Key Words and Phrases

Check these Constitutional Web Sites for topics, keywords and phrases.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.table.html

http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/cases/topic.htm

http://www.usconstitution.net/consttop.html

Issues and Controversies database on the Columbia River Media Center web page.

Online Databases

Check the following databases on the media center web page:  

ProQuest -       Magazines and Periodicals

EBSCO -         Magazines and Periodicals

Grolier Online -            Multimedia Online Encyclopedia

Issues and Contoversies – Online Database

eLibrary. – A multi-resource online database.

Type in “Constitutional issues” or keywords and phrases from web site above.

The Fort Vancouver Regional Library has an Opposing Viewpoints database with pro and con articles on many constitutional issues.  To access this database click on the FVR Library icon on the media center web page, or type in the URL www.FVRL.org.  When you are on the FVRL page, click on Research Databases in the upper left hand corner, scroll down to Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center.  You will need a FVR Library Card to access the data.

Background Resources

Multnomah county library                      http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html

Exploring Constitutional Law                 http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/home.html

Library of Congress                              http://thomas.loc.gov/

The Constitution                                   http://members.aol.com/IpsoFacto3/constit.html

National Constitutional Center   http://www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/Welcome/index.shtml

Primary Sources                                   http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true&

Annotated Constitution - http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/

This Nation.com                                   http://www.thisnation.com/library/index.html

Supreme Court Issues

Landmarkcases.org –               www.landmarkcases.org

FindLaw.com – Supreme Court Decisions – www.findlaw.com/casecode/supreme.html

U.S. Supreme Court –              www.supremecourtus.gov

Oyez –                                     www.oyez.org

Bill Of Rights Institute            http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/instructional/resources/Lessons/Lessons_List.asp?action=showCatDetails&id=7

Bill of Rights

Bill Of Rights , an Overview      http://www.myecoach.com/online/webresourcelist.php?rlid=1477

Bill of Right – Check Grolier Online Multimedia Database for all amendments on the Media Center Web Page

First Amendment Links

American Library Association -              http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/firstamendment/firstamendment.htm

Constitutional Conflicts -                       http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/evolution.htm

Famous Trials -                                    http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htm

First Amendment Center -                     http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/

First Amendment Handbook -  http://www.rcfp.org/handbook/index.html

Pledge or Allengience -                          http://www.undergodprocon.org/

Second Amendment Links

Pro-gun control -                                   http://www.handguncontrol.org/

Anti-gun Control-                                 http://www.ccrkba.org/

Right to Bear Arms -                            http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/beararms.htm

Gun Site (anti-gun control; be aware of bias in some article) - http://www.guncite.com/

National Rifle Assoc. (anti-gun control) - http://www.guncite.com/

Second Amendment Assoc. (pro-gun ownership) - http://www.saf.org/default.asp?p=mission

Amendments 3-17

National Archive - http://www.archives.gov/index.html

Electoral College - http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/index.html

Life After the 13^th Amendment (University of Rochester) - http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/part5.html

The US Constitution Due Process, The 14th Amendment - www.usconstitution.net/consttop_duep.html

Amendments 18-27

Constitutional Issues: Watergate and the Constitution - http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/watergate-constitution/#   Study whether President Nixon violated the Constitution in the Watergate affair. Use primary source material

History of the Prohibition Act of 1920 - http://id.essortment.com/historyprohibit_pmh.htm

History of the Prohibition Act of 1920 - http://id.essortment.com/historyprohibit_pmh.htm

Living the Legacy: The Woman’s Rights Movement 1848-1998 - http://www.legacy98.org/move-hist.html#Victory