Ms.+England

Question 2 - [] Question 3 - [] The rest of the webquest - [] Start at the homepage and follow the directions to access the information!
 * Death Penalty Web Quest **
 * Death Penalty Webquest**


 * Civil Rights and Civil Liberties: Web Quest **


 * A. ** Civil Liberties: Answer the following questions through graphics and text. Plagiarism is not allowed.

Habeas Corpus - [] Bill of Attainder - [] Ex post facto (laws - [] Establishment Clause - []

Free Exercise Clause - []


 * B. ** List the Bill of Rights. Use your notes from class or this link

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 * C. ** Civil Liberty Cases Through History:

[] - type in the case name and read the description. 1. Choose an article to read: []
 * D. ** Civil Liberty Cases Today:

2. Choose a Video to watch: []

3.-4. International violation of human rights: [] = = =Supreme Court Webquest=


 * Question 1 || Stare Decisis ||
 * Question 2 || Duties of the Chief Justice of the United States ||
 * Question 3 || What Are an Associate Justice's Duties? ||
 * Question 4 || The Original Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court ||
 * Question 5 || Supreme Court Jurisdiction ||
 * Question 6 through 9

Question 7 || Biographies of Current Justices of the Supreme Court For the nominee, use this link:A look at Neil Gorsuch

List of the Supreme Court Justices || Click on "SIGN IN" choose STUDENT then use the password **__cluefield622__** __Overview of the Supreme Court's October 2106 term__ ||
 * Question 10 and 11 || Supreme Court hears challenge to Arizona's voting requirements ||
 * Question 12 || Courtroom Dramas
 * Question 13 through 15 || Insight: The secret keepers: meet the U.S. Supreme Court clerks ||

**Cabinet Scavenger Hunt**
White House Executive Branch Page - Describes the powers of Executive Branch of the United States. Includes the roles of the President and the Vice President and the mission of each of the executive departments. *** As of Feb 27, 2017, the site has not been updated to list Donald Trump and Michael Pence.

White House Cabinet Page - Lists the name of Cabinet members, provides no additional information.

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ABC CLIO - American Government Database The Cabinet Page provides a description of the United States Cabinet along with its history. Each executive department has a hotlink to an article on that department.=====

[|The Cabinet of the United States] Wikipedia page.

=Civic Term Paper - Fall 2016=

[|ASHS Library Catalog] -

[|ABC CLIO - Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society]

[|Gale Database - Opposing Viewpoints in Context]

[|Noodletools]

Students enter their paper topic and their opinion along with supporting reason or evidence and these sites will generate sample thesis statements.

Students should revise as necessary and be sure to check for spelling and grammar.

[|Thesis Statement Development] Student enter topic and opinion along with supporting assertions. Site provides multiple thesis statement examples along with ideas for body and concluding paragraphs.

[|Thesis Creator]

[|Thesis Generator] (Jim Burke)

STHS Thesis Generator

[|Thesis Builders] (Ozline) Choose Persuasive Thesis Builder

History Question Generator

Question Brainstormer

=Title IX Weblinks= @http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm
 * Text of Title IX**

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 * Article on ESPN celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX**

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 * Women’s Sports Foundation on Title IX**

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 * Supreme Court cases related**

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 * Faces of Title IX**

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 * key events timeline**

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 * New York Times article on colleges undermining Title IX**

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 * ACLU website about recent issues of Title IX**

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 * Title IX blog and resources**

Educational Amendments Title IX - Law Overview

Task 1 -Use the sites below to examine the demographics (makeup) of both the House & Senate.
Answer questions #1-3 on the provided sheet.
 * @https://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43869.pdf || @http://www.dailynewsgems.com/2015/01/by-the-numbers-how-well-do-you-know-the-114th-congress.html ||
 * @http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/incoming-members-congress/ || @http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/new-congress-includes-minorities-woman-ever/ ||
 * General Population:@http://www.indexmundi.com/united_states/demographics_profile.html ||  ||

Task 2 -Use the site below to identify the most important leaders in Congress.
Answer questions #4-8 on the provided sheet.
 * @http://www.house.gov/leadership || @http://www.senate.gov/reference/org_chart.htm ||

Task 3 -Use the sites below to identify the current party makeup of Congress.
Answer questions #9-10 on the provided sheet. @http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/partydiv.aspx || #10: Senate- @http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/history/one_item_and_teasers/partydiv.htm ||
 * #9: House of Representatives-

Task #4: Use the sites below to research the members of Congress that most impact us.
Answer questions #10-15 on the provided sheet. @http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001296 @https://boyle.house.gov/about/full-biography || Pat Toomey: @http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=T000461 @http://www.toomey.senate.gov/?p=about_senator || http://www.casey.senate.gov/about/biography/ ||  ||
 * Brendan Boyle:
 * Robert Casey: @http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001070

Task #5: Use the site listed below to research the special powers of the House & Senate
Answer question #16-17 on the provided sheet.
 * @http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/outlines/government-1991/the-legislative-branch-the-reach-of-congress/powers-of-the-house-and-senate.php ||  ||
 * @http://www.sparknotes.com/us-government-and-politics/american-government/congress/section2.rhtml ||  ||

=Civic Term Paper - Fall 2015=



[|ASHS Library Catalog] -

[|ABC CLIO - Issues: Understanding Controversy and Society]

[|Gale Database - Opposing Viewpoints in Context]

[|Noodletools]

Thesis Generators
Students enter their paper topic and their opinion along with supporting reason or evidence and these sites will generate sample thesis statements. Students should revise as necessary and be sure to check for spelling and grammar.

