Teachers

The ACLU of Indiana invites Indiana educators to contact us and collaborate with us in teaching Indiana youth about American history and the importance of protecting civil liberties. We do this by offering online education resources and by providing speakers. To invite a speaker from ACLU Indiana to your class or group, please click here to contact us. Requests should be sent at least two weeks prior to the event and should include a brief description of the event, the time, the date, and the location. If you prefer to submit your request in writing please write Attn: Request Speaker and mail to the address below. Availability of speakers will vary.

American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana
1031 East Washington Street?
Indianapolis, IN 46202

Online Resources

You can find the text of the United States Constitution here.

And the text of the Bill of Rights here.

Notes for the teacher . . .

For the second year, the ACLU Bloomington Education Committee has prepared an annotated list aimed at providing teachers with a variety of instructional material concerning the United States Constitution available on the Internet. Teaching about the Constitution and its twenty-seven amendments can be a daunting task; we hope that this list will help smooth the way.

These selections deal with the origin of our most fundamental documents and the history of the founding era, or with questions that arise from the application of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in our own time. We have tried to be as even-handed as possible in such selections, offering resources with differing and even conflicting points of view for you to present or to exclude from your classroom as you see fit.

Some of the sites on the list are quite simple in their structure and educational outlook, and others are complex and detailed; in all cases it is well to remember that the Internet is inherently ephemeral and that content may not be entirely reliable.

In last year’s workshop edition of this list, we included a separate section that concerned questions about religion and with student expression in the public schools. This year we have included a section emphasizing voting rights in an election year.

Many websites contain hyperlinks leading to still other resources. For want of a better term, the word “portal” has been used as a quick way to indicate that beyond the original door there are many others.

We hope that this list will be of value in using Internet resources. 

Education Committee
ACLU Bloomington

Please click here for the ACLU-Bloomington annotated list for teachers.

ACLU-IN Resources for Teachers, Educators, Students, and Community Organizations.

Podcasts on diverse ACLU issues including torture, immigration, abortion, and LGBT rights are online at this website and at www.aclu.org 

Speakers can be requested from among the ACLU-IN Board members and supporters to serve as program panelists, to assist with Constitution Day events, and to address civil liberties issues to classes and community groups.  Requests can be made at the website, www.aclu-in.org, or by mail.  For the latter, write to Attn. Request Speaker, ACLU-IN, 1031 East Washington Street, Indianapolis, 46202. 

Materials available for distribution to students include  "What To Do If You Are Stopped By The Police" , "You Have The Right To Be Yourself", and the bilingual  DVD "What Are My Rights?" 

Copies of The Freedom Files DVDs, as seen on Public Television, can be obtained upon request.  The approximately 20 minute long documentaries tell stories of ordinary Americans whose civil liberties were threatened and how they fought back.  Issues covered in the series of 19 include religious freedom, voting rights, gay and lesbian rights, racial profiling, and immigration.