Constitutional Seminar
The Supreme Court, the First Amendment, and Belief
April 17, 2012
Looking for resources to help engage your students with the First Amendment, landmark Supreme Court cases, and freedom of religion in their lives? Join the Bill of Rights Institute for a free one-day professional development seminar which will provide you with resources to bring the First Amendment alive.
This seminar is for U.S. History, Government, Civics and other Social Studies teachers and will help meet numerous Colorado state standards. The program will be held in Boulder, CO, and will be located at University of Colorado at Boulder’s main campus, at the University Memorial Center, Boulder, CO.
The seminar begins at 7:30 A.M. with registration and breakfast, and concludes at 2:30 P.M. Complimentary breakfast and lunch are provided.
Register today – space is limited!
Program Details:
- Program Location: his program will be held at the University of Colorado’s University Memorial Center. The seminar will be located in the Aspen Rooms, on the 2nd floor. The address to the University Memorial Center is: 1669 Euclid Ave, Boulder, CO 80309
- Parking: Available free of charge to seminar attendees in the Euclid Auto Park across from the UMC. Also see the UMC Visitor Parking Map* Participants will receive a parking voucher at the conclusion or the program which they must return along with their parking ticket to the attendant when exiting the garage.
- Directions: General driving directions to the main campus are Available here.
A map of the area and customized directions are available here. *Please note: all participants should turn onto 18th street to approach the UMC, per the linked directions to avoid the major construction taking place at the main intersection.
- Breakfast and Registration begin at 7:30am, with the program sessions starting promptly at 8:00am. A complete agenda for the day is available here.
These lessons will help you address the following elements of the Colorado State Standards:
Grade 8
1.5.2. Benchmark / Objective: Identifying and applying to contemporary situations the fundamental principles of representative government of the United States (for example, rule by consent of the people, representative democracy, rule of law, the importance of citizen participation, limited government, balancing individual and social needs, majority rule and minority rights).
4.3.3. Benchmark / Objective: Identifying and evaluating situations involving conflict between rights and proposing solutions to the conflict within the scope and limits of those rights
4.3.4. Benchmark / Objective: Using historical and legal sources of personal and political rights to defend the exercise of rights of citizens in a given situation (for example, Declaration of Independence, Constitution, Bill of Rights, court decisions).
High School
1.5.1. Benchmark / Objective: Developing and defending positions on issues in which traditional principles of representative government are in conflict, using historical and contemporary examples (for example, conflicts between liberty and equality, between individual rights and the common good)
4.3. Strand / Benchmark: Students know how citizens can exercise their rights.
This seminar is made possible thanks to the generous support of the Daniels Fund and our national sponsor, the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom.
For questions, please contact Marianne Scott at: events@BillofRightsInstitute.org or at 703-894-1776, ext. 20