The second in a special four-part series of law-school partnership handbooks on constitutional themes, this document focuses on equality. "Equality--the Forgotten Word" (J. A. Hughes) discusses what has been considered the U.S. Constitution's one flaw, its failure to abolish slavery, and the remedy to that flaw, the Fourteenth Amendment. The issue of equal protection as it exists today and how it bears on such things as age, gender, welfare rights, and aliens is also examined. "The Dilemmas of Equality" (M. Middleton) examines various court cases that have been significant in the battle against discrimination. James Giese and Barbara Miller provide two lesson plans: "Searching for Equality" (grades 7-12) provides a historical context for looking at current legal questions pertaining to equal rights; "Affirmative Action" (secondary grades) aims to help students understand the role that the federal government can take in clarifying how citizens will approach redressing past discrimination while protecting the rights of individuals whose opportunities may be limited by affirmative action programs. Dale Greenawald also provides two lesson plans including: "Sex Discrimination" (grades 7-12) which focuses on landmark sex discrimination cases in order to identify some of the legal principles concerning this topic. The second lesson, "Discrimination and the Law," (grades 9-12) examines discrimination in a variety of contexts. (JB)