Social Studies
Camp Constitution - Articles, Amendments, and US Constitutional Law
A 4-day interactive camp on US Constitutional law and history.
Nelson Vargas, J.D. Professor
344 total reviews for this teacher
7 reviews for this class
Completed by 33 learners
7-12
year old learners
2nd-5th
US Grade Level
3-5
learners per class
$95
Charged upfront
$24 per class
Meets 4x per week
Over 1 week
55 minutes per class
Available times
Pacific
Description
Class Experience
How does the US Constitution apply to you in your daily life - take this class to find out. In this 4-Part Social Studies, Civics, Law course we look at each part of the United States Constitution and how it has been applied. The first part of the course discusses the first 10 amendments of the US Constitution or the Bill of Rights. The second half discusses the rights provided by the Constitutional Amendments. The class looks at specific examples of actual cases and how the amendments...
Students will learn how the Amendments have been applied in the real world.
3 hours 40 minutes per week in class, and maybe some time outside of class.
US Constitution US Bill of Rights Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Haudenosaunee Guide for Educators, <https://americanindian.si.edu/sites/1/files/pdf/education/HaudenosauneeGuide.pdf> (last viewed October 30, 2020) Public Broadcasting Service, Haudenosaunee Culture; The Great Law as a Model for US Democracy, <https://www-tc.pbs.org/warrior/content/modules/great.pdf> (Last viewed October 27, 2020) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Albert H. Smyth, and Albert Henry Smyth. The Writings of Benjamin Franklin. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1907. Hamilton, Alexander. Federalist No. 68. The Federalist. Ed. George W. Carey and James McClellan. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 2001. 351–52. Carey, George, and James McClellan, eds.The Federalist. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund, 2001. Supreme Court decisions Dredd Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. 393, 15 L. Ed. 691 (1856) Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 16 S. Ct. 1138, 41 L. Ed. 256 (1896) Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 74 S. Ct. 686, 98 L. Ed. 873 (1954) Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1, 87 S. Ct. 1817, 18 L. Ed. 2d 1010 (1967) Tinker v. DesMoines Independent School District, 393 U.S. 503, 89 S. Ct. 733, 21 L. Ed. 2d 731 (1969) N.Y. Times v. United States, 403 U.S. 713, 91 S. Ct. 2140, 29 L. Ed. 2d 822 (1971) United States v. Alvarez, 567 U.S. 709, 132 S. Ct. 2537, 183 L. Ed. 2d 574 (2012)
Teacher
Nelson Vargas, J.D. ProfessorLaw, social studies, history, and civics teacher
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Lives in the
United States344 total reviews
508 completed classes
About Me
I am a judge, former federal prosecutor, policy counsel, and college and law school professor. My bachelor's degree is from the State University of New York at Albany in Political Science and History, with a minor in Economics. I also earned a...
