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UNIT 2 OUTLINE

 

4.1 - What Are Civil Liberties?

Espionage Today Research Day



4.2 - Securing Basic Freedoms (1st Amendment)



4.2 - Speak Openly: 2nd - 4th Amendments

 

4.3 - Rights of the Suspects: 5th & 6th Amendments



4.3 - Rights of the Suspects: 7th & 8th Amendments



4.4 - Interpreting the Bill of Rights: 9th & 10th Amendments



Mid Unit Quiz - Bill of Rights


DNA Article and Moot Court Introduction


Moot Court Research Day


5.1 - What Are Civil Rights?



5.2 - The African American Struggle for Equality

5.3 - The Fight for Women’s Rights


5.4 - Civil Rights for Indigenous Groups



5.5 - Equal Protection For Other Groups: Latinos and LGBTQ community


Equal Protection For Other Groups: Asian American, Americans with disabilities, religous minorities



DNA Moot Court


Unit Review Game



Unit Exam & Civil Rights Exhibits Due
 

UNIT 2 VOCABULARY

10 Amendments in the Bill of Rights

Civil Liberties

Civil Rights

Due Process Clause

Free Exercise Clause

Establishment Clause

Probable Cause

Double Jeopardy

Self Incrimination

Planned Parenthood v. Casey

Equal Protection Clause

Affirmative Action

Rational Basis Test

Intermediate Scrutiny

Strict Scrutiny

Plessy v. Ferguson

Brown v. Board of Education

De Jure Segregation

De Facto Segregation

Literacy Test

Understanding Test

Poll Tax

White Primary

Grandfather Clause

Voting Rights Act 1965

Shelby County v. Holder

Disenfranchise

Suffragist

Equal Rights Amendment
American Indian Movement
Obergefell v. Hodges

Arizona v. United States

California v. Bakke

Essential Question

  • What is the better approach to civil rights—a peaceful, gradual one that focuses on passing laws and winning cases in court, or a radical one that includes direct action and acts of civil disobedience? Why do you consider this to be the better solution?

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