Category: bill of rights

• Political Philosophy BEFORE the Revolution

  

  In reading text books over the years, I’ve noticed that many mention that the colonists sought the “British rights” to which they were entitled as a cause of the American Revolution. Among other things, taxation without representation angered them and they were incensed by the Crown denying them trial by jury. However, in these same…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  December 10, 2019

  american revolution, bill of rights, constitution, constitutional rights, declaration of independence, political philosophy

  american revolution, causes of american revolution, english civil war, glorious revolution, locke, magna carta, political philosophy, social contract

• Propaganda, Racism, & Japanese Internment

  

  Recently I was speaking to a former student about her US II History class at her new school.  She told me about her year and about the topics she and her classmates covered in class but then mentioned that she was upset about a recent reading.  She had read about Japanese internment during World War…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  May 5, 2018

  bill of rights, constitutional rights, Japanese Internment, lesson plan, propaganda, race, world war II

• Know Your Rights!

  

  Image Credit: https://teachinghistoryherway.com//wp-content/uploads/2017/02/bor-20graph34.jpg Studying the U.S. Constitution is one my favorite parts of the curriculum I teach.  There are so many ways to make the Constitution relevant to students and several ways to “do” the Constitution in class.  What I find to be the most important part of my job is to make our Constitution come…

  CherylAnne Amendola

  February 2, 2017

  bill of rights, constitution