Module 15 - Civil Liberties

Activity 1 : : Activity 2 : : Activity 3 : : Activity 4: : Activity 5

Activity 3:  Readings

• Read Thinkwell program: Section 2.6 The Role of a Free Press in an Open Society
• Read Thinkwell program: Section 2.8 The Fundamental Rights of  American Citizens
• Read Thinkwell program: Section 2.9 Due Process
• Read Thinkwell program: Section 2.10 Majority Rule
• Read Thinkwell program: Section 2.11 Important Supreme Court Cases in American History
• Read Thinkwell program: Section 2.13 Civil Liberties and Rights
• Read American Destiny,
  • Chapter Four, "The American Revolution"
    
  • Chapter Five, "The Federalist Era: Nationalism Triumphant"
    
  • Chapter Six, "Jeffersonian Democracy"
    
  • Chapter Ten, "The Making of Middle-Class America"
    
  • Chapter Fourteen, "The Coming of the Civil War"
    
  • Chapter Seventeen, "In the Wake of War"
    
  • Chapter Twenty-two, "The Age of Reform"
    
  • Chapter Twenty-nine, "The American Century"
    
  • Chapter Thirty, "From Camelot to Watergate"
    
  • Chapter Thirty-one, "Society in Flux"
• Read The Constitution of the United States, An Introduction,
  • Part IV, "Amendments Since the Bill of Rights"
  • Amendment 19
  • Amendment 15
  • Amendment 26

Read from either of the following 2 books:

• Read Understanding American Government,
  • Chapter One, "The American People"
    
  • Chapter Five, "News Media"
    
  • Chapter Six, "Interest Groups"
    
  • Chapter Eight, "Elections"
    
  • Chapter Thirteen, "The Judiciary"
    
  • Chapter Fourteen, "Civil Liberties"
    
  • Chapter Fifteen, "Civil Rights"
• OR American Government,
  • Chapter 2
    
  • Chapter 6 (Appendix)
    
  • Chapter 9
    
  • Chapter 10
    
  • Chapter 14
    
  • Chapter 18
  • Chapter 19

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