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- 11th - 12th
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Students engage in a hypothetical case in which popular music/artist is used to explore the United States Bill of Rights. They experience different learning styles, higher order thinking skills, and cooperative learning during this lesson. 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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- 1st - 5th
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Students read a variety of well-known studenT books and discuss concepts presented in the books as they relate to the Bill of Rights. They discuss the books and compare them to the Bill of Rights Amendments. 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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- 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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- 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 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students consider the importance of individual liberties found in the Bill of Rights and recognize the significance of the Fifth through Eighth Amendments. Then they recognize the significance of the Declaration of Independence and that American citizens not only enjoy many rights guaranteed by the Constitution but also have many responsibilities associated with those rights. Full Review »

