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This is a children's folklore book that was written by Jerrie Oughton and illustrated by Lisa Desimini. The book is about a young Navajo First Woman who is trying to write the laws for the tribe. She ends up making them in the sky where the stars are able to hold them. It retells the Navajo legend through a poetic story and illustrations. This book could be useful for Civil Liberties when looking at various cultures and beliefs in History such as the Native Americans.

Could also be used to teach:
- Native American Culture
- Women's rights
-  Native American Civil Rights Acts or injustices

Oughton, J., & Desimini, L. (1996).How the stars fell into the sky: a Navajo legend. Abingdon: Houghton Mifflin.

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The FBI and Martin Luther King Jr: Solo to Memphis

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The FBI and Martin Luther King Jr: Solo to Memphis

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This is an adult novel that was written by David Garrow. The book talks about the various ways that the FBI gathered information on Martin Luther King Jr. It highlights how his information and privacy was invaded unlawfully during his activist movement for civil rights.

Could also be used to teach:
- Social Sciences
- Civil Rights movement
- Civil Liberty of privacy

Curtis Gentry, J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets. New York:
Norton, 1991.

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An adult novel that would be most appropriate for AP classes or 11-12th graders. This novel talks about different cases of activists who have taken their cases all the way up to the Supreme Court. Touches on various subjects as well as highlights the rules or setting for the Judicial Branch of Government.

Could also be used for teaching:
- Supreme Court/Judicial Branch
- Activism
- Current issues

Peter Irons, The Courage of their Convictions. New York: The Free Press,
1988.

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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes her Mark

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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes her Mark

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A children's biography about Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her life rising into power. The Supreme Court Judge was born in 1933 and was raised in a very male-dominated world. This book could be useful for showing the various civil liberties that tested Ruth for her strength such as Women's Suffrage Movement and the right to free speech.

Could also be used for teaching:
-Current issues
-Women's rights/equality
-19th Amendment

Levy, D., & Baddeley, E. (2016).I dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes her mark. New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

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This is a website where students can explore current and historical Civil Liberties and Civil Rights issues and events. This website offers many different topics for students to explore, from free speech to LGBT to privacy rights. This website offers informative texts regarding civil liberties and rights such as blogs, articles, and videos.

Could also be used for teaching:
-Activism
-Current issues
-Civil Rights Movement

American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved April 05, 2017, from https://www.aclu.org/

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Since our nation's founding, discriminatory policies and laws have created an unequal system in which Black communities have had their civil rights and liberties denied and have been systemically locked out of opportunities in education, housing, employment, and more.

Through our Systemic Equality agenda, we will use nationwide litigation, advocacy, and public education to advance laws and policies rooted in racial equity and end discriminatory policies, laws, and practices that have an outsized impact on Black communities.

Help us in our fight to ensure all people have equal access to housing, voting rights, education, and more by learning more, pledging your support, or donating. When we have full and equal access to education, jobs, housing, voting rights and more, better futures are possible.

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The ACLU dares to create a more perfect union - beyond one person, party, or side. Our mission is to realize this promise of the United States Constitution for all and expand the reach of its guarantees.

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An informative article from Newsela which addresses questions about Civil Liberties that students might have. Derived from Newela.com, it can be modified to fit different reading lexiles.

Could also be used for teaching:
-Civil Rights Movement
-Cultures around the world
-Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Human rights: Questions and answers. Retrieved April 04, 2017, from https://newsela.com/articles/lib-human-rights/id/27595/

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Newsela | Human rights: Questions and answers

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Human rights are basic rights and freedoms that are inherent to all people, regardless of race, sex, religion, political opinion or any other status.

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Origins of Civil Liberties in the United States: History & Timeline

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Origins of Civil Liberties in the United States: History & Timeline

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A video that clearly represents and summarizes Civil Liberties throughout History in the United States. This video could be a helpful visual representation or study aide for students to look at Civil Liberties through a timeline.

Could be used as:
-Study tool for Civil Liberties
-Timeline visual
-U.S. History

Williams, J. Origins of Civil Liberties in the United States: History & Timeline - Video & Lesson Transcript. Retrieved April 04, 2017, from http://study.com/academy/lesson/origins-of-civil-liberties-in-the-united-states-history-timeline.html

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The Origin of Civil Liberties

Civil liberties are defined as rights guaranteed to the people by the United States Constitution and by court-made law or legislation. These liberties allow us to speak out freely against our government, express our opinions, organize protests and worship in whatever way we choose. It was important to the early settlers that we have these liberties in order to be protected from unnecessary government intrusion. These liberties are included in the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution, and include the right to privacy, the freedom of speech and the right to bear arms.

