Due Process and Civil Rights
The Due Process clause in Amendment 5 and 14 play a significant role in our history. Civil Rights were regularly denied for 100 years based on the idea that it’s unlawful to “…deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law…”
And yet, we built the idea of oppression into our society — our word and our world did not match.
Watch this video on how people were denied rights because of “due process.” Take notes.
Amendments 11-27
Watch this video with your pocket Constitution and jot down notes in the margins (annotate)
Amendments 11-27 from Heidi Wilbrandt on Vimeo.
Bill of Rights Video
Watch the video on the Bill of Right and be sure to take notes.
Bill of Rights from Heidi Wilbrandt on Vimeo.
First Amendment video
How are we allowed to express ourselves in a way that we are not endangering the common good? Watch the video below (or HERE) and take notes to find out what the first amendment is all about.
Article II video
Watch the video on the Executive Branch, detailing the information found in Article II.