The 1st Amendment, which guarantees the right to peaceably assemble and petition the government, protects the rights of interest groups to lobby government (US Constitution 2021).

Can a president be forced to step aside if a mental or physical health crisis makes him unable to do his job? (USA 2020)

Equal rights activist Alice Paul first introduced the ERA in 1923 to expand the rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution to both genders (USA: Alice Paul Institute 2021).  

This New York Times lesson plan encourages students to examine their own assumptions about what freedom of speech really means, as well as to deepen their understanding of the current accepted interpretation of speech rights under the First Amendment. (2018)

This lesson plan encourages students to examine their own assumptions about what freedom of speech really means, as well as to deepen their understanding of the current accepted interpretation of speech rights under the First Amendment (New York Times 2019). 

The Amendments Project (TAP) is a searchable archive of the full text of nearly every amendment to the U.S. Constitution proposed in Congress since 1789 (USA 2023).

Comprehensive, easily searchable, fully-indexed, and freely accessible digital library of historical sources related to the creation, ratification, and amendment of the United States Constitution (USA 2016-21)

In this lesson students simulate a U.S. Supreme Court hearing on a First amendment case about a Texas school district delivering prayers over the intercom (Annenberg Learner, USA 2014).

The Newseum is a museum dedicated to all things journalism. It offers lesson plans in three main areas: Headlines of History, Journalism and the First Amendment (2013-18).

The organization advocates electoral reform in the United States as ranked choice voting (RCV), single-winner elections, a national popular vote for president, a right to vote amendment to the Constitution, and universal voter registration (USA 2018).