Research Links and Information
You may use the books, magazines (periodicals), and printed articles at the front of the room. You may also use the Enchanted Learning, Discovery Education, Online WorldBook Encyclopedia, NetTrekker and BrainPOP websites for information. Ask me for the usernames and passwords.The Constitution of the United States
Article I - Legislative Branch - Senators and Representatives
Article I - Legislative Branch - Congress and the President
Article II - Executive Branch - The Office of the President
Article III - Judicial Branch - The Supreme Court
Article IV - Relationship of the States to Each Other
Article V - Amending the Constitution
Article VI - The Supreme Law of the Land
The Bill of Rights Topics
The 1st Amendment and United States v. Eichmann (flag burning)
The 4th Amendment and New Jersey v. T.L.O. (school locker searches)
The 5th Amendment and "pleading the fifth"
The 6th Amendment and "The Star Chamber"
The 8th Amendment and the Death Penalty
The 10th Amendment and Federal vs. State Powers
The 13th (Abolishing Slavery), 14th (Citizenship of Former Slaves), and 15th (Right to Vote for Former Slaves) Amendments, also known as the Reconstruction Amendments
Biography Topics
Founding Fathers
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Supreme Court Justices
Chief Justice and President of the United States William Howard Taft
Chief Justice John Marshall
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice William J. Brennan
Justice John Paul Stevens
Justice Louis Brandeis
Justice John Jay
Court Case Topics
The Dred Scott Decision
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education, The Little Rock Nine, and Ruby Bridges
Other Topics
Electoral College
The Founding Fathers
Other Approved Topics
President John F. Kennedy and Civil Rights
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights
You may use the books, magazines (periodicals), and printed articles at the front of the room. You may also use the Enchanted Learning, Discovery Education, Online WorldBook Encyclopedia, NetTrekker and BrainPOP websites for information. Ask me for the usernames and passwords.The Constitution of the United States
Article I - Legislative Branch - Senators and Representatives
Article I - Legislative Branch - Congress and the President
Article II - Executive Branch - The Office of the President
Article III - Judicial Branch - The Supreme Court
Article IV - Relationship of the States to Each Other
Article V - Amending the Constitution
Article VI - The Supreme Law of the Land
The Bill of Rights Topics
The 1st Amendment and United States v. Eichmann (flag burning)
The 4th Amendment and New Jersey v. T.L.O. (school locker searches)
The 5th Amendment and "pleading the fifth"
The 6th Amendment and "The Star Chamber"
The 8th Amendment and the Death Penalty
The 10th Amendment and Federal vs. State Powers
The 13th (Abolishing Slavery), 14th (Citizenship of Former Slaves), and 15th (Right to Vote for Former Slaves) Amendments, also known as the Reconstruction Amendments
Biography Topics
Founding Fathers
James Madison
Benjamin Franklin
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Supreme Court Justices
Chief Justice and President of the United States William Howard Taft
Chief Justice John Marshall
Chief Justice Earl Warren
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor
Justice William J. Brennan
Justice John Paul Stevens
Justice Louis Brandeis
Justice John Jay
Court Case Topics
The Dred Scott Decision
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. Board of Education, The Little Rock Nine, and Ruby Bridges
- Brown v. Board of Education. Thinkquest, http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112391/brown_v__board_of_education.htm. February 20, 2014.
- About the Little Rock Nine, SurfNetKids, http://www.surfnetkids.com/go/154/about-the-little-rock-nine. February 20, 2014.
- Integrating Central High-The Melba Pattillo Story. Scholastic, http://teacher.scholastic.com/barrier/hwyf/mpbstory/bigdecisions.htm. February 20, 2014.
- The Education of Ruby Nell. Ruby Bridges-The Story, http://www.rubybridges.com/story.html. February 28, 2014
Other Topics
Electoral College
The Founding Fathers
Other Approved Topics
President John F. Kennedy and Civil Rights
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Rights