Amendments Project: Do you know your rights?
As we live in the country we do not always realize what rights we are entitled to. I would like you to investigate the rights that we have and how they have been developed and interpreted throughout history.
Creatively explain the history behind the amendment. This can be through a rap, poem, music video w. intelligently written lyrics, illustrated comic book, etc. If you have a creative idea to present your amendment to me that I have not listed, just come see me and we can discuss it. The more creative the better. This aspect of the project can be worked on in partners. It should cover the following questions:
1. Who was involved in the issue addressed by the proposal? Who helped pass the amendment? 2. What was its purpose? What was the issue that prompted the proposal?
3. When did it happen (time period in history, when proposed, when passed, when ratified)?
4. Where did the issue(s) originally take place? Where was the amendment finally passed?
5. Why was it proposed (What situation existed to make the amendment desired or necessary?)?
6. How was it passed?
7. How was it structured?
8. How did the passage of the amendment change American culture?
9. Did it solve the problem it was created to address?
10. Are there any famous people involved in the amendment’s cause, creation, or legal results? 11. Are there any major court cases concerning the amendment?
12. Would you have kept the amendment exactly the same, altered it, or modified it in any way? Explain.
Use the links provided for your research:
Amendment 1
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Tinker vs Des Moines https://www.oyez.org/cases/1968/21
Bethel School District v. Fraser, 1968 https://www.oyez.org/cases/1985/84-1667
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 1988 https://www.oyez.org/cases/1987/86-836
Morse v. Frederick, 2007 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2006/06-278
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/319us624
Amendment 2
History (scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
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McDonald v. Chicago https://www.oyez.org/cases/2009/08-1521
United States v. Miller https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/307us174
Caetano v. Massachusetts https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/14-10078
District of Columbia v. Heller https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290
Amendment 3
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Engblom v. Carey http://w.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Engblom_v._Carey
Amendment 4
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Amendment 5
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Twining v. New Jersey https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/211us78
United States v. Moreland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Moreland
Miranda v. Arizona https://www.oyez.org/cases/1965/759
Amendment 6
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Gideon v. Wainwright http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/gi/Gideon_v._Wainwright
Cunningham v. California https://www.oyez.org/cases/2006/05-6551
Amendment 7
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Felter v. Columbia Pictures Television https://www.oyez.org/cases/1997/96-1768
Amendment 8
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Roper v. Simmons https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/03-633
Montgomery v. Louisiana https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/14-280
Amendment 9
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Griswold v. Connecticut https://www.oyez.org/cases/1964/496
United Public Workers v. Mitchell https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/330us75
Amendment 10
History (Scroll up)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
New York v. United States https://www.oyez.org/cases/1991/91-543
Bond v. United States https://www.oyez.org/cases/2010/09-1227
United States v. Darby Lumber Co. https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/312us100
Amendment 13
History (Scroll down)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Bailey v. Alabama https://www.oyez.org/cases/1900-1940/219us219
Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Company https://www.oyez.org/cases/1967/645
Amendment 14
(Scroll down)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Plessy v. Ferguson (18 May 1896) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/163us537
Brown v. Board of Education (17 May 1954) https://www.oyez.org/cases/1940-1955/347us483
Amendment 15
History (Scroll down)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
United States v. Reese https://www.oyez.org/cases/1850-1900/92us214
Guinn v. United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinn_v._United_States
Amendment 19
History (Scroll down)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Leser v. Garnett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leser_v._Garnett
Amendment 21
History (Scroll down)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Granholm v. Heald https://www.oyez.org/cases/2004/03-1116
Amendment 26
History (Scroll down)- https://www.usconstitution.net/constamnotes.html#Am26
Cases:
Oregon vs. Mitchell https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/supremecourt/antebellum/majority3.html
