Freedom in Everyday Life

EXPLORING THE CONSTITUTION & ITS AMENDMENTS:

• Interactive Constitution (National Constitution Center)
• Constitution of the United States (Archives.gov)
• U.S. Constitutional Amendments (FindLaw.com)
• ​Amendments for Dummies (YouTube Playlist): includes a 5-7 minute video for each of the 27 amendments)
• Crash Course/John Green: The Constitution, the Articles, and Federalism

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RESEARCH

ABC-CLIO American Government

​U.S. History in Context

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FINDING ARTIFACTS

• Smithsonian Explorer -- you can limit your search to Artifacts or Primary Sources
• National Museum of American History Collections
• National Museum of African American History Exhibits
• Library of Congress: Digital Collections
• US Government Photos and Images (USA.gov)
• Creative Commons Search -- media, images, video, sound, etc.
• Poetry Foundation
• The American Folk Song Collection (Kodály Center) -- search by Title or ​Subject

TOOL FOR CREATING ARTIFACTS

• Smart phone / Tablet (camera, video recording, audio recording)
• Audacity (audio recording & editing)
• iMovie / Windows Movie Maker (video editing)
• Google Apps (Draw, Slides, Docs, etc.)
• Your brain! Your hands!
• Many others! Be CREATIVE!

Amendments Explained in Brief (Quizlet)
​Amendments in Full

SELECT AMENDMENTS
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Amendment #1
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition

Amendment #2
Right to bear arms

Amendment #5
Rights of the criminally accused

Amendment #8
No excessive bail, no cruel and unusual punishment

Amendment #13
Abolishes slavery

Amendment #14
Citizenship, due process, equal protection

Amendment #15
No denial of right to vote because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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Amendment #19
Gives women the right to vote

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Citing Your Sources

EasyBib
Quickly generate citations for your research sources.

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OWL: The Purdue Online Writing Lab
Provides a basic guide to MLA format

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