Savage Library

We the People

Please use the Destiny Discover feature on your Chromebook to conduct research for your "We the People" Hearing.

Please remember to submit your digital ticket out the door before you leave the library today.

Below are some of the topics studied for the "We the People" hearings with links to resources students found and shared using Destiny Discover in the Saville Library Learning Commons.

Purpose of Government

https://bensguide.gpo.gov/

http://mrnussbaum.com/government/

John Locke (best link submitted on this topic)
http://www.nlnrac.org/earlymodern/locke

http://www.johnlocke.org/about-john-locke/who-is-john-locke/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke/

https://www.iep.utm.edu/locke/

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/

Human Rights
http://www.humanrights.com/what-are-human-rights/brief-history/declaration-of-independence.html

Free Speech

Court Cases - Freedom of Speech
http://www.pbs.org/now/classroom/courtcases.html

First Amendment
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/firstamendment/firstamendmenthome.htm

First Amendment
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/firstaminto.htm

Freedom of Speech
https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-free-speech

http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/educational-resources/about-educational-outreach/activity-resources/what-does

https://www.csce.gov/issue/freedom-speech-and-expression

Natural Rights
http://www.crf-usa.org/foundations-of-our-constitution/natural-rights.html

https://www.mtsu.edu/first-amendment/article/822/natural-rights

Freedom of Religion

https://share.america.gov/why-religious-freedom-matters-to-americans/

https://www.rutherford.org/constitutional_corner/amendment_i_freedom_of_religion_speech_press_and_assembly

https://www.aclu.org/issues/religious-liberty?redirect=religion-belief

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/americas-true-history-of-religious-tolerance-61312684/

http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_religions6.html

https://www.aclu.org/issues/religious-liberty?redirect=religion-belief

Right to Due Process

http://www.ushistory.org/gov/10c.asp

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/due_process

http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/Main-Menu/Public-education/The-law-and-its-influence-on-public-school-districts-An-overview/Search-and-seizure-due-process-and-public-schools.htm l

http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/society/fourteenth-amendment-section-1.html

http://www.fff.org/explore-freedom/article/bill-rights-due-process-law/

Participating in Politics

http://ourwhitehouse.org/getting-the-votes-and-getting-elected-the-popular-vote-vs-the-electoral-college/

Street Law (40 years of educating on law, democracy, and human rights)
https://www.streetlaw.org/

Law
https://www.oyez.org/

Freedom of Religion/Speech/Press/Assembly

https://www.rutherford.org/constitutional_corner/amendment_i_freedom_of_religion_speech_press_and_assembly

Bill of Rights

http://billofrightsinstitute.org

http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/headlines/freedom-of-religion/
http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-3-minute-guide-to-the-bill-of-rights-belinda-stutzman
http://www.ushistory.org/gov/2d.asp

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0769450.html
Good Reads
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes

US Court Cases
http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources.aspx

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/index.html

New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/

USA Today
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/