Background Resources
These resources include books, videotapes, websites, pamphlets, and brochures that will aid you in preparing and/or presenting your lessons and speeches on various topics. (Some topics may include a listing of key Supreme Court decisions.) The links below are the overarching themes of the resources we highlight. More information is available in our Speech Ideas/Talking Points section.
- Constitutional Issues (Literature/Film)
- Due Process
- Diversity and the Law (Films)
- Equality/Equal Protection
- Free Speech, Petition, Assembly
- Freedom of Religion
- Freedom of the Press
- How the Law Protects Freedom
- Independence of the Judiciary
- Right to Counsel & Legal Services for the Poor
- Trial by Jury
These resources are culled from some of our other web features, and may include lessons and teaching activities. Also see Students in Action.
- Brown and Its Impact on Schools and American Life
- Civil Liberties (Drug Testing in Schools)
- Civil Rights (Korematsu)
- FAQs and Web Resources on the Impeachment Process
- First Amendment and the V-chip
- Freedom to Assemble and Associate
- Immigration and Law
- Judicial Review (Marbury v. Madison)
- Law and Religion
- Law, Diversity, and the Vote
- Political Asylum
- Privacy Issues
- Same-Sex Marriage and the Law
- Television, the FCC, and Regulation
- Update on the Internet and the First Amendment



