Lessons Plans from James Madison Fellows

The following lessons were prepared by James Madison Fellows and presented at various teacher's conferences.

You are free to use them in your classroom.

Washington, Jefferson, and Madison: How Do We Remember Them?

• A Counterrevolutionary Founder: The Newburgh Conspiracy
  Tom Glaser, ‘01 (FL)
• Philosophical Founders: John Locke and Thomas Jefferson Parallels
  Cari Gray, ‘08 (TX)
• Conflicted Founders: Founding Fathers’ Journals
  Kathy Hagee, ‘12 (PA)
• Amending Founders: And Then There Were Ten
  Elizabeth Osborne, ‘95 (IN)
• The Founders and Civil Discourse
  Gennie Westbrook, ‘01 (TX)

A Free Press: A Free People

• Political Cartoons Create Conversations about a Free Press
  Dave Alcox, ‘00 (NH)
• Freedom of the Press in the Era of "Fake News"
  Kelly Dutcher, ‘14 (MI)
• Freedom of the Press vs. "Fake News"
  Tyrel Rose, ‘15 (CA)
• The First Amendment and Freedom of the Press
  Lisa Smith, ‘16 (TX)
• Free Press Rights
  First Amendment Rights
  Kymberli Wregglesworth, ‘11 (MI)
• The Most Dangerous Man in America (Study Guide)
  The Most Dangerous Man in America (Media Kit)
  David Wolfford, ‘99 (KY)

Study Guides for Select Constitutional Conversations

• George Washington and Slavery
  Michael Sandstrom, ‘15 (CO)
• Loyalists in the American Revolution
  Craig A. Windt, ‘15 (MI)
• The Printers’ Role in Ratification
  Caitlin Halperin, ‘15 (AL)
• Women Vote in New Jersey
  Taylor Smith, ‘15 (KS)
• Dolley Madison and Politics
  Ellen Georgi, ‘15 (MD)
• Forgotten Founders
  Vince Bradburn, ‘15 (IN)

All Rights Matter: Students and Criminal Procedure

• The Supreme Court, Students, and Schools
  Dave Alcox, ‘00 (NH)
• Due Process and Juvenile Justice
  Glenna Humphries, ‘95 (FL)
• Right to a Trial for Juvenile Offenders
  Alyssa Niese, ‘14 (IL)
• The Fourth Amendment and Cellphone Searches in Schools
  Madison Kantzer, ‘13 (MD)
• Legacy of Freedom
  May the Odds Be Ever in Your Favor
  Christy Marella-Davis, ‘03 (NJ)
• Miranda Rights for Students
  Cynthia Burgett, ‘12 (VA)
• Rights of the Accused(Lesson)
  Rights of the Accused(Powerpoint)
  Evan McLaughlin, ‘14 (NJ)
• Do We Really Need Our Due Process Rights?
  Karlye Mull, ‘14 (NV) and Kevin Barney, ‘16 (NV)
• Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  Jennifer Hitchcock, ‘16 (VA)
• Students' Rights in School
  Samantha Kowalak, ‘12 (NJ)

Mr. Jefferson's Wall: Borders Between Church and State

• The Establishment Clause
  Patrick Sprinkle, ‘13 (NY)
• The Founders and Freedom of Religion
  Timothy Moore, ‘99 (WI)
• Freedom of Religion Activity
  Meghan Mikulski, ‘02 (NJ)
• Thomas Jefferson’s Wall of Separation
  Professor Daniel Dreisbach, Summer Institute Faculty
• Thomas Jefferson and the Mammoth Cheese
  Professor Daniel Dreisbach, Summer Institute Faculty
• Supplemental Resources for Teaching about Mr. Jefferson’s Wall
  James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation
• Religion and American Constitutionalism
  Professor Jeffry Morrison, Academic Director, James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation

Those "Other" Rights: Articles I-VII

• Article I: Bills of Attainder
  Colbe Klein, ‘14 (DE)
• The Great Writ: Article I Habeas Corpus
  Allyson Niese, ‘14 (IL)
• Article III: The Judiciary
  Eden McCauslin, ‘14 (DC)
• Article IV: The Constitution and Slavery
  Sara Ziemnik, ‘02 (OH)
• Article V: The Right to Amend
  Alison Warner, ‘09 (MD)
• The Right to Change: Article V as Safeguarding Individual Liberty
  Zachary Deibel, ‘14 (AR)
• Exercising the Right to Change: The Suffragists and Their Tactics
  Claire McCaffery Griffin, ‘92 (HI)
• A Guide to Teaching the United States Constitution
  Jeffrey Aas, ‘97 (ND)
• The History of the U.S. Through Its Constitutional Amendments
  Katherine Bird, ‘01 (DE)
• A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Constitutional Principles
  Cynthia Boyle, ‘01 (TX)
• Recreating the Constitutional Convention
  Sara Arcaro Ziemnik, ‘02 (OH)

Constitutional Connections

• The American Revolution
  Richard Vanden Bosch, ‘03 (CA)
• Collecting Research in the Digital Age
  Cheryl Cook-Kallio, ‘97 (CA)
• The Constitutions, Executive Power, and War
  Emma Kiziah Humphries, ‘04 (FL)
• Harlan's Dissent
  D. Clayton Lucas, ‘96 (AZ)
• Scripted Debate-Presidential War Powers: The Hamdi, Rasul, and Hamdan Cases
  Timothy Moore, ‘99 (WI) and Christopher Cavanaugh, ‘04 (IN)
• Treaty of Versailles and the Constitution
  Sara A. Ziemnik, ‘02 (OH)

The Federalist Papers

• AntiFederalists Said What?
  Kevin Barney, ‘16 (NV) and Kevin Mull, ‘14 (NV)
• Federalist #1
  Dave Alcox, ‘00 (NH)
• Federalist #10
  Brandi Cook, ‘10 (SC)
• Federalist #10
  Hannah Markwardt, ‘08 (FL)
• Federalist #10
  Nora Mocarski, ‘03 (CT)
• Federalist and Anti-Federalist
  Nanci Lindblom, ‘11 (AZ)
• Federalist and Anti-Federalist Guided Reading
  Jay Shackett, ‘02 (IA)
• Madison and Human Nature
  Pat Usher, ‘07 (Il)
• American and French Revolutions and the Federalist Papers
  Kathryn Walthen, ‘12 (MD)