Oklahoma Social Studies 8.C.4.5.D
The Standard
- 8.C.4
- Examine the key principles and structure of the United States of America’s government as established by the Constitution of the United States of America.
- 8.C.4.5
- Analyze the rights and liberties guaranteed to all citizens in the Bill of Rights.
Explain how the Bill of Rights protects individuals from abuse by the national government with most of its provisions being applied to the states through the 14th Amendment.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 8.C.4.5
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify the right at issue when government officials restrict speech or search a home. They explain that the Bill of Rights originally limited the national government. They show how courts use the Fourteenth Amendment to apply most of those protections to state and local governments.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can explain why a federal ban on criticism of the president violates free speech protections. They can explain why a state ban on criticism of the governor faces the same protection through the Fourteenth Amendment.
Common Misconceptions
- Students often think the Bill of Rights restricted state governments from the start. Some think the Fourteenth Amendment applied every provision to states at once, or that it created the rights rather than extending existing protections.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A state passes a law banning peaceful criticism of its governor. Name the right involved and explain the Fourteenth Amendment's role.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Sort cards for federal and state speech bans and home searches, then place a Fourteenth Amendment card between state actions and the Bill of Rights.
Ask students to write why a city law banning criticism of the mayor raises a Bill of Rights issue when those rights first limited the national government.
Have pairs race to match federal and state speech-ban cards with the First Amendment and, when needed, the Fourteenth Amendment.
Read your city's protest permit rules and ask who made them, which right is involved, and why the Fourteenth Amendment matters.
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- 2.C.1.6
Explain how individual liberties are protected by the Bill of Rights, using examples from the First Amendment.
- USG.C.6.4.D
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- 5.C.6.2
Summarize the rights and liberties protected by the Bill of Rights.
- 8.C.4.5.C
Examine individual rights, liberties, and protections of due process guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
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