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A portrait of John Locke, an Enlightenment Thinker who believed that humans were rational beings
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LADOE High School Civics | Unit 2: Government Structures, Powers, Functions, and Interactions

2549 minutes

73 Items

The Constitution

Primary Source

8564 Words

Essay: Popular Sovereignty and the Consent of the Governed

Essay

890 Words

A portrait of John Locke, an Enlightenment Thinker who believed that humans were rational beings
Background Essay: The Enlightenment and Social Contract Theory

Essay

1689 Words

A portrait of Thomas Hobbes, an Enlightenment Thinker who believed that human nature was essentially corrupt
The Enlightenment and Social Contract Theory

Lesson

4 Activities

What Are the Origins of the Bill of Rights?

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4 Activities

60 Min

The Creation of the Bill of Rights

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3 Activities

Bill of Rights Organizer | Elementary

Activity

The Bill of Rights and Liberty

Unit

2 Lessons

Who Should Protect Our Fundamental Freedoms?

Lesson

4 Activities

55 Min

Principles and Virtues

Resource

The Constitution, the First Amendment, and Religious Liberty

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5 Activities

40 Min

The Bill of Rights and Free Speech

Unit

2 Lessons

Why Are the Rights to Assembly and Petition Important to Liberty?

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3 Activities

20 Min

Why Does a Free Press Matter?

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3 Activities

70 Min

The Bill of Rights and Guns

Unit

2 Lessons

How Does the Fifth Amendment Protect Property?

Lesson

4 Activities

50 Min

How Do Due Process Protections for the Accused Protect Us All?

Lesson

4 Activities

65 Min

Expansion of Franchise

Lesson

4 Activities

45 Min

The Reconstruction Amendments: Thirteenth Amendment, 1865, Fourteenth Amendment, 1868, and Fifteenth Amendment, 1870

Activity

Commerce and the Progressive Era

Lesson

3 Activities

80 Min

Women’s Suffrage and the Nineteenth Amendment

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2 Activities

75 Min

The Structure of the National Government

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5 Activities

305 Min

Slavery and the Constitution

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11 Activities

105 Min

The Battle for Balance

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9 Activities

70 Min

Handout B: How A Bill Becomes A Law

Activity

The Constitutional Powers of Congress

Lesson

6 Activities

55 Min

The Legislative Process

Unit

3 Lessons

The Nature of Representation in the U.S. Congress

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5 Activities

105 Min

House of Representatives Votes to Adopt the Articles of Impeachment Against Donald Trump
Constitutional Connection: Impeachment and the Constitution

Lesson

1 Activities

20 Min

The Balance of Power between the Legislative and Executive Branches

Lesson

6 Activities

70 Min

Constitutional Connection: The President and Federal Power (V1)

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1 Activities

20 Min

Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush
Constitutional Connection: The President and Federal Power (V2)

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1 Activities

20 Min

Constitutional Connection: War and the Constitution (V1)

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1 Activities

20 Min

2017 G20 Hamburg summit leaders group photo
Constitutional Connection: The President as Chief Diplomat

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1 Activities

20 Min

Constitutional Connection: The President as Enforcer of the Law

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1 Activities

30 Min

Primary Source: Scaffolded U.S. Constitution, Article II

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Due Process and Fair Trials

Lesson

14 Activities

240 Min

Lee Yick: Equal Justice Under Law

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

Effects of Supreme Court Decisions

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1 Activities

45 Min

Levels of the Courts Handout

Activity

Primary Source: U.S. Constitution, Article III

Activity

Unit 5: A Living Constitution?

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Handout A: Limited Government Cards

Activity

The Role of Government

Lesson

9 Activities

The Progressive Era

Lesson

3 Activities

Marbury v. Madison Essay

Activity

A photograph of a bank building.
Alexander Hamilton and the National Bank

Essay

2382 Words

Documents to Examine (A-K) – Marbury v. Madison (1803)

Activity

McCulloch v. Maryland | BRI’s Homework Help Series

Video

4 Min

The Issue Endures – Marbury v. Madison (1803)

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“Strict” or “Loose”: Was the National Bank Constitutional?

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40 Min

Handout A: How Has the Supreme Court Interpreted the Commerce Clause? (Background Essay)

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Handout A: Background Essay – The Commerce Clause and the Expanding Powers of Congress

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Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

E Lesson

20 Min

Handout D: Excerpts from U.S. v. Darby Lumber (1941)

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Handout E: Excerpts from U.S. v. Lopez (1995)

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Handout G: Homestead Act of 1862

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U.S. v. Lopez | BRI’s Homework Help Series

Video

6 Min

What is the Commerce Clause?

Lesson

3 Activities

35 Min

The Commerce Clause and the Expanding Powers of Congress

Lesson

9 Activities

60 Min

United States v. Nixon – Case Background

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Documents to Examine (A-J) United States v. Nixon (1974)

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United States v. Nixon | BRI’s Homework Help Series

Video

4 Min

Theodore Roosevelt and the Bully Pulpit

Lesson

2 Activities

50 Min

Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the War Powers Resolution

Lesson

5 Activities

95 Min

The National Bank Debate

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3 Activities

65 Min

Federalism

Lesson

9 Activities

110 Min

State and Local Government

Lesson

7 Activities

90 Min

Louisiana’s Congressional Districts

Lesson

60 Min

The Unique Legal System of Louisiana

Lesson

Exploring Government Powers: Local, State, Tribal, and Federal

Lesson

90 Min

Executive Orders, Past and Present

E Lesson

Louisiana Constitutions Across History

Lesson

60 Min