Lesson 6: Civil Liberties/Civil Rights Assessment
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Demonstrate knowledge of civil liberties and civil rights by identifying key constitutional provisions, amendments, and landmark Supreme Court cases.
Explain the distinction between civil liberties and civil rights, including how each is protected under the Constitution.
Analyze how the federal government and courts enforce or limit these rights, using historical and contemporary examples.
Apply AP Government vocabulary and concepts (e.g., judicial review, incorporation, equal protection, due process) to multiple-choice, short-answer, or FRQ questions.
Synthesize case law and legislation to evaluate the effectiveness of protections for individual rights and equal treatment under the law.
Demonstrate mastery of content through accurate completion of an assessment measuring recall, comprehension, and application skills.
How does the Constitution protect our freedoms and make sure everyone is treated fairly, and what role do courts and laws play in that?
CG.Civ.5.b. Evaluate the effectiveness of strategies used by an individual, group or institution in
addressing a social problem at the local, state, tribal, national, and/or international level
(e.g., social protest movements, get-out-the-vote campaigns, conscious consumerism).
CG.Civ.13.a. Evaluate how a regulation or law can create or eliminate systemic inequalities involving
race, gender and sexuality, ability, socio-economic status, belief systems, or access to
resources (e.g., gerrymandering, 14th Amendment, Plessy v. Ferguson, poll taxes, Sheff v.
O’Neill, Voting Rights Act of 1965, Rehabilitation Act).
DOK Level 4 – Extended Thinking
Evaluate trends in civil liberties and civil rights protections over time
Synthesize multiple cases and laws to construct an evidence-based argument
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assessment
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1i1iXxkZE7aa-bsgXax-JvqvsIVNaYrdfjYjQf2tvwwY/edit?tab=t.0