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Looking Back to Move Forward:
Approaches to Teaching Civil Liberties in 21st Century Classrooms using 20th Century Case Studies
Antonio Thompson
thompsonas@apsu.eduthompsonas@apsu.edu
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, Tennessee

Abstract
The history of civil liberties has been fraught with constant violations and infringements. These violations often result from an ignorance of what constitutes civil liberties. It is the duty of teachers in the twenty-first century to prepare students for a globally aware community and for a clear understanding of civil liberties. In four sections this paper will prepare educators by defining civil liberties, illustrating some of the more famous civil liberty violations in the past century, illuminating contemporary civil liberty issues.
Introduction
A battle began in November 2005 over the issue of properly labeling the holiday season to ensure that no one had civil liberties......

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