Civics 101

Founding Documents: Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights is the first ten amendments to our Constitution. Why do we have one? What does it 'do'? And what does it really, really do?
Our guests are <a href="http://lindamonk.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linda Monk</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/AlvinBTilleryJr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alvin Tillery</a>, <a href="https://davidostewart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David O. Stewart</a>, <a href="https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/artsandsciences/our-people/faculty-staff/holton_woody.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Woody Holton</a>, <a href="https://billofrightsinstitute.org/about-us/team/institute-team/david-bobb-president/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Bobb</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/chucktaft?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chuck Taft</a>. Visit our website, <a href="https://www.civics101podcast.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">civics101podcast.org</a>, where you can get Chuck's wonderful Bill of Rights SURVIVOR lesson plan, along with our favorite Bill of Rights resources.
Each Amendment could be (and has been) its own episode. Except maybe the Third Amendment. So if you don't know them by heart, take two minutes to watch <a href="https://youtu.be/MrP5GD7pbJo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this video</a>.

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