Inviting students to examine upcoming Supreme Court cases that consider a citizen’s right to own private property can springboard into an engaging lesson on the Fifth Amendment and the rule of law.  

Examining photographs of women participating in elections around the world can help students make important connections to the Nineteenth Amendment and prompt a fascinating comparative study of women’s voting rights worldwide.

A close look at the struggle to pass the 13th Amendment will ignite a stimulating classroom debate on the legacies of slavery that persist today.

An examination of three recent Supreme Court cases and two that are upcoming can generate stimulating classroom debate on issues ranging from Native American interests to Fourth Amendment rights.

The main focus of this issue is a special section on the Centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment that examines its limitations as well as its accomplishments. Outside the special section, the issue offers a rich set of articles on the topics of election security, the organization of online inquiries, the use of engaging primary sources, and the need for greater advocacy of the importance of social studies.

The 100th anniversary year of the Nineteenth Amendment offers an important opportunity to deepen student understanding of the women’s suffrage movement.

The featured documents related to the Equal Rights Amendment can launch an engaging lesson on the significance of the ERA and on how constitutional amendments are ratified.

Learning the stories of Ida B. Wells-Barnett and Stacey Abrams can deepen students’ understanding of the long and ongoing struggle for voting rights in the United States.

These highlighted defamation and libel cases offer provocative entry points into classroom discussions on free speech, the free press, and the First Amendment.   

Teaching about Title IX presents rich opportunities to involve students in inquiry-based learning that examines the legacy of this groundbreaking legislation.