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- 8th - 12th
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Students, in groups, enhance their understanding of the Bill of Rights. Each group picked a number from a jar. The number represented the Amendment to the Constitution that they would be responsible for on our mural. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students work in groups and individually to explain how the Constitution/Bill of Rights is a living document and how Supreme Court decisions protect the rights of all Americans. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students study the Bill of Rights. In small groups, they plan and perform a short role play of one of the amendments. The rest of the class identify each amendment as it is presented. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students focus on the three parts of the U.S. Constitution: Preamble, Articles and Amendments. They analyze our three branches of government: Legislative, Executive and Judicial. Students explore the principles of Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances. They access, interpret and apply their knowledge of our Bill of Rights. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students design a booklet that explores the Bill of Rights. They summarize each of the rights, write a personal response to each entry and create an illustration to interpret each of the rights. Students then make a cover and title page for their booklets. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students are introduced to the Bill of Rights. After their introduction, they interview adults about the rights and create a list of them in their own words. They graph the results and analyze them and share their conclusions in a paragraph. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students view a short video on the Bill of Rights. They search the Internet and magazines to find pictures that represent a specific amendment and then have the rest of the class guess which amendment they are depicting. Students finish the lesson by taking an online quiz. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the Bill of Rights. In groups, they analzye and read the amendments and read scenerios in which each amendment is involved. They discuss the importance of individual rights and apply the amendments to a current issue. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the Bill of Rights, They read the Bill of Rights and clarify the meaning of the material using different reading strategies. In groups, students brainstorm to compare and evaluate their conclusions with those of others. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students study the Bill of Rights. As a class, they create a "School Bill of Rights," with amendments. Students discuss the difference between rights and responsibilities and examine Supreme Court decisions dealing with the first ten amendments to the constitution. The class presents their "School Bill of Rights" to the school administration and student council. Full Review »

