in the world."
http://www.nra.org/home.aspx

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Study Links for the month (highlighted entries from our Student Study Guide)

Audio (click to listen)

The Preamble of the Constitution

Audio biography of George Washington

Audio biography of James Madison

A selection from Madison's notes made at the Constitutional Convention

Jefferson's Letter to the Danbury Baptists

The First Amendment - Religious Liberty

A short biography of Bridget Mergens

The Virginia Statute of Religious Liberty

The First Amendment

The Second Amendment

The Third Amendment

The Fourth Amendment

The Fifth Amendment

The Sixth Amdendment

The Seventh Amendment

The Eighth Amendment

The Ninth Amendment

The Tenth Amendment

A quote from Thomas Jefferson about the Bill of Rights

A quote from Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson about the Bill of Rights

The Fourth Amendment

The Fifth Amendment

The Sixth Amdendment

The Eighth Amendment

A narrative of the Landmark Supreme Court case New Jersey v. T.L.O. (1985)

A brief narrative of the Landmark Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)

The First Amendment

A narrative of the Landmark Supreme Court case New York Times v. US (1971)

A brief narrative of Thomas Paine, author of the pamphlet Common Sense

A quote from James Madison on freedom of the press

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Video (click to view)

The Bill of Rights and the Founders - from the Bill of Rights for Real Life DVD.

The Bill of Rights and Religion - from the Bill of Rights for Real Life DVD.

The Bill of Rights and the Origins of Government - from the Bill of Rights for Real Life DVD.

The Bill of Rights and Criminal Procedure - from the Bill of Rights for Real Life DVD.

The Bill of Rights and Expression, Segments 2 and 3 - from the Bill of Rights for Real Life DVD.

The Bill of Rights the Second Amendment - from the Bill of Rights for Real Life DVD.

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