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The five parts of the Fifth: This lesson will focus on the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution and its intent to provide due process to citizens. Students will engage in writing, discussion, cooperative learning, art, and theatrical activities in gaining an understanding of the Amendment and its concepts.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By Keith Leary.

What are the amendments?: Before the reading of "I Want to Vote" in the Scott Foresman basal reader, I assigned each member of my class to look up a Constitutional Amendment. This was done in order to give the students a background in Amendments and the history of America. Following the assigning of the Amendments the students interviewed 10 adults to find out how many people are familiar with their Constitutional Amendments. One math extension is to graph the results of the students' interviews.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Social Studies); By Jeremy Luna.

The Bill of Rights: In Revolutionary North Carolina, page 6.7; The text of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, with historical commentary.; Format: constitution

Ratification of the 19th amendment: Map shows when the states ratified the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution giving women the right to vote. The approval of thirty-six states was needed to ratify the amendment; Tennessee became the thirty-sixth on August 18, 1920, fourteen months after...; Format: image/map

Suffrage: The changing role of women: In this lesson, students use oral history excerpts and photographs to learn about the women's suffrage movement in the United States from a variety of perspectives.; Format: lesson plan (multiple pages)

Tobacco bag stringing: Secondary activity seven: In this activity for grades 7–12, students take on the role of legislators who must make a decision concerning the passage of an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. Students will evaluate the impact of emotional appeal in persuasion. This activity builds on information learned in activities one through six.; Format: lesson plan (grade 8 and 10–12 Social Studies); By Pauline S. Johnson.

Voter registration cards: In North Carolina in the New South, page 8.8; Copy of a 1902 voter registration card issued in accordance with the "suffrage amendment" of 1899. Includes historical commentary.; Format: activity

Timeline of Reconstruction in North Carolina: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.2; Timeline of major events in North Carolina during Union occupation and after the Civil War, 1862–1877.; Format: timeline

Celebrating the freedom to read: Banned Books Week teaches the importance of our First Amendment rights and draws attention to the danger of restricting information in a free society.; By Melissa Thibault.

Proposed amendment worksheet for Tobacco Bag Stringing secondary activity seven: Proposed amendment for Tobacco Bag Stringing: Life and Labor in the Depression Secondary Activity Seven.; Format: document/lesson plan

Amending the U.S. Constitution: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.8; Text of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments to the U.S. Constitution, passed after the Civil War to abolish slavery and to guarantee the civil rights of African Americans.; Format: constitution; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

Goodbye, Bill Of Rights!: Students will enact a scene demonstrating life without one of the first ten amendments. Students will be put into groups of three or four and assigned a specific amendment to research.; Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies); By Greg Simmons.

Military reconstruction: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.10; First Reconstrution Act, passed by Congress over President Johnson's veto in 1867, which established military rule in the former Confederacy until states were formally readmitted to the Union. Includes historical commentary.; Format: legislation; Commentary and sidebar notes by L. Maren Wood.

The Constitution of the United States: Amendments 11-27: Amendment XI Passed by Congress March 4, 1794. Ratified February 7, 1795. The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against...; Format: constitution

Voter registration card from Alamance County, N.C., 1902: A voter registration card from Alamance County, North Carolina, 1902, certifying that the registrant had been eligible to vote prior to January 1, 1867 -- that is, before the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote....; Format: image/document

Voter registration card from Alamance County, N.C., 1902: A voter registration card from Alamance County, North Carolina, 1902, certifying that the registrant had been eligible to vote prior to January 1, 1867 -- that is, before the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave African Americans the right to vote....; Format: image/document

Proposed amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act: In Tobacco bag stringing: Life and labor in the Depression, page 1.7; It is declared to be the policy of this Act not to displace the use of cotton or cotton materials and the administrator shall by regulations or by order exempt any work where the application of the provisions of Section 6 may result in the use of other materials...

African Americans get the vote in eastern North Carolina: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.9; After the Civil War, African American communities in eastern North Carolina, having already tasted freedom during the war, were ready to fight for political rights.; Format: article

Reconstruction in North Carolina: In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.3; Brief history of events in North Carolina following the Civil War, 1866–1876.; Format: article

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas: In Brown versus Board of Education: Rhetoric and realities, page 2.5; The text of the Supreme Court's decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, that the segregation of public schools was in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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