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This workbook includes primary sources to help students explore some of the core concepts, or protections, found in the Bill of Rights, and how they’ve been tested throughout American history.Ìý

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Each chapter leads you to consider the implications of one core concept and includes:

• Background InformationÌý
• A key question or questions to frame your thinkingÌý
• Questions to help you analyze the documentÌý
• A primary source document or documentsÌý
• Discussion questions to help you consider the impact or importance of the conceptÌý

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The concepts covered include:

• No Law Respecting an Establishment of Religion, or Prohibiting the Free Exercise Thereof (First Amendment)
• Freedom of Speech (First Amendment)
• Freedom of the Press (First Amendment)
• Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble (First Amendment)
• Right to Petition the Government for a Redress of Grievances (First Amendment)
• Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms (Second Amendment)
• Unreasonable Searches and Seizures (Fourth Amendment)
• Deprived of Life, Liberty, or Property, Without Due Process (Fifth Amendment)
• The Right to Counsel (Sixth Amendment)
• Cruel and Unusual Punishments (Eighth Amendment)