Creating A New Government / U.S. Constitution
Constitution Simulation Helpful Links
About the Articles of Confederation
Different Government Systems (Democracy, Oligarchy, Monarchy etc.)
Different styles of democracies
Federalist Paper 51: Checks and Balances
Summary of Federalist Papers 10-17: Unified States vs. Separate Ruling States
Summary of Federalist Papers 46-51: Checks and Balances
Summary of Federalist Papers 65: Impeachment
JAY'S TREATY
NATIONAL ARCHIVES ACTIVITIES
THE CONSTITUTION
BILL OF RIGHTS
WEB QUESTS
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: Ă’second
amendment
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
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
ELECTORAL COLLEGE