History

In the late 1600s, England established something similar to our Bill of Rights. This included many of the civil liberties that we enjoy today - including the right of free speech and a form of the right to bear arms. When the British settlers came to the United States and established the 13 original colonies, they brought with them British thinking and rule.

In the mid-1700s during our declaration of independence from Britain, it was argued that one of the most important roles of government was to protect our personal rights. When the United States Constitution was written, many of our modern civil liberties were incorporated into the Bill of Rights.

However, the United States Supreme Court did not yet have power to declare laws or legislation unconstitutional; therefore, the Bill of Rights was merely a statement of beliefs that had no legal backing.

During the early 1800s, Marbury v. Madison gave power to the United States Supreme Court to strike down legislation that is found to be unconstitutional. This gave great protection to our civil liberties that are included within the Bill of Rights because there was an entity to protect them.

In the later 1800s, the Fourteenth Amendment, which incorporated our civil liberties found in the Bill of Rights to the states, was ratified. What this meant was that the individual states could not create laws that were against the Bill of Rights and conversely extended the protections included within the Bill of Rights to the citizens from the states. This was not challenged and confirmed until 1925 when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the states are definitively bound by the Bill of Rights via the Fourteenth Amendment.

Our civil liberties continued to be tested, interpreted and extended to this day. In 1965 in Griswold v. Connecticut, the Supreme Court ruled that several amendments to the Bill of Rights imply a right to privacy. This landmark ruling paved the way for future civil liberty cases, such as those on abortion and same-sex marriage, that are being challenged in the Supreme Court to this day.

Right to Privacy

The freedom of privacy is a civil liberty guaranteed to us by the Ninth Amendment to the Constitution, which essentially states that if a right is not expressly stated in the Bill of Rights, that it doesn't mean it is not guaranteed to us. This civil liberty guarantees the right of a man and woman to marry and divorce. It guarantees that parents may discipline their child (within reason) how they choose and determine who may have contact with their child. The freedom of privacy civil liberty is also the civil liberty that guarantees the right of a woman to terminate her pregnancy during an appropriate time frame and the right of a fetus to life after a certain length of time.

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Origins of Civil Liberties in the United States: History & Timeline - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com

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Civil liberties are defined as rights guaranteed to the people by the United States Constitution and by court-made law or legislation. These liberties allow us to speak out freely against our government, express our opinions, organize protests and worship in whatever way we choose.

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An audiobook from the autobiography of Charles Ball, who was an African-American slave in the late 1700s. This text could be valuable for having students examine violated civil liberties from the slave era in American History.

Could also be used for teaching:
- Autobiographies
- Slave Trade
- 13th Amendment

T. (2014, October 15). Fifty Years in Chains, True Story of Slavery, Audiobook, by Charles Ball. Retrieved April 04, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvnVyo5qmR8

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Free Audio Books for Intellectual Exercise

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Fifty Years in Chains, True Story of Slavery, Audiobook, by Charles Ball

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This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work.

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Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference

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Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference

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A non-fiction novel by Joanne Oppenheim that retells the stories of Japanese-Americans  during WWII and their time spent in American internment camps. This text could be useful for students by looking at civil liberties that were violated during this period in History.

Could also be used for teaching:
- Concentration Camps
-Immigration/Citizenship
-Cultures around the world

Oppenheim, J. (2006).Dear Miss Breed: true stories of the Japanese American incarceration during World War II and a librarian who made a difference. New York: Scholastic Nonfiction.

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Civil Rights & Liberties Crash Course Video

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Civil Rights & Liberties Crash Course Video

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This video defines the difference between Civil Rights and Civil Liberties which can be helpful in understanding the subject and the role of the government.

Could also be used for teaching:
-Bill of Rights and Amendments
-Civil Rights movements
-Current Issues

C. (2015, July 17). Civil Rights & Liberties: Crash Course Government #23. Retrieved April 04, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbwsF-A2sTg

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Civil Rights & Liberties: Crash Course Government & Politics #23