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- 5th - 6th
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Students investigate what it means to be a citizen and why the Bill of Rights was created. They student which rights the Bill of Rights protect and how these rights apply to your everyday lives. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students study the Bill of Rights and the US Constitution. They investigate the authors of the Bill of Rights and play a game based on the research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Groups reserach and write about topics given to them by their teacher dealing with the Bill of Rights. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students research and analyze the formation of the Bill of Rights. They read and discuss articles, complete graphic organizers, conduct research, develop meaningful questions, and create a HyperStudio stack on the Bill of Rights. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students study the impact of the Nationalization of the Bill of Rights upon criminal law. They analyze opposition to expansionist viewpoints that could possibly create more checks and balances on the state courts and analyze the role of the prevailing political atmosphere upon Supreme Court decisions. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review the contents of the Constitution by taking a trivia quiz and brainstorm the rights contained in the Bill of Rights. After discussing the Bill of Rights, students categorize and outline its content. Given a worksheet, students interpret the first amendment and political cartoons. Other activities including Bill of Rights hypothetical situations are included. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students study the Bill of Rights. They read a book to understand situations where rights have been challenged. Students perform short skits to demonstrate an amendment in action. They analyze documents and discuss important rights. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students examine and identify the values and purposes of the Bill of Rights. They complete a class KWL chart, participate in a class jigsaw activity, write and illustrate a book about the first ten amendments, participate in a mock trial and guided discussion, and play the Bill of Rights Bingo game. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students create a HyperStudio stack on an assigned amendment from the U.S. Bill of Rights. They read and discuss articles about the Bill of Rights, conduct research and complete a graphic organizer, and in small groups develop a HyperStudio stack to present to the class. Full Review »
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- 1st - 4th
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Students develop an appreciation of the Bill of Rights. They create a Jeopardy game to practice and reinforce vocabulary crucial to the understanding of the "Bill of Rights". They use small "moon cards" or index cards to create games to provide practice in basic skills such as phonics, rhyming words, vocabulary, and contractions. Full Review »