Newly Launched Website Breaks The Mold By Using Irreverent Humor to Teach Constitutional Rights
Evanston, IL (PRWEB) November 20, 2009 —
Our Constitutional Rights is a new website that couldn’t be more different from educational materials found in most high school and college classrooms. It uses a mash-up of movie and TV clips, grabs from YouTube and blogs, news footage and music videos — tightly woven with laugh-out-loud text and edgy visuals.
“There are textbooks that do a superb job of teaching civil liberties. Our Constitutional Rights complements those formal lesson plans.” says Pat Shiplett, editor. “The Constitution contains the most powerful ideas ever put on paper. Humor helps bring them to life.”
Parents and teachers who encourage students to think outside the box will appreciate that Our Constitutional Rights blows the dust off our civil liberties and shows how they shape our daily lives.
Like the Constitution itself, the site deals with mature themes — from religion to the death penalty to the bedroom. It’s written for mature teens and older.
For all its humor, ourconstitutionalrights.com happens to be a smart, well-organized reference tool that anyone researching a classroom assignment, facing a citizenship exam or just exploring our freedoms will appreciate. It moves from the Bill of Rights through the Civil War amendments to voting and reproductive rights. Visitors are directed to full constitution texts, landmark court decisions, a mouse-over glossary and helpful links.
With the Intercollegiate Studies Institute http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/2008/summary_summary.html reporting that fewer than half of all Americans can name the three branches of government, Our Constitutional Rights may be a fresh approach whose time has come.
About Our Constitutional Rights
Our Constitutional Rights (url:ourconstitutionalrights.com) is an educational, non-commercial public-service website (Fair Use copyright limitations apply). It is published by volunteers to build awareness of our inalienable rights and to help secure their blessings for generations to come.
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