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Jewish American Heritage Month

403 minutes

18 Items

Religious Liberty: An American Experiment

Curriculum

8 Lessons

Is religious liberty important today? | Mark Rienzi & Montse Alvarado | Constitutional Conversations

Video

2 Min

A life protecting religious liberty | Montse Alvarado & Mark Rienzi | Constitutional Conversations

Video

3 Min

What is religious liberty like around the world? | Montse Alvarado | Constitutional Conversations

Video

3 Min

Conscience is the Most Sacred Property: James Madison, Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Justice

Lesson

1 Activities

45 Min

From Toleration to Liberty: George Washington and the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island

Lesson

5 Activities

100 Min

The Rights of the Colonists

Primary Source

3354 Words

Memorial and Remonstrance (1785)

Primary Source

2782 Words

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Essay

2869 Words

Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1786)

Primary Source

800 Words

The Bill of Rights and Religion

Unit

2 Lessons

The Establishment Clause — How Separate Are Church and State?

Lesson

3 Activities

60 Min

What Is the Significance of the Free Exercise Clause?

Lesson

4 Activities

55 Min

Handout E: Washington’s Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island (1790)

Activity

Chapter 12 Introductory Essay: 1932-1945

Essay

9612 Words

Images from the Congressional Committee Investigating Nazi Atrocities, 1945

Activity

40 Min

Religious Liberty: The American Experiment

E Lesson

20 Min

Hollywood: The Origins, the Image, & the Legacy

Podcast