[|Thesis Statement Development] Student enter topic and opinion along with supporting assertions. Site provides multiple thesis statement examples along with ideas for body and concluding paragraphs. [|Thesis Creator] [|Thesis Generator] (Jim Burke) STHS Thesis Generator [|Thesis Builders] (Ozline) Choose Persuasive Thesis Builder History Question Generator Question Brainstormer

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=Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint=

ABC CLIO - Perspective on Judicial Branch - Legislating From the Bench

__ [|ABC CLIO -Federal Courts - Judicial Review] __ = = **Cabinet Scavenger Hunt**

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[|http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/executive-branch/#cabinet]

Death Penalty Web Activity [] []

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C. Civil Liberty Cases Through History:[|http][|://][|www][|.][|oyez][|.][|org][|/][|cases] or Wikipedia =====

**Supreme Court Case Web Quest** [] = = Title IX weblinks **Text of Title IX** @http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleix.htm **Upfront Article “Gender Games”** [] **Article on ESPN celebrating the 40th anniversary of Title IX** [] **Women’s Sports Foundation on Title IX** [] **Supreme Court cases related** [] **Faces of Title IX** [] **key events timeline** [] **New York Times article on colleges undermining Title IX** [] **ACLU website about recent issues of Title IX** [] **Title IX blog and resources** []

Web Sites

 * [|ABC CLIO American History Timeline- A Nation Being Redefined, 1975-Present]**

HistoryWorld Enter year event to retrieve timeline, then click on icons for information or images
 * A PARTICULAR TIME PERIOD (decade, century, era) . . .**

The Supreme Court Development Timeline - PBS.org
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[|http://www.oyez.org/cases/2012](Search cases by year) The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent College of Law is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955.
 * The Oyez Project**

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 * C-SPAN The U.S. Supreme Court Interactive Timeline**

[] Compilation of hundreds of teaching activities and methods, case summaries, mock trials, and articles—many of which are free—and organized them by topic, audience, and type. Use the filters on the left side of the page to find what you need. Most of the resources are intended for middle and high school students. Using the left Filter menu, under Type, select Case Summary
 * Streetlaw.org**

**Search Supreme Court Cases 1990s (I liked the PBS links)**
1990 Timeline- SEARCH - Supreme Court in the 1990s or Supreme Court cases 1995 []

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 * America's Best History**

@http://www.infoplease.com/ (Wikipedia) [|Landmark Decisions in the US] ACLU --- Landmark Supreme Court Cases **Databases:**
 * InformationPlease - Search Supreme Court cases**
 * **ABC-CLIO** [|American History] Top menu bar, select Advanced Search, under Categories select Timelines, use your search term, for example "U.S. Supreme Court" or "George W. Bush"


 * **ABC-CLIO** [|eBook Collection] Click on U on the browse bar, and select [|U.S. Presidents and Foreign Policy: From 1789 to the Present]


 * Use Student Resources in Context From the top menu bar, select Browse Topics. Select the decade for which you need events, for example 1990s or 2000s. Use the search within these results filter.


 * Use Student Resources in Context - Advanced Search - Supreme Court Cases Choose Publication Date January 1, 1992 and January 31, 1992 (or today's date)

The best results will yield when you put the titles of the Supreme Court Cases in- such as Stenberg v. Carhart, United States v. Dixon, Nixon V. United States, Gonzales v. Carhart, Lopez v. Gonzalez, Ornoski v. Belmontes, Board of Education v. Earis, Gutier v. Bollinger, Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association, United States v. Virginia, Sante Fe Independent School District v. Jane Doe, Salford Unified School District v. April Redding
 * Use US History in Context

Search -President names, such as **Bill Clinton, George W. Bush** or **Barack Obama** Search **legislation** and the President's name
 * Other search strategies (Presidential actions/decisions/events)**
 * Use **Abc-Clio MultiProduct Page**-
 * Use **Student Resources in Context**
 * Use **US History in Context** -Search President names
 * Use **Biography in Context** -Search President names

Search **Bill Clinton**, choose Decade (1990s), **date range** January 1, 1992 January 31, 1999 or click on **Topics** tab
 * Use **Big Chalk** **elibrary -** Use **President names,** **such as Bill Clinton, George W. Bush or Barack Obama**
 * Use **Big Chalk -Proquest Historical Newspapers Graphical -**

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Supreme Court Web Quest
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There Ought To Be a Law
Ideas

Websites

Memo

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Additional Thesis Resources
Thesis

=Ms. England Presidential Timeline Project - Fall 2013=

Websites:
media type="custom" key="8485626" [] @http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/default.cfm
 * America's Best History **
 * ehistoryarchive **

@http://www.infoplease.com/
 * InformationPlease **

[]George W. Bush
 * History.com**

http://www.ipl.org
 * Internet Public Library- search for Presidents**

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 * MillerCenter- Bush also look on RIGHT side at Key Events, Domestic Affairs, Foreign Affairs**

=Modern Day Africa Group Project:=

2010 [|Africa Public Service Announcements]
=Each African conflict has database links that provide information= =for your research and search terms that have yielded results below:=

=[|Library Catalog]= has **websites** as well as books media type="custom" key="8485626"

Child Soldiers
=World Civ Research Paper= =Topics= =Thesis Statements -- Resources=


 * Generating a Thesis Statement - PowerPoint - World Civilization**


 * Ms. Freeland's Handout - Thesis Statements**


 * Sample Types of Thesis Statements**


 * Developing a Thesis Statement**

[|Generating a Thesis Statement - Purdue University]

=Ms. Freeland Timeline Project - Fall 2010=

=2009-2010 Modern Africa Public Service Announcements:= Assignment Specifications:

[|Glogster]