PowerPoint Presentation

Civil Liberties v. Civil Rights: Create a PowerPoint slide show explaining what Civil Liberties and Civil Rights are. Your slide show should consist of 10-14 slides (not including a title slide and reference slide which you must have) and should include, but not be limited to:

• Definition of civil liberties and discuss how these rights are protected on a federal and state level
• Definition of civil rights and discuss how these rights are protected on a federal and state level
• Two cases involving civil liberties taken up by the Supreme Court from 1800-2005
• Two cases involving civil rights taken up by the Supreme Court from 1800-2005
• One case involving civil liberties ruled on by the Supreme Court in the last 2 years
• One case involving civil rights ruled on by the Supreme Court in the last 2 years
• One leader of civil liberty causes
• One leader of civil rights causes (within the last 5 years)
• Two pictures
• Explanation of how each of these Supreme Court decisions have influenced minority groups, and the effects they have had on the struggles for equal rights
• The status of equal rights today

You may include additional information you feel is relevant, but do not create more than 14 slides. Remember that you must include a title slide and proper APA reference slide in addition to the 10-14 slides. Use your creativity, and organize the material in a logical and understandable manner. Please feel free to use the notes portion of each slide as well.

This assignment requires Microsoft PowerPoint, or a comparable presentation program. Other programs include Open Office (http://www.openoffice.org) and Google Docs (http://docs.google.com). Google Docs is a free program similar to MSOffice and housed on the web. Open Office is a piece of open source software similar to MSOffice, but requires a download and installation.