Pledge of Allegiance History

http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16480

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This history of the Pledge of Allegiance was written by Associated Press June 27, 2002, in response to the 9th circuit Court of Appeals ruling that teacher led recitation of the pledge in school is unconstitutional. Standards 12.5.4 civics

Comments: Though the ruling was not by the Supreme Court, discussion of the Pledge of Allegiance will make an interesting venue from with to examine controversy related to First Amendment rights.

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 2471

Privacy Rights Clearinghouse

http://www.privacyrights.org/

Rating: 2, High!

Description: The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse has useful information on how to protect your privacy rights. It provides links to other privacy rights organizations. Standard 12.2.1 civics

Comments: Good links for this growing problem of privacy in the Information Age.

Resource Type: Compilation of Links.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 2526

Recent FCC Court Decisions

http://www.fcc.gov/ogc/2002opin.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: What laws are needed for the Internet to regulate telecommunications? What have the courts decided in recent cases about the Internet? These decisions will help determine the Internet's future. There is a summary as well has the full court documentation for each case. Standard 10.11 and 12.2.1

Comments: A somewhat user-friendly site thanks to the summaries of court documents.

Resource Type: True.

Resource ID: 2597

Scottsboro Boys

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/FTrials/scottsboro/scottsb.htm

Rating: 2, High!

Description: The devastating day of March 25, 1931, started with hope for the young men on the freight train chugging away from their home town of Chattanooga, Tenn. For Eugene Williams, 13, the idea of leaving his birthplace and the grinding poverty there had seemed like a good and responsible one. "If I leave her, " he reportedly said of his mother, "it will mean one less mouth to feed." By the end of the day, Williams would become one of nine young black males forcibly taken off the train by a sheriff's gang and charged with raping two white girls. The injustice of their conviction sparked racial violence and a new look as a legal system riddled with racial injustice.Standard 11.10.2 and 12.2.5 civics

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Resource ID: 2715

Stand Up For Your Rights

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/civilrights/index.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: This PBS American Experience site deals with freedom in America; religious freedom, school desegregation, and the right to vote. Standard 11.10.5, 11.10.6, and 12.2.1 civics

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 2832

United States Founding Documents

http://www.law.emory.edu/erd/docs/usconst.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Here is a searchable index of information ideal for cross-referencing constitutional topics and Founding Documents. Standards 8.2.1, 8.2.2,and 12.2.1 civics

Comments: Will save students time on cross-referencing.

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 3301

Voter Registration

http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm

Rating: 2, High!

Description: Fill out a Voter Registration Form Online in English or Spanish. Complete this on-line form and the California Secretary of State will mail a typed registration form to you. After you receive the pre-typed form, just sign it and mail it to your county election official. We recommend you use this service at least one month prior to election day to avoid missing your opportunity to vote due to postal delays. Standard 12.2.4

Comments: This is for California citizens only.

Resource Type: Other.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3796

War Relocation Authority Camps in Arizona, 1942-1946

http://parentseyes.arizona.edu/wracamps/index.html

Rating: 2, High!

Description: View how Japanese evacuees lived in Arizona's two relocation camps. This exhibit features images from photographs taken for the War Relocation Authority. Standard 11.7.5 and 12.2.1 civics

Comments: Photographs are linked within text and are displayed in a time saving smaller version with the option to download a larger version.

Resource Type: Mix of Text and Graphics.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 3411

English Bill of Rights, 1689

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/england.htm

Rating: 3, Medium.

Description: This is the full text of the English Bill of Rights which limited the power of the British king as a result of the Glorious Revolution. American colonists believed these rights were also theirs. Standards 5.5.1, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 10.2.2, 11.1.2, and 12.2.1 civics

Resource Type: Primary Source Text.

Graphics content: Low.

Resource ID: 1099

Kennewick Man Skeleton Dispute

http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/kennewick.html

Rating: 3, Medium.

Description: The skull and bones of "Kennewick Man" turned up on the banks of the Columbia River in eastern Washington more than a year ago. Now they're locked up in federal custody, as Native Americans and scientists battle over their future. Standard 12.2.1 civics

Comments: Does the First Amendment Freedom of Religion clause fit this situation?

Resource Type: Secondary Text.

Graphics content: High.

Resource ID: 1880