About This Lesson
The Constitution guarantees certain rights for those individuals accused of a crime. These include rights contained within in the fourth, fifth and sixth amendments of the Constitution. This lesson has students explore the individual Constitutional rights relating to criminal law such as protections from unreasonable searches and seizures, rights to due process under law, fair and public trials and legal counsel. Because this lesson has students viewing clips on their own, this lesson works best with classes with one-to-one devices or classes using a flipped classroom. The entire lesson can be viewed at the following site: