Creating A New Government / U.S. Constitution

BILL OF RIGHTS

Bill of Rights In Action 

WEB QUESTS

Bill of Rights Directions

Webliography for Bill of Rights Web Quest

1. Transcript of the Bill of Rights

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/bill_of_rights_transcript.html

2. The Constitution Explained (Scroll down to Amendments)

http://www.usconstitution.net/constquick.html

3. Annotated Constitution

http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/

4. The Constitution for The United States: Its Sources and Its Application

This site is based on the book of the same name by Thomas James Norton,

published by the Committee for Constitutional Government. This site is great for

historical background information such as original quotes.

http://www.barefootsworld.net/constit1.html

5. Search Key Terms as well as each Amendment to find definitions and articles.

http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/#constitutional%20law

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/

6. List of Selected Supreme Court Cases by topic

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/conlaw.htm

7. Type assigned amendment in search bar to find cases related to that amendment.

For best results use quotation marks when searching. Example: Òsecond

amendment

http://www.oyez.org/cases

8. Five Freedoms: Find information related to the First Amendment

http://www.firstamendmentschools.org/freedoms/freedomsindex.aspx

9. Find information related to the 5th, 6th, and 7th Amendments

http://www.constitutiondecoded.com/us-constitution---5th---6th---7th---8th-amendments.html

10. The Constitution Decoded

11. Cornell University: Legal Information Institute

12. To find current issues related to your assigned Amendment:

Search recent court cases

Search newspaper websites (check with your teacher for approved sites)

Search newspaper databases from your school library