The Constitution & Your Rights

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How It Works

• One lesson a week — about 10 minutes of reading, written in plain English.
• A 5-question quiz after every lesson, with instant feedback so you actually learn.
• Your dashboard tracks every week, every score, and your overall progress.
• A final exam at the end — pass it and earn a printable Certificate of Completion.

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The Syllabus — 24 Weeks

Month 1 — Founding Principles

• Week 1: The Declaration of Independence: The PromiseThe 1,337-word letter that started the whole experiment.
• Week 2: The Constitution: The RulebookSeven articles, one big idea: nobody gets to be king.
• Week 3: Article I: Congress — The People's BranchTwo chambers, one job: make the laws and hold the purse stri

Month 2 — The Bill of Rights I

• Week 4: Articles II & III: The President and the CourtsOne executes the laws, the other judges them — and neither a
• Week 5: Articles IV–VII: States, Amendments, and the Supremacy RuleHow fifty states stay one country — and how the rulebook get
• Week 6: The 1st Amendment: Your Five FreedomsSpeech, religion, press, assembly, petition — the amendment
• Week 7: The 2nd & 3rd Amendments: Arms and HomesTwo short amendments with a long, honest debate — presented
• Week 8: The 4th & 5th Amendments: Your Shield Against the StateWhat the police need before they search you — and what they

Month 3 — The Bill of Rights II & Beyond

• Week 9: The Rights of the AccusedWhat the government must do before it can punish you.
• Week 10: Rights We Keep and Powers the Government Doesn't GetAmendments 9 and 10: the Constitution's safety net.
• Week 11: The Civil War Amendments: Freedom, Citizenship, and the VoteAmendments 11–15: fixing the system, then rebuilding it afte
• Week 12: The Modern Amendments: Taxes, Votes, and Who Holds PowerHow the 20th century reshaped elections, the presidency, and

Month 4 — Landmark Cases

• Week 13: Marbury v. Madison: Who Gets the Last Word?The 1803 case that gave courts the power to strike down unco
• Week 14: Brown v. Board of Education: Separate Is Not EqualThe 1954 decision that ended legal school segregation.
• Week 15: Gideon and Miranda: Your Rights When the Police Come KnockingA free lawyer and four famous warnings — how two cases prote
• Week 16: Citizens United: Money, Speech, and ElectionsA 5–4 decision about who gets to speak in politics — you dec

Month 5 — Your Rights in Practice

• Week 17: Your Vote, Your PowerWho can vote, how to register, and what to do if the polls p
• Week 18: Say What You MeanWhat the First Amendment really protects — and where its lin
• Week 19: Stopped, Searched, or FinedYour rights at a traffic stop and what due process means in
• Week 20: Guns and JuriesThe Second Amendment as the courts read it — and your duty i

Month 6 — Citizenship & Action

• Week 21: How Laws Really Get MadeBills, committees, and the people behind the process — witho
• Week 22: Independents and Civic ActionThe history, the hurdles, and what regular people can do abo
• Week 23: The Whole PictureSix big ideas, one picture of self-government.
• Week 24: Final Exam PrepStudy smart, walk in ready, and finish strong.

Final Exam & Certificate

• Final Exam20 questions, 70% to pass
• Certificate of CompletionPrintable, with your name

Why This Course Exists

"We the People" are the first three words of the Constitution — and most of us were never really taught what comes after. This movement believes an informed citizen is a powerful citizen. Whether you agree with Alexander on everything or nothing, knowing your rights is never wasted. That's what the next six months are about.

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