Bill of Rights for Real Life
Updated March 15, 2026
9 items
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Personal Liberty
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13 Min
These lessons investigate the Due Process Clause and Incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states as provided by the 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment.
13 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Citizen Juries
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8 Min
This unit deals with the civic duty of serving as a juror, with particular reference to the Sixth Amendment. The lessons also explore the history and concept of jury nullification, and the contemporary process of jury selection.
8 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Incorporation
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10 Min
These lessons investigate the Due Process Clause and Incorporation of the Bill of Rights against the states as provided by the 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment.
10 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Federalism
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10 Min
This unit explores the powers reserved to the states as provided by the Tenth Amendment.
10 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Guns
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8 Min
These lessons probe the origins of the Second Amendment and the right to bear arms. The unit explores the concept of militia, relevant Supreme Court decisions, and the current debate over gun regulation.
8 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Private Property
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8 Min
This unit spotlights safeguards of private property and the role it plays in a free society.
8 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Criminal Procedure
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7 Min
These lessons cover search and seizure, rights of the accused, due process of law, and protection from cruel and unusual punishment guaranteed in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth Amendments.
7 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Expression
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20 Min
This unit contains three lessons, which focus on First Amendment protections of free speech, free press, free assembly, and petition of government.
20 Min
Bill of Rights For Real Life: Religion
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10 Min
This unit explores both the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause and Free Exercise Clause, including in-depth studies of the Founders’ understanding of both. The unit explores the Lemon and endorsement tests as well as the relationship between the government and religious institutions. In addition, the unit investigates instances in which “free exercise” and “establishment” might conflict.
10 Min