The Bill of Rights -- General Resources

 

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The following resources provide good background information on the Bill of Rights and its origins. There are some interesting stories here about the personalities and events surrounding the Bill of Right that you might want to share with your adult learners, though many of the resources might be beyond their reading level.

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General Resources

red push pin graphicThe Ratification of the Constitution, from Teaching with Documents, National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/constitution/ratify.html
red push pin graphicThe Bill of Rights, National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/billrights/billmain.html

red push pin graphicChapter 7 - The Bill of Rights, in The Constitution: An Enduring Document, An Outline of American Government
http://odur.let.rug.nl/usanew/GOV/ch1_p7.htm

(also see http://odur.let.rug.nl/usanew/GOV/bill.htm)

red push pin graphicConstitutional Topic: The Bill of Rights, from The United States Constitution Online
http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop_bor.html

(see also http://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html

red push pin graphicThe Bill of Rights Institute
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org

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Interesting Communication Possibilities with Other Teachers and Students in Other Countries Interested in Civics Education

red push pin graphicCIVNET - A directory of teachers of civics education who are interested in communicating with other teachers in their own or other countries.
http://www.civnet.org/resources/directory-teachers.htm
red push pin graphicCIVNET - A directory of students of civics education who are interested in communicating with other students in their own or other countries.
http://www.civnet.org/resources/directory-students.htm

 

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