The following web resources include online lesson plans for the teaching of Bill of Rights and its freedoms as well as general strategies to utilize in the classroom for teaching civics. The lesson plans are mostly from different levels in the K-12 system, but can be easily modified depending on your particular classes' make-up and their skill levels with English.

General Teaching Strategies for Material in Civics Classrooms

General teaching activities for civics classrooms from Civics Online
http://civics-online.org/teachers/activities.cfm

Collections of Lesson Plans on the Bill of Rights

Lesson plans from The Bill of Rights Institute
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/article.php?sid=270

Lesson plans concerning the Bill of Rights from The National Constitution Center (categorized by elementary, middle, and high school levels and adaptable for adult learners at many levels)
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/sections/teacher/lesson_plans/bill_rights.asp
(see also their main index page for many other lessons concerning the Bill or Rights and its freedoms -- http://www.constitutioncenter.org/sections/teacher/lesson_plans/lessons_main.asp)

Lesson Plans for teaching the First Amendment from freedomforum.org
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=13588

Lesson plans from the New York Times Learning Network

Religious Convictions -- Exploring Current Debates Involving Separation of Church and State, from the New York Times Learning Network (lesson plan, Grades 6-12)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20020204monday.html?pagewanted=all

Valuable Lessons -- Examining the Role of Civil Liberties in the American Value System, from the New York Times Learning Network (lesson plan, Grades 6-12)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20011119monday.html

For the Sake of Security: Analyzing Civil Liberties in the Wake of the September 11 Terrorist Attacks (lesson plan, Grades 6-12)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20011126monday.html

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