CCE0640 — Rights and Responsibilities
Participants in this asynchronous course deepen content knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens as protected and expanded by the Constitution. Participants examine the Bill of Rights, the legal and historical rationale for government-imposed limitations on individual rights, and the constitutional amendments that progressively extended civil rights and voting access to African Americans, women, and young people. This capstone synchronous session for the D250 U.S. History and Civics Grant seminar engages K¿12 educators in designing and presenting a classroom-ready lesson that applies constitutional and civic principles explored throughout the course. Working in breakout groups of four, participants individually present a short instructional lesson appropriate to their grade level and receive structured peer feedback. The session reinforces applied constitutional knowledge, cross-grade instructional strategies, and civic literacy pedagogy.