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General Key Words

Teen or Youth Rights
Teen or Youth Civil Liberties
Teen or Youth Civil Rights

Automobile Cell Phone Laws

Cell phones AND Traffic Accidents
Teens AND cell phones AND driving
Dangers of Cell phones AND driving
Automobiles AND cell phones

Curfew

Teen Curfew
Teen Driving Curfews
Dating AND Teen Curfews
Youth Crime Policy
Youth Violence

Lower Voting Age

Right to Vote
Voting Rights
Youth Voting
Youth suffrage
Young Adult Voters
Voting Age

Graduated Driver's License

Driving Age
Driving Privileges
Drivers Permit

School Dress Code

Dress Codes
School Uniforms
School Dress Codes
 

Libraries and General Reference:

About.com
Encarta Encyclopedia

E-Library
Librarian's Index to the Internet enter your topic into the basic search box
NetTrekker Click on "Sociology" under Social Studies and then "Social Issues", and/or scroll down to "Current Events" and click on "News by Topic".
Proquest for magazine and newspaper articles
Social Issues from the Multnomah County Library
Opposing Viewpoints can be found on the Spokane County Library website under "research". Must use your library card.
Primary Sources
American Memory Historical Collections from the Library of Congress.  Search using keywords to find original documents, many from congressional debates about constitutional amendments.
The Constitution from the National Archives
Founding Documents from the National Constitution Center
Library of Congress legislative information 
 
 

Secondary Sources

The Constitution Sections on historical background, the Federalist papers, the Bill of Rights and other amendments. 
The Constitution Dictionary words and concepts used in the U.S. Constitution
The Constitution for Kids
Founding Fathers from the National Constitution Center
The Thirteenth Amendment Life for newly freed slaves didn't change much at first. A biography of Frederick Douglass
U.S. Government Info/Resources the basics of government explained from about.com
 

Constitutional Issues Research links:

American Civil Liberties Union
American Flag

The Constitution Center Interactive search by keyword, topic Supreme Court cases
The Constitution Online has links to the amendment process, history and proposed amendments. Click on "news" for a list of current issues.
Constitutional Rights Foundation Click on Lesson Links or Bill of Rights in Action
Due Process Frequently Asked Questions explained
Exploring Constitutional Law scroll down the page for current issues 
Landmark Supreme Court Cases background summaries of each case given with text written at various reading levels.
League of Women Voters Guides for Washington State voting information including initiative process information
Washington State Legislature
Women's Rights Movement and the 19th amendment
Specific Topic Sites
Fairness Doctrine
Curfew and Voting Rights
Cell Phone Laws
Nonfiction Books (this is only a partial list of books available in our library)
Civil Rights Movement
(R 323.1 WEX)  The Civil Rights Movement: An Eyewitness History. 
(323.1) Civil Rights
(323.1 KOS) The Civil Rights Movement and its Legacy
Government
(328.73 BRE) Congress
(328.73 FEL) How Congress Works
(328.73 DON) Making Laws
(328.73 BON) How a Bill is Passed
(324.6 HEW) The Electoral College
(324.6 EGA) Voting
(342.7 DUD) Freedom of Speech
(328.73 PAR) The House of Representatives
(342.73 ZAC) The Bill of Rights: An Issue in History
(342.73 SHE) The Constitution
(342.73 BAN) The U. S. Constitution
(324.97 GRA) America Votes
(352.24 WEL) The Cabinet
(328.73 EGA) How a Bill Becomes a Law
(R 342.73 RIT) The U. S. Constitution
(R 342.73 LIN) The Bill of Rights and Landmark Cases
(R 328.7309 JOS) The American Heritage History of the Congress of the United States
(R 973.3 BUR) The American Revolution: An Eyewitness History
(978) Let Freedom Ring: The Words That Shaped Our America
Immigration
(325.73) Asian Americans:Oral Histories
(325.73 MEL) Bound for America: The Story of the European Immigrants
(304.8 REI) A Land of Immigrants
(R 304.8 WEP) Immigration: An Eyewitness History
Japanese American Internment
(940.53 GRA) Japanese American Internment Camps: History Firsthand
(940.53 FRE) Japanese-American Interment: In American History
(304.8 HOO) The Japanese American Family Album
Workers Rights and the Labor Movement
(331.3 FRE) Kids At Work: Lewis Hine and the Crusade against Child Labor
(331.8 STE) The Pullman Strike and the Labor Movement
Native American Issues
(323.1 O'NE) The Indian Reservation System
(R 979.5 RUB) A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest
(R 970 WAL) Atlas of the North American Indian
(R 973) Westward Expansion: An Eyewitness History
(973 NAR) North American Indian Wars: Opposing Viewpoints
(975.004 ELI) The Trail of Tears: The Story of the Cherokee Removal
Pledge of Allegiance
(978)  Let Freedom Ring: The Words That Shaped Our America
Washington State
(979.7 RIT) Washington's History: The People, Land, and Events of the far Northwest
(979.5 CRU) It Happened in Washington
(979.7 GRE) Washington in the PNW
Women's Rights
(301.41 ING) An Album of Women in American History
(R 324.6 FRO) Women's Suffrage in America
(324.6 NAS) The Fight for Women's Right to Vote
(323.4 WHA) Rights of Women
Videos and DVDs
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King(VHS)
A More Perfect Union(DVD)
Our Federal Government(VHS)
The Story of the U.S.(VHS)
The Story of the U.S. House of Representatives(VHS)
The Bill of Rights:Discovery Channel School(VHS)
 


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