Oklahoma Social Studies USG.C.6.4.D
The Standard
- USG.C.6
- Explain how the Constitution of the United States of America preserves the equal protection of rights and liberties.
- USG.C.6.4
- Analyze the civil rights and civil liberties affirmed and guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
Explain how the Bill of Rights protects individuals from abuse by the national government and explain the extent that protections have been applied to the states through the “doctrine of selective incorporation” established by the 14th Amendment.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · USG.C.6.4
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students identify rights that limit federal actions, such as searches and criminal trials. They explain how courts have used the Fourteenth Amendment to apply most of those protections to state and local governments, one right at a time.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given a city police search, a student names the right involved and explains why it applies to state officers. They can also name a protection that has not been applied to states, such as the requirement for a grand jury indictment.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think the Bill of Rights restricted states from the start. They may also assume every protection now applies to states or that these limits generally govern private businesses.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: A state charges Alex with a felony without a grand jury indictment. Alex cannot afford a lawyer, and the trial court refuses to appoint one. Which action raises a right applied to states, and how does the Fourteenth Amendment matter?
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Sort printed federal-agent, state-police, and store-clerk search cards; label where the Fourth Amendment applies and why state police need the Fourteenth.
Read a short Gideon v. Wainwright summary, then write why a defendant who cannot pay could demand a lawyer in state court.
Match Mapp, Gideon, and grand jury indictment cards to their rights, then mark which protections apply to states.
Use a city police search news report; underline the government actor and write which constitutional protection a lawyer might raise.
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