National Constitution Day Teaching Modules

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

Part of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, a grant-based program at American University Washington College of Law, which began operating seventeen years ago with the blessings of the widows of the late Justices Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan. The project trains talented upper-level law students to teach public high school students about their constitutional rights and responsibilities.

View all teaching modules by visiting http://bandofrights.org/

Publication Title

Band of Rights

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This web site is a production of the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project, a grant-based program at American University Washington College of Law, which began operating seventeen years ago with the blessings of the widows of the late Justices Thurgood Marshall and William Brennan. The project trains talented upper-level law students to teach public high school students about their constitutional rights and responsibilities. The Marshall-Brennan Fellows teach from two textbooks: We the Students and Youth Justice in America.

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