For this assignment, you have two options:
No matter which option you select, you will start by picking a Constitutional amendment that interests you.
Use the Interactive Constitution to explore amendments.
Learn more about your amendment with encyclopedias and videos. This will help you discover what court cases and social issues involve your amendment.
Now that you know more about your topic, you can narrow your focus. What social issues or court cases are related to your amendment? Here are some possibilities, but there are many more.
The final step is to combine your amendment with a court case or social issue as a search strategy:
The search strategy is what you will type into the searchbox to find good books and articles.
[Hint: You'll get better results if you spell out your amendment name or use the common name and put your amendment in quotation marks.]
"First Amendment" AND protests
"Free Speech" AND "news media"