This site is dedicated to helping you understand the meaning of Article V of the Constitution, concerning the process of amending the Constitution. Included are references to court cases, case studies, and thought-provoking questions.

This page is a copy of the actual case of Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Robert P. Casey, 1992.

This site looks at the law and history of Supreme Court decisions concerning in the Roe v Wade decision of 1973, Casey v Planned Parenthood and, most recently, Gonzales v Carhart in 2007.

When do the actions of one branch of the federal government unconstitutionally intrude upon the powers of another branch? This article surveys the history of this question in historic Supreme Court cases.

Read about the privileges and powers exercised by Congress from a constitutional law perspective. Includes examples of many cases which have tested the limits of Congressional power in the history of the United States. Many links to relevant information are included throughout the site.

In this activity, students learn to identify geometric series. They determine if a sequence converges and also learn to calculate the sum of numbers in a geometric series.

This online lesson attempts to teach students the power of Martin Luther King's words in his "I Have a Dream" speech and others. Students create a diamante poem (seven-line diamond-shaped poem) to analyze and evaluate his words and message. Includes links to writing interactives and audio and video versions of this speech. RL.9-10.10a&b text complexity

Interactive lesson which allows students to determine the perspective or point of view of a story character by imagining actually spending a day in their "shoes." Based on Atticus's statement in "To Kill a Mockingbird." W.11-12.3, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 3e Narratives

Contains plans for three lessons that deal with plagiarism, copyright law, and how to paraphrase correctly. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

This lesson plan explores reading strategies by creating a musical soundtrack to accompany the specific reading. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.

Contains plans for three lessons that use the popular television show "The Simpsons" to teach about satire and satirical techniques. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities. RL.11-12.6 Irony/Satire/etc

Using international folklore as subject matter, lead your students in a unit to research literary forms and foreign countries. There is a printout available for instruction and assessment.

This section of the exhibition gives the history of the discovery and study of space starting with the Greeks and Romans through to the early 1900's.

This is a useful resource for facts and images pertaining to the planet Mercury.

Part of the National Air and Space Museum's online exhibition about Exploring Planets, this describes and gives visuals of telescopes, probes and fly-by aircrafts, orbiters, and landers as current methods for earth and airborne exploration of the planets. The tools and technology used to get, bring back, and analyze samples are also included.

Get the facts on Venus. Resource offers a variety of satellite images and facts about the structure and features of Venus.

These questions test knowledge of domain and range of exponential functions, properties of exponents, and population growth and compound interest modeled by exponential functions. Questions are true/false and multiple choice; solutions are provided.

Students can use exponential functions to study growth and decay. Students will solve word problems ranging from population to interest rates.

This problem set contains questions about exponential and logarithmic equations for base e, base 10, and any base b. Problems range from simple manipulation to applications, including graphical transformations. Solutions and explanations included.